From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 21 14:36:56 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23A6F16A419 for ; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:36:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from tim.des.no (tim.des.no [194.63.250.121]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8A7F13C448 for ; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:36:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from tim.des.no (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spam.des.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2ECF207E; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:36:40 +0100 (CET) X-Spam-Tests: AWL X-Spam-Learn: disabled X-Spam-Score: -0.2/3.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on tim.des.no Received: from ds4.des.no (des.no [80.203.243.180]) by smtp.des.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id C30BA2049; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:36:40 +0100 (CET) Received: by ds4.des.no (Postfix, from userid 1001) id ADE4E844B7; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:36:40 +0100 (CET) From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= To: Peter Jeremy References: <479296CA.8000700@wlansystems.com> <20080120103801.GP1466@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:36:40 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20080120103801.GP1466@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> (Peter Jeremy's message of "Sun\, 20 Jan 2008 21\:38\:02 +1100") Message-ID: <864pd7nt3b.fsf@ds4.des.no> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.1 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Heikki Suonsivu , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on non-fpu device X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:36:56 -0000 Peter Jeremy writes: > I very much doubt MP3 playing is going to work without an FPU. The > 2300SX specifications are badly mangled by the website but appear to > suggest that it needs 5V@3A - this is not especially low power and > you should be able to find alternatives. Check out www.pcengines.ch > and www.ewayco.com [I haven't used either of these manufacturers but > have found them in searches]. The Soekris net4801 and net5501 have lower power consumption (15W and 20W respectively when fully equipped, significantly less if you don't stick a hard drive or WLAN adapter in it) and are fully supported. The only caveat is that while the chipset has built-in audio support, I'm not sure if there's an audio header on the board. Regarding the eBox, I've seen far more powerful VIA EPIA-based thin clients in the exact same enclosure shown on the front page of compactpc.com.tw. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no