Gordan Bobic <gor...@bobich.net> writes: > On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:42:33 +0100, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton > <l...@lkcl.net> wrote: >> On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 1:35 PM, David Given <d...@cowlark.com> wrote: >> >>> Are there any decent-looking Cortex A9 boards out or upcoming which >>> support ethernet and SATA? So far I've found: >>> >>> PandaBoard --- $180, ethernet, no SATA. >>> >>> Samsung Origen --- $250, no ethernet, no SATA. >>> >>> Igloo Snowball --- $209, ethernet, no SATA (but other than that a >>> very >>> nice looking device). >>> >>> Trimslice --- $199, ethernet, may have SATA (they mention it a lot >>> but >>> it's unclear whether there's an actual socket or not). Comes in a >>> box! >>> >>> Anything else worth investigating? >> >> ok... yes, i can ask. >> >> question (for everyone): if there existed a board which used a >> single-core 800mhz Cortex A9, maximum hard limit of 512mb RAM, but >> also had SATA-II and 10/100 Ethernet, would it be of interest, and >> how >> much would you pay for it? similar spec / design / size / interfaces >> as the pandaboard, origen etc. just with a single-core Cortex A9 >> rather than dual-core. >> >> the CPU i have in mind is the AML-8726-M (which is fantastic but is >> hardware-limited to 512mb RAM) and i am in contact with an ODM/OEM >> whom i believe i could persuade to create such a board if there is >> sufficient interest in purchasing it. i've already explained to them >> that there are benefits to them i.e. Free Software Developers >> en-masse >> writing software based around the board etc. etc. >> >> btw when responding please don't take the piss on a price you'd be >> happy to pay! apart from anything it has to be enough to encourage >> them to go ahead with the board. the beagleboard price (A8, 720mhz, >> 512mb) is a fair guide. unlike x86 systems the CPU isn't the major >> component cost with these embedded boards. > > All that effort just to get native SATA? I really don't think it's > worth it. > > What use case do you have in mind? Most of my ARM systems, even for > desktop use, get by really well on SD cards (SanDisk and Pretec if you > have a choice) and USB sticks (I find the ones based on the Kingston > controller handle random-writes particularly well), especially if you > switch to using nilfs2 for non-root fs and write a few lines of shell > for a cron job to handle killing/spawning nilfs_cleanerd. > > If you really need SATA, then there is this: > http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/t-guruplugdetails.aspx
guruplug is kirkwood so armv5t(e) so it can't be used for an armhf buildd (which requires armv7) > > Granted, it's in a box, but they are cheap and you can always and noisy ... Arnaud -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87ty9pcrbw....@lebrac.rtp-net.org
