RTAS on PowerMac Newworld

[FASSINO Jean-Philippe]

Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:

> >In the kernel for PPC, a lot a code is here just to do what doing RTAS :
> >pci config,
> >via (CUDA and PMU) (no need if no ADB keyboard), ...
> >When doing embedded systems, this drivers is very big and can be saving by
> >using
> >RTAS which i think is a very good thing in  CHRP specification. It's
> >strange that
> >apple do not provide it fully.
>
> Well, they didn't care about it. Note that Macs are far from beeing
> embedded boxes ;)

Yes, but i'm using embedded term for small system that doing dedicate task
and only one (for example firewall, gateway, ... in only 50-100k kernel size).

I'm actually experienced that with G4 with 4 network card.

JP


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