said:
Hi,
Generally, use what works.
>I read that Genmac works well with an Intel Gigabit network adapter (I
>have the PRO/1000 MT), and one user said the Intel driver E1000.OS2
>didn't work so well. That's what I'm using now.
Apparently the rumor is just that since the driver is working just fine
for most folks. That's not to say there might be some system out there
that requires Genmac to run this NIC.
>I couldn't install eCS 2.0 rc4 until I turned off ACPI. Do I need it if
>I don't yet have a multi-CPU setup?
The primary benefit of ACPI on older systems is to get working power
management, when APM.SYS does not work correctly.
Some newer systems require ACPI to install because that's how they were
designed.
At this point, my recommendation to all is install without ACPI if
possible. After installing use the available tools to install and
configure ACPI.
>I've looked at some of the documents for ACPI in G:\eCS\Doc, but I don't
>have a clear high level overview of what all it does.
The best place for eCS specfic ACPI info is probably
http://en.ecomstation.ru/projects/acpitools/
ACPI defines a platform neutral interface between the hardware, the BIOS
and the OS that allows the OS to make the policy decisions on
configuration and power management. In the past, these decision were
often under control of the BIOS or required hardware specific and OS
specfic drivers. ACPI still requires an OS specific driver, but this
driver is much smaller and less complex than it would be otherwise.
Steven
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