Also, I don't know about the ARM instruction set... astlinux requires Intel
x86 instruction set, so more work would be required to support ARM ?
David
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 9:40 PM, David Kerr <da...@kerr.net> wrote:
> I have no idea, someone would have to buy and test. First obstacle I see
> is the lack of a serial port so where will console output go? Something
> would have to be done inside astlinux to route console to the USB port...
> for which the "linux support package" is probably required, and that is
> listed as "coming soon" on their web page. Other than that the storage,
> memory and CPU power look quite capable of supporting astlinux.
> David
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 8:56 PM, Cleveland Electronic Services <
> i...@clevelandelectronicservices.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi David,
>>
>>
>>
>> Will this run Astlinux? Looks very promising.
>>
>>
>>
>> *Cleve Jansen*
>>
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>>
>> *From:* David Kerr [mailto:da...@kerr.net]
>> *Sent:* Thursday, 26 February 2009 12:15 PM
>> *To:* AstLinux Users Mailing List
>> *Subject:* Re: [Astlinux-users] Marvell SheevaPlug system...5w linux box
>>
>>
>>
>> I noticed this myself the other day. Almost in the impulse buy range. A
>> pity that it only has the one ethernet port.... two and it would make for a
>> very interesting home gateway, but with only one I'm not sure what practical
>> uses it has. But it sure is cheap.
>>
>>
>>
>> David
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 6:35 PM, Peter Loron <pet...@standingwave.org>
>> wrote:
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>> http://www.marvell.com/products/embedded_processors/developer/kirkwood/sheevaplug.jsp
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>> Very interesting open system from Marvell. Size of a wall wart, 1.2GHz
>> ARM processor, 512MB RAM, 512MB FLASH, SDIO, USB 2.0, GigE, JTAG.
>> Draws 5 watts.
>>
>> $99 for the current dev kit...hints that the cost could come down with
>> volume to ~$50.
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