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[Zan Lynx]

I seem to recall a project several years ago that had the goal to build a complete bootstrap system for x86. Starting with a Forth interpreter written...

[Zan Lynx]

Most important thing to know about this: Does it provide a fun but ultimately meaningless frames-per-second counter?

[Zan Lynx]

Um. Any PCI or PCIe device made in the last 20+ years has had the ability to "bus master" and exchange commands and data with other cards, without...

[Zan Lynx]

You would have to ask the Raptor people. You can look at the source code too, maybe you'll see a better way to do it. The networking is shared between...

[Zan Lynx]

Yes there is a boot menu which looks at local drives, CDs, USB and the network. When I installed Fedora 28 I used a USB key. After I found the magic I...

[Zan Lynx]

The Talos II has a VGA port connected to its BMC. I used that for the initial setup. Once I had configured the BMC with my own SSH keys and IP addresses...

[Zan Lynx]

In order to have boot support you need to rebuild the firmware to include the firmware for the GPU. The Power system can't run BIOS Option ROMS, obviously....

[Zan Lynx]

They're pretty much the same as CPU cooling fans and those run for years without problems. Most of them....

[Zan Lynx]

Ideally your compositor should find a refresh rate that is useful for all displayed windows by finding everyone's Least Common Multiple.

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