Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:00:10 -0800 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl, roberthuff@rcn.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: new hardware platform?? :-) Message-ID: <49a5089a.08y1RgGrBbDVr2IJ%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0902242348330.4946@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <18852.27220.6966.736090@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0902242348330.4946@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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> On Tue, 24 Feb 2009, Robert Huff wrote: > > Has any one seen more on this? > > http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10170648-1.html http://www.marvell.com/featured/plugcomputing.jsp They claim only Linux support for the brick, but the blurb on the 88F6281 system-on-chip processor claims BSD support (for the SOC, not necessarily for this board, and it didn't say which BSD). BTW it's an ARM processor. Wojciech Puchar <wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl!wojtek@agora.rdrop.com> wrote: > i don't see monitor connector? :) It's presumably intended to be used as a headless server, accessed primarily via the GB Ethernet; however that slot on the top side has several useful connections including serial and JTAG. (Their debug board converts those to USB, but nothing requires you to plug in the debug board :) One disappointment is that they apparently did not bring out the chip's SATA and PCI-E connections. The PCI-E is only x1, so not all that great for high-performance video, but burying it inside the box does seem like an unnecessary limitation.
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