| 00:00.03 | CosmicPenguin | I would use mtdblock and jffs2, however, the target device is a DOM with hardware wear leveling |
| 00:00.32 | sorphin | ah, another m-sys bastardinnovation |
| 00:01.34 | CosmicPenguin | yeah, something like that |
| 00:01.56 | CosmicPenguin | anyway, I'm stuck with ext3 because its the simplest to implement |
| 00:02.02 | sorphin | surprised it's not using AMD flash ;) |
| 00:02.14 | CosmicPenguin | AMD flash is expensive... :) |
| 00:02.36 | CosmicPenguin | These are cheap ass devices |
| 00:02.37 | sorphin | heh |
| 00:02.40 | kergoth | heh, you sure you want to use a journaling fs on that? seems like a lot of additional writes to update the journal |
| 00:03.24 | CosmicPenguin | kergoth: I agree, but what about the power issue? |
| 00:03.35 | CosmicPenguin | This is just for persistant storage of /etc and the user directories, but still |
| 00:04.10 | kergoth | handling the power loss? hmm. |
| 00:04.36 | kergoth | reduce the amount of time its rw? leave it ro most of the time and periodically push changed from the ramdisk back into flash? |
| 00:04.39 | sorphin | well, how often are they gonna change? |
| 00:04.43 | sorphin | yeah |
| 00:04.48 | sorphin | that's what i was gonna get at |
| 00:05.12 | CosmicPenguin | The main problem is that this is a hodgepodge of apps |
| 00:05.18 | CosmicPenguin | including some closed source ones |
| 00:05.32 | CosmicPenguin | so I'm not sure how to gate access |
| 00:05.36 | sorphin | CosmicPenguin: shame shame ;) |
| 00:05.36 | kergoth | not a problem. bind mount a ramdisk over the locations |
| 00:05.40 | kergoth | copy the files over |
| 00:05.47 | kergoth | keep the original locations mounted in a backup location |
| 00:05.51 | sorphin | kergoth: what X server you using these days? |
| 00:05.53 | kergoth | setup a cron job to push the files you want back in |
| 00:05.59 | kergoth | sorphin: for desktop or embedded use? |
| 00:06.07 | sorphin | kergoth: desktop |
| 00:06.09 | kergoth | still using xfree on the desktop, but only because i'm too lazy to get xorg happy under debian |
| 00:06.18 | CosmicPenguin | kergoth: hmmm..... |
| 00:06.18 | sorphin | since my xfree doesn't wanna fscking WORK |
| 00:06.36 | kergoth | CosmicPenguin: cron job: remount flash rw, copy modified files over, remount ro. done. |
| 00:06.37 | sorphin | seems my copy of xfree doens't have the 'free nv driver' :P |
| 00:06.41 | kergoth | CosmicPenguin: something along those lines anyway. |
| 00:06.47 | sorphin | i only have nvidia's shit driver, that hoses my video |
| 00:06.53 | kergoth | ah |
| 00:07.01 | sorphin | kergoth: literally |
| 00:07.02 | CosmicPenguin | kergoth: something to think about |
| 00:07.07 | sorphin | even an X -probeonly |
| 00:07.09 | sorphin | fscks it |
| 00:07.34 | sorphin | it's some interaction w/ this agp card and the motherboard, but windows has 0 issues, naturally |
| 00:07.42 | sorphin | CosmicPenguin: well, i don't need 3d |
| 00:07.48 | CosmicPenguin | sorphin: then I recommend it |
| 00:07.50 | sorphin | but under linux |
| 00:07.55 | sorphin | i can't even view images right now |
| 00:07.58 | sorphin | zgv hoses |
| 00:08.01 | CosmicPenguin | sorphin: 6.7.0 is pretty much the same as the Xfree anyway |
| 00:08.02 | sorphin | X hoses |
| 00:08.19 | sorphin | CosmicPenguin: any binary trees floating around? or did you build? |
| 00:08.35 | CosmicPenguin | sorphin: my desktop is Gentoo, and I built it from scratch for the Thin Client |
| 00:08.46 | CosmicPenguin | Since we have our own drivers for the Geode |
| 00:09.49 | sorphin | CosmicPenguin: ever still use any media Gxm's? |
| 00:10.04 | CosmicPenguin | sorphin: me, now, but there are many many of them in market |
| 00:10.15 | CosmicPenguin | s/now/no/ |
| 00:10.24 | CosmicPenguin | I'm sure I'll end up doing some work on them one of the days |
| 00:10.41 | CosmicPenguin | somebody will say something stupid like I want 2.6 for GX1, and that will end up in my lap |
| 00:10.47 | sorphin | so was curious |
| 00:11.25 | CosmicPenguin | The processor formally known as the GX2 is our workhorse right now |
| 00:13.43 | CosmicPenguin | he's been doing this since Moses was in diapers |
| 00:13.51 | sorphin | ya |
| 00:14.13 | sorphin | well, i found out part of the root cause of my left heel killing me |
| 00:14.28 | sorphin | my left arch hath fallen |
| 00:14.29 | CosmicPenguin | tapeworms? |
| 00:14.53 | CosmicPenguin | my arches never rose... :) |
| 00:15.01 | file[laptop] | I'm feeling dangerous |
| 00:15.08 | CosmicPenguin | can't fall from a height of 0 |
| 00:15.18 | sorphin | CosmicPenguin: heh |
| 00:15.23 | sorphin | file[laptop]: masochist |
| 00:15.24 | CosmicPenguin | Ok, I'm serious, I'm leaving now |
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| 02:11.51 | kergoth | hey MonMotha |
| 02:19.17 | MonMotha | hello |