what about the chinese Loongson processor? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loongson
a notebook running mandriva using that chip seems to be on the way http://www.gdium.com/description and there is some documentation about it in http://www.loongsondeveloper.com On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 11:35 AM, Mark Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 9:02 AM, Cyril Plisko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> Isn't Qube too old to be considered a viable target for this project ? >> One of the lessons I've learned from the PPC port is to make sure the >> hardware is readily available and not going to die soon. Otherwise the >> software will follow the hardware :-( > > Agreed. This was, honestly, one of the main reasons I reached out to > Movidis. > >> >> The platform vendor willingness to cooperate is not always enough - >> with PPC Genesi was as cooperative as one could possibly dream, >> however the system logic was not their part and Marvell (their chip >> was there) just couldn't care less. > > Agreed. Since this isn't corporate sponsored, I consider it a risk to > complete success that it will rely on external contributions. Regardless I > still have energy and optimism. I know that won't be enough, though. > >> >> The platform itself looks quite interesting. Are there any other >> possible _modern_ platform this project can target ? > > I'm open to ideas. > > For me, the Movidis x16 platform is interesting because it does not solely > target the dedicated network switch/routing market that I so often see MIPS > being used in. I think this may also be interesting > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loongson > > > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
