[Voyage-linux] A Cheaper Motherboard

[Kim-man "Punky" TSE]

Hi Kerry,

I have read our conversation again and you said that you can sync the 
ixp etch packages with voyage x86 version.  I would like to know further 
on how you can get this done?  Are you just overlaying the ixp (or 
armeb) etch packages on top of x86 images?

I am very much appreciate that you would like to offer further help for 
non-x86 voyage, and we may discuss the detail further.  But at this 
moment, the only way to get non-x86 voyage supported is that I will need 
to know the detail on how to build the image so that I can incorporate 
it into my auto-build process.  You can also make use of the wiki to 
document you experience for your Gateworks port of voyage.

Regards,
Punky

Kerry Brown wrote:
> I had been talking to Punky about An arm port, at the time he didnt 
> have a board to test it on, but I built up some images, and Have, i 
> guess what you can callan
> Unofficial Port of Voyage to The Gateworks boards, with the cf slots..
>
> Thanks
> Kerry
>
>
> Edwin Whitelaw wrote:
>> I have an associate locally who is manufacturing a custom XScale 
>> platform running Linux.   He believes he could hit the cost bogey 
>> folks are looking for depending on memory requirements but wants to 
>> know what developer interest there is in porting Voyage to this 
>> platform.  He could provide some boards in a fairly short time for 
>> testing/development if the interest is there with an initial 
>> production run as early as sometime this summer.
>>
>> Going back to the earlier discussion on this list, there probably 
>> should be a low-end board, ~$50-$70, for client use but a more 
>> expensive one, say $100-$130 range, could easily be justified if 
>> that's what it takes to get the additional functionality an 
>> AP/router/DNS/DHCP server requires.  After all, an AP with even 20 
>> clients is going to pay for the additional one-time cost in a few 
>> days operation.
>>
>> My personal choice is a single mini-PCI slot client and a three slot 
>> AP, two for 5.8GHz backhaul in and out and one with a 2.4GHz AP.
>>
>> Does anyone know what processor PC Engines is going to use in their 
>> upcoming ARM9 product?  What success have any list members had in 
>> running on XScale?
>>
>> Does anyone have a wish list of what features are needed in a low 
>> cost CPE?
>>
>> I'm not expert at board manufacture but am intrigued by the possibly 
>> *very* low power consumption implied here for possible solar or 
>> wind-generated power source installations.  Being divorced from 
>> reliance on the local power company would be a great advantage for 
>> site selection.
>>
>>
>> Edwin
>>
>
>
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