[parisc-linux] 'foreign' PCI cards in an rp2430

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Fri, Mar 08, 2002 at 02:51:03PM +1100, Duraid Madina wrote:
> 	I'm wondering: Would I be able to use non-HP PCI cards in these
> systems, if they're supported under Linux? In particular, I'm wondering
> about 3ware IDE RAID cards (these work in (at least) alpha and x86
> linux) and Intel gigabit ethernet NICs (based on the 82554 chip).

*puts kernel hacker's hat on*
Sure!  All that stuff should work and if it doesn't it can be fixed.

*puts HP employee hat on*
Well, it might invalidate your warranty to put non-HP certified cards
in your system.

> 	And (no laughter, please) what's the maximum swap partition size
> parisc linux supports? Can parisc linux swap over NFS?

Forget about swapping over NFS.  It's prone to deadlock under
stress.  I think we support 2GB/file and up to 8 files, but I may be
underestimating... John would know.

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