From mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi Mon Aug 9 12:39:46 2010 Message-ID: <4C602EFD.9010109@nokturnal.pl> Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:38:21 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?B?UGF3ZcWCIEfDs3JhbHNraQ==?= Reply-To: pawel.goralski@nokturnal.pl User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; pl; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100802 Thunderbird/3.1.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: mint@lists.fishpool.fi Subject: Re: [MiNT] [?? Probable Spam] Re: 1.17 Release - Call for documentation updates ! 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Ext2 partitons handling. > hostfs.xfs What's for is this one? > minix.xfs Self explanatory. For minix partitions handling. > nfs.xfs MiNT new file system... > device drivers: > dsp56k.xdd Falcon only, DSP56k driver. > dummy.xdd test module, not needed(?) > flop_raw.xdd What's for this one? > inet4.xdd > nfstderr.xdd Aranym specific, not needed on real Atari hardware. > xconout2.xdd What's for this one? Name indicates that it has something to do with redirecting output to various devices. > network interface drivers: > nfeth.xif Is it generic interface? > use of slip.xif, plip.xif and dial.xif are (probably) for modem > related drivers, and may also require HSMODEM fix (depending on your > hardware) So if I don't use modem and dial up connection then I can skip, above mentioned? If HSMODEM is required it should be mentioned somewher also. Regards, Pawel W dniu 2010-08-09 17:47, Paul Wratt pisze: > 2010/8/10 Paweł Góralski: >> Hello, >> Anyone could fill in some basic information about loadable >> filesystems/modules on wiki pages or point me to the documentation, where >> everything is described? >> Some basic info would be sufficientlike name of file, function description, >> for what hardware it is targetted. >> >> I see some things are aranym or hades/milan specific and I haven't any idea >> what is suitable/needed for my hardware set-up. >> >> Regards, >> Pawel >> > > with aranym the following is used: > > file system drivers: > aranym.xfs > dummy.xfs > ext2.xfs > hostfs.xfs > minix.xfs > nfs.xfs > > generally speaking it is OK to include ALL .xsf files (file system > drivers) on any system. You can leave out the ones you dont use to > save memory, if you know which ones they are. > > device drivers: > dsp56k.xdd > dummy.xdd > flop_raw.xdd > inet4.xdd > nfstderr.xdd > xconout2.xdd > > all other device drivers will cause problems on ARAnyM. nfstderr.xdd > (Native Features Standard Error redirector) is ARAnyM specific > > network interface drivers: > nfeth.xif > > only one of these should be used per platform/machine, specific to > your hardware. Use of dummy.xif is also probably OK on any system too. > > use of slip.xif, plip.xif and dial.xif are (probably) for modem > related drivers, and may also require HSMODEM fix (depending on your > hardware) > > It is (theoretically) possible to use 2+ .xif drivers if you have the > hardware to support them. > > > Paul > -- Pozdrawiam, ----------------------------------- Paweł Góralski e-mail: pawel.goralski@nokturnal.pl WWW: http://nokturnal.pl W dniu 2010-08-09 17:47, Paul Wratt pisze: > 2010/8/10 Paweł Góralski: >> Hello, >> Anyone could fill in some basic information about loadable >> filesystems/modules on wiki pages or point me to the documentation, where >> everything is described? >> Some basic info would be sufficientlike name of file, function description, >> for what hardware it is targetted. >> >> I see some things are aranym or hades/milan specific and I haven't any idea >> what is suitable/needed for my hardware set-up. >> >> Regards, >> Pawel >> > > with aranym the following is used: > > file system drivers: > aranym.xfs > dummy.xfs > ext2.xfs > hostfs.xfs > minix.xfs > nfs.xfs > > generally speaking it is OK to include ALL .xsf files (file system > drivers) on any system. You can leave out the ones you dont use to > save memory, if you know which ones they are. > > device drivers: > dsp56k.xdd > dummy.xdd > flop_raw.xdd > inet4.xdd > nfstderr.xdd > xconout2.xdd > > all other device drivers will cause problems on ARAnyM. nfstderr.xdd > (Native Features Standard Error redirector) is ARAnyM specific > > network interface drivers: > nfeth.xif > > only one of these should be used per platform/machine, specific to > your hardware. Use of dummy.xif is also probably OK on any system too. > > use of slip.xif, plip.xif and dial.xif are (probably) for modem > related drivers, and may also require HSMODEM fix (depending on your > hardware) > > It is (theoretically) possible to use 2+ .xif drivers if you have the > hardware to support them. > > > Paul > > > -- Pozdrawiam, ----------------------------------- Paweł Góralski e-mail: pawel.goralski@nokturnal.pl WWW: http://nokturnal.pl