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2:22:12
nyef
Added to the "hibernation quirks" list for this machine: Sometimes, in order for the internal display to start working again in X post-hibernation, the HDMI output port needs to be connected. Specifically, it needs an HPD event in order to kick the driver into setting up the internal panel properly.
3:06:32
nyef
... On the upside, this means that the worst-case scenario for this failure mode is that I need to carry an HDMI cable so that I can loop the output to the input to kick it into working.
4:53:06
beach
I think I have accumulated too big buffers in Emacs. I am going to restart and come back.
4:59:03
nyef
Poor suspend-to-disk and suspend-to-ram behavior, particularly with respect to video and audio, incomplete support for audio in the first place, no support for the stereoscopic IR emitter on this machine, and I've *never* had a built-in SD-card slot work on Linux unless it was on Android.
5:01:44
beach
What performance could we hope for if we were to build a processor on a good modern FPGA?
5:08:39
nyef
This is probably something that we could find a ballpark for easily enough, given how popular CPU-in-FPGA projects are.
5:10:52
nyef
Most of the ones I run into are 8-bit, but there are definitely at least a few 32-bit systems, and possibly some 64-bit examples out there.
5:14:19
beach
http://www.rroij.com/open-access/fpga-based-64bit-low-power-riscprocessor-using-verilog-hdl.pdf is one.
10:17:19
fittestbits
What's the best user's guide for CLIM and McCLIM? I have CLIM 2 User Guide v 2.2.2 (Franz Inc.) and the one generated from the McClim Manual/Texinfo directory.
10:21:47
beach
As I recall, the guide from Franz starts out fine, then basically turn into the specification.
10:28:26
beach
fittestbits: It is not a manual, but a specification. That said, it is not too bad either.
10:28:28
jackdaniel
we have spec sources in the tree too (directory Specification/) if you want to build it locally, but the version linked above has many valuable remarks
10:30:51
fittestbits
OK that helps - I'm looking for something to read offline and was wondering where to start. Sounds like the Texinfo doc or the Specification directory, but if online than the annotatable spec.
10:43:51
loke
beach: Who manages the bauh site? I'd really love to see that site being exposed to port 80 instead, as our goddamn word firewall plocks port 8000.