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Jul 12 06:54:08 <ahigerd> Well, I've backported some bugfixes to the mv_cesa module from 3.0.0
Jul 12 06:54:23 <ahigerd> Patch applied nice and clean, currently building a new kernel to give it a try
Jul 12 06:54:27 <Tootoot222> cool
Jul 12 06:54:54 <ahigerd> Fortunately I DO have experience hacking on the kernel a little :P I've made a device driver or two in my day.
Jul 12 06:55:13 <ahigerd> Actually it was kinda fun to debug that thing with an oscilloscope. XD
Jul 12 06:55:36 <Tootoot222> XD
Jul 12 06:56:24 <ahigerd> Seriously, I had a 20x4 character LCD panel hooked up to my processor via GPIO, and all I had was the line timings to work with :P
Jul 12 06:56:29 <ahigerd> Bitbanging! :D
Jul 12 06:56:46 <Tootoot222> lololo
Jul 12 06:56:49 <Tootoot222> epic
Jul 12 06:58:20 <ahigerd> I also, with the help of my boss (an electrical engineer) hacked up a poor-man's sound card with a bunch of resistors, a speaker, and bitbanging PCM into it :P
Jul 12 06:58:32 <Tootoot222> heheh
Jul 12 06:58:32 <Tootoot222> nice
Jul 12 06:58:58 <ahigerd> Popped really loud every time the scheduler did a context switch though
Jul 12 06:59:07 <ahigerd> So... ditched that ;P
Jul 12 07:00:24 <Tootoot222> lol
Jul 12 07:00:54 <ahigerd> We were hoping to save money and avoid adding a DSP chip to the board
Jul 12 07:01:15 <ahigerd> But while the sound quality was acceptable the pops were not
Jul 12 07:01:37 <Tootoot222> heh
Jul 12 07:08:17 <ahigerd> That said, the technique would probably work if I had a microcontroller instead of a general-purpose CPU, no context switching there
Jul 12 07:08:43 <ahigerd> But with a microcontroller, might as well just get the DSP :P
Jul 12 07:10:00 <Tootoot222> ah, yeah
Jul 12 19:44:42 <Ramosa> what is the real advantage of having 2 NIC's?
Jul 12 19:45:03 <Tootoot222> Ramosa: i use mi dual NIC to make my dreamplug a router
Jul 12 19:45:12 <Tootoot222> modem in eth0, wired switch on eth1, dnsmasq on dreamplug
Jul 12 19:45:22 <kerio> Ramosa: roundrobin on a bonded interface is the shit
Jul 12 19:45:24 <Tootoot222> few iptables rules later and you've got yourself a  working router
Jul 12 19:45:30 <kerio> suddenly, 2gbps
Jul 12 19:46:52 <Ramosa> ok.. im thinking, I would like a server for all purposes.. hosting public sites, and internal stuff like mail server/development.. but perhaps its not a good security decision to keep public and private stuff on same hardware
Jul 12 19:47:17 <kerio> meh
Jul 12 19:47:41 <kerio> the only secure server is buried underground with armed guards nearby, and disconnected from the internet
Jul 12 19:47:41 <kerio> and off
Jul 12 19:48:16 <Ramosa> right :) but once you have a public website its easier to find it
Jul 12 19:49:08 <Tootoot222> Ramosa: just use different users for public and private
Jul 12 19:49:33 <Ramosa> ok.. and 2 NIC's have nothing to do with this issue?
Jul 12 19:49:42 <Ramosa> one for private one for public
Jul 12 19:50:50 <Tootoot222> Ramosa: well like you said, it's all the same disk/operating system, so even if you used a NIC for public and private, you're still exposing the server that runs private services to the internet
Jul 12 19:52:10 <Ramosa> i think I would rather buy a router than to try to setup my own.. besides you still need a HUB if you want to serve many PC's
Jul 12 19:52:24 <Tootoot222> yup
Jul 12 19:52:32 <Tootoot222> but a wired switch with 8 ports is like 30$
Jul 12 19:52:37 <Tootoot222> a gigabit router is like 130$
Jul 12 19:52:44 <Tootoot222> and since you assumedly already have a plug
Jul 12 19:52:47 <Tootoot222> you save 100$
Jul 12 19:53:20 <Ramosa> the time I had to invest to learn to set it up will exceed 100$ :)
Jul 12 19:53:43 <Tootoot222> Ramosa: like i said, it's about 5 or 6 iptables rules and 1 config file for dnsmasq and you're up and running
Jul 12 19:53:51 <Tootoot222> i can even paste my working configs for you, if you'd like
Jul 12 19:54:12 <Ramosa> thanks, gotta get a server first :)
Jul 12 19:54:17 <Tootoot222> heh
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