Subj : Synchronet can maybe...?
To   : Time Warrior
From : Digital Man
Date : Thu Jul 14 2005 07:01 pm

  Re: Synchronet can maybe...?
  By: Time Warrior to All on Thu Jul 14 2005 11:54 am

 >        This may or may not be true, but i've heard that the *nix version of
 > Synchronet is coded to only support PC hardware (a major no-no in the *nix
 > world from what I understand -- its supposed to communicate with the kernel
 > for that stuff not the HW directly).

That's incorrect. Synchronet currently only supports little-endian processors,
but that does not mean it's "PC hardware only" and has nothing to do with
"communicating with the kernel" or not.

 >        If I heard correctly, and if anyone might be motivated to correct
 > that,

Yes, big-endian support is already scheduled for the v4 time-frame.

 > I think that Macintrash going to the "Intel" Chipset is something
 > Synchronet could take advantage of.

Not really.

                                                  digital man

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