[Voyage-linux] Re: Alix1/3 VGA support (lxfb) vs. Intel Atom D945GCLF

[Kim-man 'Punky' TSE]

Hi Michael,

Is Atom dual core or SMT?  To support it, it is better to install the 
stock Debian kernel on top of Voyage. 

Regards,
Punky

mgrollman wrote:
>
>
> We do a lot of video encode stuff with Voyage (not so much playback), 
> so we try and track what is out there that works well and it low cost 
> for hardware.  It would appear that the  Intel Atom D945GCLF is 
> shipping now, at around $80 USD qty 1, with a 1.6GHz CPU and a much 
> more potent grahaics engine GMA 950 than Alix, as well as much better 
> RAM upgradeable, it would seem that it could handler a video playback 
> application like what you describe below much better than Alix could 
> (much as it saddens me to say it) even withg frame buffer, and that a 
> it would not take much to get Voyage to run well on this platform, 
> since it is based on venervcal Intel 82945G (ICH7).  This board, I 
> think, will take over many many application  niches where Via and 
> Geode are hot today.
> Cheers,
>
> - Michael
>
>
> --------------------------------
> Kim-man 'Punky' TSE wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> If you are using XFree86, I think you may need framebuffer driver.  
>> With XOrg, it will have a native geodelx video driver.  My question 
>> is, if XOrg on Etch does not support geode lx, will adding 
>> framebuffer support help?
>>
>> Next 0.6 release will base on lenny, and will be available at around 
>> summer time.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Punky
>>
>>
>> Dario Finardi wrote:
>>> Yes, you're correct.
>>>
>>> I'm investigating about the way to use such cheap and low power 
>>> consumption boards (alix pcengines and soekris) to build embedded 
>>> devices with the ability to drive display not charging the cpu with 
>>> the heavy X11 infrastructure.
>>>
>>> About X11: I see the Geode support was introduced in X11 starting 
>>> from Debian 4.0 Lenny and Sid.
>>> Etch hasn't such a driver yet.
>>>
>>> Have you some roadmap timing to port Voyage from Etch to Lenny yet?
>>>
>>> NOTE: I tested X11 without any specific video driver. Geode is 
>>> driven only as a plain VGA with really poor performances and 
>>> supporting few resolutions/color depth.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> dario
>>> -----Messaggio originale-----
>>> Da: Kim-man 'Punky' TSE [mailto:punkytse at punknix.com] Inviato: 
>>> mercoledì 21 maggio 2008 3.37
>>> A: Dario Finardi
>>> Cc: voyage-linux at voyage.hk
>>> Oggetto: Re: [Voyage-linux] Alix1/3 VGA support (lxfb)
>>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I am not convinced why a geode lx driver is needed.  As far as I 
>>> read from http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Hardware_Drivers and kernel 
>>> documentation, framebuffer is for provide graphical support on 
>>> kernel console.  Correct me if i am wrong.  Any other strong reason 
>>> than that?
>>> Regards,
>>> Punky
>>>
>>>
>>> Dario Finardi wrote:
>>>  
>>>> I was looking for the lxfb module to have optimized support of the 
>>>> Geode framebuffer.
>>>> I made an hand-check, then installed module-assistant too.
>>>> I see the lxfb module ins't available in the Voyage mainstream 
>>>> distribution.
>>>>
>>>> Someone with a solution?
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Regards,
>>> Punky
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>>


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