Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Introducing the MK802 FreedomStick

2012-09-11 Thread Rob van der Hoeven
I am thinking in the same direction. A combination of an OpenWRT router and a MK802. The best way to do this is by using the USB-OTG port. If this port is put in device-mode you can load the Ethernet-gadget kernel driver. This driver turns the MK802 USB-OTG port into an USB-Ethernet

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Introducing the MK802 FreedomStick

2012-09-10 Thread Rob van der Hoeven
What could be the reason for the MK802's poor WiFi performance (770 KB/s)? If it is the 1Ghz CPU's fault, then there is something seriously wrong with the A10/Cortex8, no? The reason is probably a poor antenna. WIFI is the bottleneck, the processor is running at ~ 30% I'm asking

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Introducing the MK802 FreedomStick

2012-09-10 Thread timur.mehrv...@riseup.net
On 09/10/2012 09:31 AM, Rob van der Hoeven wrote: What could be the reason for the MK802's poor WiFi performance (770 KB/s)? If it is the 1Ghz CPU's fault, then there is something seriously wrong with the A10/Cortex8, no? The reason is probably a poor antenna. WIFI is the bottleneck, the

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Introducing the MK802 FreedomStick

2012-09-09 Thread timur.mehrv...@riseup.net
On 09/08/2012 11:04 PM, Rob van der Hoeven wrote: Is it possible to flash Debian/Ubuntu into NAND also? Yes, but remember that all A10 boot-loaders and kernels are experimental. If you write the boot configuration to NAND and it (or the boot-loader) has errors, you end up with a bricked device.

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Introducing the MK802 FreedomStick

2012-09-08 Thread timur.mehrv...@riseup.net
On 09/07/2012 10:25 PM, Rob van der Hoeven wrote: Hi folks, The last few weeks i have been playing with a MK802 stick-computer. From my experience i think this little computer will be excellent hardware for our FreedomBox project. Wrote an article about its features and performance on my blog:

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Introducing the MK802 FreedomStick

2012-09-08 Thread Rob van der Hoeven
One question about booting. You say... Apart from all the hardware features its boot process is also interesting. Booting goes as follows: 1. Check if the reset pin is pressed. If so, load new firmware from the USB port. 2.

[Freedombox-discuss] Introducing the MK802 FreedomStick

2012-09-07 Thread Rob van der Hoeven
Hi folks, The last few weeks i have been playing with a MK802 stick-computer. From my experience i think this little computer will be excellent hardware for our FreedomBox project. Wrote an article about its features and performance on my blog:

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Introducing the MK802 FreedomStick

2012-09-07 Thread Angelo Danio
2012/9/7 Rob van der Hoeven robvanderhoe...@ziggo.nl Hi folks, The last few weeks i have been playing with a MK802 stick-computer. Anybody tried raspberry ? -- Angelo ___ Freedombox-discuss mailing list Freedombox-discuss@lists.alioth.debian.org

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Introducing the MK802 FreedomStick

2012-09-07 Thread J David Eisenberg
On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Rob van der Hoeven robvanderhoe...@ziggo.nl wrote: Hi folks, The last few weeks i have been playing with a MK802 stick-computer. From my experience i think this little computer will be excellent hardware for our FreedomBox project. Wrote an article about its