[Arm-netbook] motherboard design

[lkcl luke]

On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 8:32 AM, Simon Kenyon <simon at koala.ie> wrote:
> On 04/13/12 19:36, Henrik Nordström wrote:
>> fre 2012-04-13 klockan 18:57 +0100 skrev lkcl luke:
>>
>>>   add it to the community ideas wiki page, simon.  a low-cost version
>>> of this would have to be using a factory-installed A10 EOMA-68 CPU
>>> card.  i thiiiink  i specified on the 44 pins that at least one of the
>>> T2 interfaces be on it....
>>
>> Or use one DVB->USB gadget. Not as power efficient but avoids the
>> problem of T2 interface drivers not in the A10 kernel and MPEG-TS stream
>> demultiplexer also not documented..
>
> using usb is an obvious way to go
> but linuxtv.org has gazillion drivers

 here's something that i'd sent to someone on this exact topic, 6
months ago.  the use of the mini pcie form-factor simplifies the main
motherboard design, and allows alternate parts to be swapped in/out
should one part become unavailable.

whilst there are plenty of mini pcie form-factor DVB-T cards, it was
damn hard to find one that had a *known* chance of working with the
linux kernel.

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 i promised i'd track down a suitable DVB-T USB card in a Mini PCIe
form-factor. it's also known as the AOpen MC770A, or the Yuan MC770A.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ASUS-DVB-T-Hybird-TV-Card-Yuan-MC770A-MC770-Mini-PCI-E-/180546491253

yes it's supported under linux:
http://www.linuxtv.org/pipermail/linux-dvb/2008-August/028192.html