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| author | Francis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk> | 2014-11-16 21:14:52 +0000 |
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| committer | Francis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk> | 2014-11-16 21:14:52 +0000 |
| commit | 7478c130cb37bdaa5b5237cf9fd6ef66fb165b23 (patch) | |
| tree | a2e1f3a6af5264f4aa9315e1f55b6b8c6929ecb8 /docs | |
| parent | 525ff67f2eca6f85582601baa65c9fef2e8c05ea (diff) | |
fix mistake in last commit
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/docs/release.html b/docs/release.html index 13f436a..2c9e7da 100644 --- a/docs/release.html +++ b/docs/release.html @@ -139,14 +139,6 @@ </h2> <ul> <li> - Look into these machines (based on discussions from IRC): - <pehjota> After the conversation yesterday about KolibriOS, I stumbled upon some hardware that community seems to like: the Vortex86 series of i586-compatible SoCs and the DMP EBOX nettops that use those SoCs. coreboot supports one computer by DMP (src/mainboard/dmp/vortex86ex/) which appears to be the EBOX-3100 (the only EBOX nettop AFAICT without VGA). Three years ago someone ported coreboot to the<br/> - <pehjota> EBOX-3300MX but apparently never upstreamed that work. These Vortex86 SoCs look pretty good, freedom-wise: I think there's no microcode at all, the VGA cores don't seem to need option ROMs, and there are no blobs for things like ME/MRC/AGESA. They have relatively low CPU clock rates (most at 600 or 933 MHz), so they aren't great for compiling or gaming. But they're sold as nettops, thin clients,<br/> - <pehjota> and embedded systems, and the prices ($95–$269 from the US distributor) aren't bad.<br/> - <pehjota> DMP EBOX computers: <a href="http://www.compactpc.com.tw/en/index.html">http://www.compactpc.com.tw/en/index.html</a>. EBOX-3300MX coreboot port: <a href="https://github.com/XVilka/coreboot">https://github.com/XVilka/coreboot</a> (last six commits). Basic (and incomplete) information on the Vortex86 SoCs: <a href="http://www.vortex86.com/">http://www.vortex86.com/</a>. Some technical overviews and resources: <a href="http://www.dmp.com.tw/tech/">http://www.dmp.com.tw/tech/</a>. DMP's BusyBox/Linux distribution (with a Linux config file but apparently no source code):<br/> - <pehjota> <a href="http://www.dmp.com.tw/tech/os-xlinux/">http://www.dmp.com.tw/tech/os-xlinux/</a>. - </li> - <li> Fix remaining incompatible LCD panels in native graphics on T60. See <a href="future/index.html#lcd_i945_incompatibility">future/index.html#lcd_i945_incompatibility</a>. </li> @@ -168,6 +160,14 @@ </li> </ul> </li> + <li> + Look into these machines (based on discussions from IRC): + <pehjota> After the conversation yesterday about KolibriOS, I stumbled upon some hardware that community seems to like: the Vortex86 series of i586-compatible SoCs and the DMP EBOX nettops that use those SoCs. coreboot supports one computer by DMP (src/mainboard/dmp/vortex86ex/) which appears to be the EBOX-3100 (the only EBOX nettop AFAICT without VGA). Three years ago someone ported coreboot to the<br/> + <pehjota> EBOX-3300MX but apparently never upstreamed that work. These Vortex86 SoCs look pretty good, freedom-wise: I think there's no microcode at all, the VGA cores don't seem to need option ROMs, and there are no blobs for things like ME/MRC/AGESA. They have relatively low CPU clock rates (most at 600 or 933 MHz), so they aren't great for compiling or gaming. But they're sold as nettops, thin clients,<br/> + <pehjota> and embedded systems, and the prices ($95–$269 from the US distributor) aren't bad.<br/> + <pehjota> DMP EBOX computers: <a href="http://www.compactpc.com.tw/en/index.html">http://www.compactpc.com.tw/en/index.html</a>. EBOX-3300MX coreboot port: <a href="https://github.com/XVilka/coreboot">https://github.com/XVilka/coreboot</a> (last six commits). Basic (and incomplete) information on the Vortex86 SoCs: <a href="http://www.vortex86.com/">http://www.vortex86.com/</a>. Some technical overviews and resources: <a href="http://www.dmp.com.tw/tech/">http://www.dmp.com.tw/tech/</a>. DMP's BusyBox/Linux distribution (with a Linux config file but apparently no source code):<br/> + <pehjota> <a href="http://www.dmp.com.tw/tech/os-xlinux/">http://www.dmp.com.tw/tech/os-xlinux/</a>. + </li> </ul> </div> |