[Arm-netbook] Tegra2 OC-ing on Toshiba AC100

[Gordan Bobic]

On 01/02/2012 08:48 PM, lkcl luke wrote:
> 2012/1/2 Henrik Nordström<henrik at henriknordstrom.net>:
>> lör 2011-12-31 klockan 19:24 +0000 skrev lkcl luke:
>>>   achh... *sigh* the other problem is that the tegra 2 doesn't have
>>> SATA - the compulab machine managed to add SATA through a USB-to-SATA
>>> converter.
>>
>> That USB-to-SATA bridge is a bit borked btw.. requires a gross kernel
>> hack to keep operating somewhat realiable, if not the storage drops out
>> randomly.
>
>   oh jesuzzss i was going to recommend that IC to someone!  actually, i
> was kinda looking for ammo to tell them "don't do it!"

If you are after an ARMv7 with SATA, Marvell Armada and Freescale iMX53 
are probably better choices as those have it built in and there are at 
least three options of boards with them on:

Freescale IMX53QSB (Freescale iMX.53)
Compulab SBC-A510 (Marvell Armada 510)
Globalscale D2Plug  (Marvell Armada 510)

If you are happy with an ARMv5, you can always get a Kirkwood based 
board (e.g. new SheevaPlugs, GuruPlugs and DreamPlugs all come with SATA).

Tegra doesn't have it built into the SoC, which means it'll require an 
external SATA controller on PCIe, which just means more complication. 
Probably better to go with something that has been tried and works 
rather than making your life needlessly difficult.

Gordan