On Thu, 14 Aug 2014, Bob Cochran wrote: > On 08/14/2014 10:41 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > On Thu, 14 Aug 2014, Bob Cochran wrote:
... snip ... > > > Thank you for the reply Bruce. I suggested the P1010RDB because we have > > > one > > > of these (older rev), and we have found few problems working periodically > > > with > > > Poky & related master branches over the past couple of years. We also > > > test > > > the mainline kernel on it - typically with success. > > > In other words, it's basically been stable. > > > > > > It's $545 @ Digikey: > > > http://www.digikey.com/product-search/en?x=0&y=0&lang=en&site=us&keywords=P1010RDB > > > > ouch. personally, i think that's too pricey for one of the yocto > > reference boards. it should be affordable by *hobbyists*, which > > suggests a price of at most $200, if not less. $545 is simply too > > expensive. > > > Agreed! > > However, the currently used mpc8315e-rdb is $515 at Digikey: > http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/MPC8315E-RDBA/MPC8315E-RDBA-ND/2186258 > > Basically same price ouch again. i didn't know that as i don't have much interest in PPC boards. i'm still convinced that every yocto reference board should be "affordable". it need not be fully-featured, it need only represent a proof of concept in the sense of building a simple, bootable image. are there no decent PPC dev kits in that price range? none? rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ======================================================================== -- _______________________________________________ yocto mailing list [email protected] https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto
