Hi Robert, On 03/03/2017 15:53, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Fri, 3 Mar 2017, Andy Pont wrote: > >> Robert wrote... >> >>>> I would look at one of the P10xx series QorIQ boards. Digi-Key list >>>> the P1021RDB-PC-ND and P1024RDB-PA-ND as being active parts which >>>> are either single or dual e500 cores. >>> >>> i would start with the machine definition files in the meta-fsl-ppc >>> layer: >>> >>> http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/meta-fsl-ppc/tree/conf/machine >>> >>> and see what looks promising. however, IIRC, one of the properties of >>> a YP reference board is that it shouldn't be stupid, crazy expensive, >>> no? so anything climbing above $500 (USD) might not be an option. >>> people used to spending $60 for a beaglebone black might have a >>> seizure to suddenly realize they need $500 for a powerpc reference >>> board. >> >> Using Digi-Key UK as my reference, they list the MPC8308-RDB-ND and >> MPC8313E-RDBC-ND as being available for less than £250 which makes >> them sub $300 which is probably the best price I have seen for Power >> Architecture reference boards. >> >> Granted, they are still more expensive than a BBB, RPi or something >> like that but cheap compared to >$2,000 reference boards we used to >> have to buy in the old days! > > in canada, distributors are charging over $400 (CAD) for either of > those, which you'd normally think would be outside the bounds for a YP > reference board, but it may be that that's what you have to accept for > even an inexpensive PPC dev kit. > > a better question is, what PPC platform are people working with > these days? it seems pointless to select an older technology just > because it's cheaper, only to have no one buy it because it's useless. > so who out there is working with powerpc, and what PPC platform would > have enough general interest that it would be worth making the YP > reference board? >
One more question is regarding the EOL of some of these processors. P1010/14 reaches EOL next year, P1021/23 in two years. It should be also avoided to take a board that has a very short life time. The MPC8313 reached EOL last year :-(. > or, perhaps (god forbid) there's no actual point in even *having* a > powerpc reference board? IMHO it was always a good point for me to have a reference for e500. I mainly had projects with P202x, QorIQ. Best regards, Stefano -- Meet DENX at the Embedded World Trade Show 14 Mar - 16 Mar 2017, Nuremberg Trade Fair Centre, Hall 4, Booth 581 -- ===================================================================== DENX Software Engineering GmbH, Managing Director: Wolfgang Denk HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: +49-8142-66989-53 Fax: +49-8142-66989-80 Email: sba...@denx.de ===================================================================== -- _______________________________________________ yocto mailing list yocto@yoctoproject.org https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto
