Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2014 09:14:39 +0700 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22C=2E_Bergstr=F6m=22?= <cbergstrom@pathscale.com> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> Cc: Thomas Zander <riggs@freebsd.org>, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, Jim Thompson <jim@netgate.com>, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: opteron a1100 arm Message-ID: <52F19E8F.1030101@pathscale.com> In-Reply-To: <CAJ-VmokC9qHiKEE-pFTgcaZPE3fp09h20q-t_K8EbVpRnUsiSw@mail.gmail.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1401311911120.2427@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <1391538649.19169.79261269.3C5F49D1@webmail.messagingengine.com> <CAFU734xXWyc_TqBJ7e4MhD2nB01BAejR_1vT9%2B_5Ar5mJncncA@mail.gmail.com> <493DEB39-C4B4-409E-B8B2-B1B11E013754@netgate.com> <20140204223528.GF23872@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <52F16BA4.4060202@pathscale.com> <60985.1391554164@critter.freebsd.dk> <52F179C6.2050400@freebsd.org> <A0C73AA0-3979-4B61-8AFC-C5C5E41D21DE@netgate.com> <CAJ-VmokC9qHiKEE-pFTgcaZPE3fp09h20q-t_K8EbVpRnUsiSw@mail.gmail.com>
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On 02/ 5/14 09:09 AM, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> On 4 February 2014 16:35, Jim Thompson <jim@netgate.com> wrote:
>> On Feb 4, 2014, at 5:37 PM, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On 02/04/14 16:49, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>>>> In message <52F16BA4.4060202@pathscale.com>, =?UTF-8?B?IkMuIEJlcmdzdHLDtm0i?= w
>>>> rites:
>>>>
>>>>> Think about how much power interconnects takes, PCIe and everything else..
>>>> Not to mention the raw savings of avoiding all the crap that has
>>>> been nailed inexpertly onto the X86 platform over the years...
>>>>
>>>> Did you notice that "X86 arduino" Intel just launched ?
>>>>
>>>> Does anybody but me cringe at the thought of an Arduino with UEFI, ACPI,
>>>> microcode updates and SMM ticking away in the background to make sure
>>>> it doesn't run too hot ?
>>>>
>>> This AMD platform has UEFI and ACPI, so that's at least 2 out of 4...
>>> -Nathan
>> The "X86 arduino" ("Gallileo") has a Quark 1100 SoC running at 400MHz. It implements a 32-bit Pentium instruction set and has a TDP of 1.9W - 2.2W.
>>
>> I don't think it's going to "run too hot", and yes it runs SMM, UEFI and ACPI-compatible sleep states.
> We'd still have to port to that platform.
>
> I'd give it go if someone would ship me one. :)
If a few of these could be procured - I wonder if this is a good GSOC
topic? Anyone know any students who might be interested?
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