-={ lørdag, 03 oktober 2015, 11:22:28 +0200 }=-

Hey Benny!

 BP> as i rember its a kernel boot option to make sure it select this
 BP> first, or is it a .config option ?

I am no longer sure about this.  Not too long ago there was a video= option but
I haven't been able to make that work lately.  Only lost the penguins around
kv3.14-ish on the inteldrmfb (i915).

 BP> yep i rember the g200 aswell just like the i740 :=)

g450 was the last one I had working (kv-2.4.something).  I had a quad g200
before that and it was fantastic although I had to tweak it with fbset as it
was a tad different then the regular g200's.  If I am not mistaken HP made that
one and was worth quite a bit of money although I got it for next to nothing. 
:-)

 BP> yep graphic cards have more memory today then my old commodore 64

For sure.

  MK>> Same with inteldrmfb.  vesafb is the same as it ever was - vga = 803 

 BP> so simple ?

Yes.  The 8 penguins look good.  :-)  However I will probably go back to
running it without a keyboard and monitor soon, not unlike what I suggest for
your Soekris except no compactflash on there.  Also it can hotswap drives on
the fly and also makes a great NAS.  So far I really like it except the bios is
a tad slow off the draw.  Also, also four networks are a tad overkill for me
but I am not complaining.

 BP> Model name:            Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.60GHz

I had one like that except I think it was 2.8GHz.

 MK> dont know the gigabit driver name

They switched to Intels.  I forget offhand the model number.

 BP> Model name:            Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz

I am jealous over this one.  A tad pricey.

 BP> some says KVM is faster :)

I had it working on a Xeon and can verify that it is.  The qemu-arm one is
slower than molasses and I hear the actual cpu is faster and better than the
qemu emulated one.  Personally I don't care much for emulation but it can be an
interesting distraction when one gets bored.

Life is good,
Maurice

... Don't cry for me I have vi.
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