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From: "Abdallah Harb" <abdallah.harb@onstor.com>
To: "Brian Stark" <brian.stark@onstor.com>,
	"Andy Sharp" <andy.sharp@onstor.com>

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Brian,
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Do you know if the Bobcat mother board from Dan's old office is good =
working board?
Andy brought here to the HW lab for me to look at. Shall I put it in a =
chassis and check it?
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Thanks,
Abdallah

________________________________

From: Brian Stark
Sent: Wed 2/7/2007 5:56 PM
To: Andy Sharp
Cc: Abdallah Harb
Subject: RE: bobcat motherboard



Andy,

Glad you found them!  I didn't find any in P'town, so hopefully one of =
those works for you.  If these are the 2 that Dan used, I know they were =
working at 1 point since I updated CFE for him.

I've attached a user's manual for the board and a cfe reference manual =
in case there wasn't any documentation with the systems.


Brian





> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Sharp
> Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 5:36 PM
> To: Brian Stark
> Cc: Abdallah Harb
> Subject: Re: bobcat motherboard
>
> Score!  I found two of the swarm's.  Stay tuned.  I'll be
> bringing on line my MIPS HPC computing cluster in a day or so.
>
> Cheers,
>
> a
>
> On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 15:30:59 -0800 "Brian Stark"
> <brian.stark@onstor.com> wrote:
>
> > Andy,
> >
> > Yeah, we used to populate 1GHz parts and even tried a few
> of them out
> > at that frequency.  We backed down to 800MHz and didn't see any
> > performance deltas (at least not back then), so we then starting
> > populating 800MHz parts to save some $$$.
> >
> > As per my earlier email, I don't see a good way of hacking
> a board to
> > do what you want.  The modifications to the LUC Verilog is
> an option
> > still, and I also just thought of another idea.  We used to
> have 3-4
> > SiByte SWARM eval systems.  These eval systems were housed in a
> > standard PC case and had a 1250, memory, and guess what -- direct
> > connect to the outside world with the 1250 GigE ports.  It's not
> > exactly the same as our hardware, but it's pretty close.
> >
> > Let me know what you think about this.  I know that Dan had
> a couple
> > of these in his cube, but I'm not sure where they ended up after he
> > left. I also may have at least one here in Pleasanton.  They're old
> > and probably need some CFE updates, but this may turn out
> to be easier
> > than getting further on Bobcat.
> >
> > If you think this is worthwhile, maybe you can check Dan's old cube
> > (right next to Brian DeForest) or with some folks down there (John
> > Rogers?) to see where the systems are at.  I'll also look
> through the
> > lab here.
> >
> >
> > Brian
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Andy Sharp
> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 2:29 PM
> > > To: Brian Stark
> > > Cc: Abdallah Harb
> > > Subject: bobcat motherboard
> > >
> > > Hi Brian,
> > >
> > > I may have found the perfect bobcat motherboard to do
> some hacks on.
> > > Abdallah said that I should email you the serial to see what you
> > > might know about it.  One of my favorite things about it
> is that is
> > > says 1GHz for the RM9K processor, which is music to my ears, of
> > > course.
> > >
> > > s/n 0450010500 rev. 4.0
> > >
> > >
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<P><FONT size=3D2>Andy,<BR><BR>Glad you found them!&nbsp; I didn't find =
any in P'town, so hopefully one of those works for you.&nbsp; If these =
are the 2 that Dan used, I know they were working at 1 point since I =
updated CFE for him.<BR><BR>I've attached a user's manual for the board =
and a cfe reference manual in case there wasn't any documentation with =
the systems.<BR><BR><BR>Brian<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>&gt; -----Original =
Message-----<BR>&gt; From: Andy Sharp<BR>&gt; Sent: Wednesday, February =
07, 2007 5:36 PM<BR>&gt; To: Brian Stark<BR>&gt; Cc: Abdallah =
Harb<BR>&gt; Subject: Re: bobcat motherboard<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; =
Score!&nbsp; I found two of the swarm's.&nbsp; Stay tuned.&nbsp; I'll =
be<BR>&gt; bringing on line my MIPS HPC computing cluster in a day or =
so.<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; Cheers,<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; a<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; On Wed, 7 =
Feb 2007 15:30:59 -0800 "Brian Stark"<BR>&gt; =
&lt;brian.stark@onstor.com&gt; wrote:<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; Andy,<BR>&gt; =
&gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; Yeah, we used to populate 1GHz parts and even tried a =
few<BR>&gt; of them out<BR>&gt; &gt; at that frequency.&nbsp; We backed =
down to 800MHz and didn't see any<BR>&gt; &gt; performance deltas (at =
least not back then), so we then starting<BR>&gt; &gt; populating 800MHz =
parts to save some $$$.<BR>&gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; As per my earlier =
email, I don't see a good way of hacking<BR>&gt; a board to<BR>&gt; &gt; =
do what you want.&nbsp; The modifications to the LUC Verilog is<BR>&gt; =
an option<BR>&gt; &gt; still, and I also just thought of another =
idea.&nbsp; We used to<BR>&gt; have 3-4<BR>&gt; &gt; SiByte SWARM eval =
systems.&nbsp; These eval systems were housed in a<BR>&gt; &gt; standard =
PC case and had a 1250, memory, and guess what -- direct<BR>&gt; &gt; =
connect to the outside world with the 1250 GigE ports.&nbsp; It's =
not<BR>&gt; &gt; exactly the same as our hardware, but it's pretty =
close.<BR>&gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; Let me know what you think about =
this.&nbsp; I know that Dan had<BR>&gt; a couple<BR>&gt; &gt; of these =
in his cube, but I'm not sure where they ended up after he<BR>&gt; &gt; =
left. I also may have at least one here in Pleasanton.&nbsp; They're =
old<BR>&gt; &gt; and probably need some CFE updates, but this may turn =
out<BR>&gt; to be easier<BR>&gt; &gt; than getting further on =
Bobcat.<BR>&gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; If you think this is worthwhile, maybe =
you can check Dan's old cube<BR>&gt; &gt; (right next to Brian DeForest) =
or with some folks down there (John<BR>&gt; &gt; Rogers?) to see where =
the systems are at.&nbsp; I'll also look<BR>&gt; through the<BR>&gt; =
&gt; lab here.<BR>&gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; Brian<BR>&gt; =
&gt;<BR>&gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; &gt; -----Original Message-----<BR>&gt; =
&gt; &gt; From: Andy Sharp<BR>&gt; &gt; &gt; Sent: Wednesday, February =
07, 2007 2:29 PM<BR>&gt; &gt; &gt; To: Brian Stark<BR>&gt; &gt; &gt; Cc: =
Abdallah Harb<BR>&gt; &gt; &gt; Subject: bobcat motherboard<BR>&gt; &gt; =
&gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; &gt; Hi Brian,<BR>&gt; &gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; &gt; I =
may have found the perfect bobcat motherboard to do<BR>&gt; some hacks =
on.<BR>&gt; &gt; &gt; Abdallah said that I should email you the serial =
to see what you<BR>&gt; &gt; &gt; might know about it.&nbsp; One of my =
favorite things about it<BR>&gt; is that is<BR>&gt; &gt; &gt; says 1GHz =
for the RM9K processor, which is music to my ears, of<BR>&gt; &gt; &gt; =
course.<BR>&gt; &gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; &gt; s/n 0450010500 rev. =
4.0<BR>&gt; &gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; =
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