[cooker-amd64] 10.0/AMD64 Release Notes

[Gwenole Beauchesne]

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   Mandrake Linux/AMD64 10.0 Release Notes
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   The contents of this CD-ROM are Copyright (C) 2004 MandrakeSoft
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1. Hardware

   - Serial ATA support

     Promise & VIA Serial ATA are supported through the libata based
     kernel drivers. Only software RAID configurations are supported
     so far. There is also experimental support for Silicom Image SATA
     controllers.

     Note that only the following chipsets have been tested:
     Promise PDC20376, VIA 8237.

   - ATI graphics card

     ATI Radeon cards will work with Mandrake Linux XFree86 4.3 server
     with "radeon" driver, but there is no 3D acceleration available
     for any R300+ based cards.

     Note that only the following cards have been tested:
     ATI Radeon 9000, 9600 (laptops), 9700.

     So far, ATI does not provide proprietary drivers for Linux AMD64
     at this time.

   - NVIDIA graphics card

     If you don't use retail versions of Mandrake Linux, you will have
     to download NVIDIA drivers version 5332 at least. Note that
     Mandrake Linux for AMD64 is NPTL capable, so you also have to
     select the "TLS" type of GLX libraries.

     If you are not using Mandrake Linux supported kernels and you
     have troubles getting the drivers to work, you may have to edit
     "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4" and experiment with the "NvAgp" option.

   - BIOS updates

     The following table lists the minimal BIOS requirements to get
     the system working properly.

     ASUS SK8N			1002 (1003+ for Athlon 64 FX owners)
     Rioworks HDMA		1.72
     MSI K8T Neo (MS-6702)	1.2

     If you get kernel panics during installation, please try to boot
     with "idle=poll". If that works for you, contact your vendor for
     a BIOS update.

   - Notebooks

     Acer Aspire 1500 series notebook needs to boot with
     idle=poll. There is no BIOS update available at this time.

     Packard Bell notebook was known to work with Mandrake Linux
     9.2. It has not been tested with Mandrake Linux 10.0 yet.

     Mitac notebooks need "acpi=on" to get PCMCIA slots working.

2. Software

   - 3D acceleration & 32-bit applications

     Mandrake Linux kernels 2.6.3 and XFree86 4.3 servers provide a
     thunking layer allowing 32-bit OpenGL applications to work on
     XFree86 supported ATI Radeon cards.

     Note that only the following cards have been tested with 32-bit
     GL acceleration: ATI Radeon 9000.