From 7478c130cb37bdaa5b5237cf9fd6ef66fb165b23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Francis Rowe Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 21:14:52 +0000 Subject: fix mistake in last commit --- docs/release.html | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/release.html b/docs/release.html index 13f436a..2c9e7da 100644 --- a/docs/release.html +++ b/docs/release.html @@ -138,14 +138,6 @@ Critical tasks for future release +
  • + 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
    + <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,
    + <pehjota> and embedded systems, and the prices ($95–$269 from the US distributor) aren't bad.
    + <pehjota> DMP EBOX computers: http://www.compactpc.com.tw/en/index.html. EBOX-3300MX coreboot port: https://github.com/XVilka/coreboot (last six commits). Basic (and incomplete) information on the Vortex86 SoCs: http://www.vortex86.com/. Some technical overviews and resources: http://www.dmp.com.tw/tech/. DMP's BusyBox/Linux distribution (with a Linux config file but apparently no source code):
    + <pehjota> http://www.dmp.com.tw/tech/os-xlinux/. +
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