Re: soekris 5501

["matthew sporleder" <msporleder%gmail.com@localhost>]

On 2/20/08, Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 10:35:19PM -0500, matthew sporleder wrote:
> > Has anyone tried to good the soekris 5501 with xen?  I'd love to buy
> > one and split it two or three ways but the rumor is that the processor
> > isn't supported. (as in the soekris 45xx/48xx)
> >
> > I noticed here:
> > http://lxr.xensource.com/lxr/source/xen/arch/x86/cpu/amd.c
> > that the geode lx was mentioned so I have some hope.
>
> The important point is to know if it's an i686-class. If it's i486 or
> i586, there's no hope.
> The 45xx are 486-based. the 48xx and 55xx have a 586-class CPU
> (from soekris.com), so it won't work.
>
> --

Harsh.  So the mention of the K6 and Geode LX in that source file
don't mean anything?  (they're both i586)

I don't mean to be so disagreeable, but I'm just really looking for a
silent, headless xen box.