[Arm-netbook] ARM port(s) BoF at DebConf

[Derek LaHousse]

On Wed, 2012-07-25 at 10:24 -0700, freebirds at fastmail.fm wrote:
> >  ok hooray, it's an 88F6282, aka armada-300.  right.  so the product
> > brief is downloadable here:
> > http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/armada-300/
> > 
> >  and it says it's a "Sheeva", whatever that is, and it says it's only
> > a 16-bit DDR3 interface, which means it's going to be rather painful
> > to use _but_ nothing like as bad as having to do linker phases in
> > swap.
> 
> Thanks for researching the answer of my inquiry which ARM processor.
> However, Marvell's specification of the 88F6292 aka Armada-300 does not
> disclose which ARM processor it has. I didn't see a reference to Sheeva.
> I doubt Netgear is using the same processor that Sheevaplug and
> DreamPlug uses. So much secrecy! Marvell requires a nondisclosure
> agreement which may be why Netgear is secretive.
> 
> I haven't purchased a Sheevaplug because I am still researching whether
> there is a new ARM device without TrustZone and Mobicore. Without
> knowing what ARM processor is in Armada 300, TrustZone cannot be
> confirmed.
> 

Even if they don't have TrustZone, they are still a Lambda Calculus
machine with a Von Newmann architecture.  I hear you can run code as
root on those, and code running as root can do ANYTHING!