[Arm-netbook] Selecting the right Soc for out ARM Notebook project.

[Gordan Bobic]

On 06/05/2012 12:33, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote:
> * Gordan Bobic (gordan at bobich.net) wrote:
>> On 06/05/2012 02:21, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote:
>>> * Bari Ari (bari at onelabs.com) wrote:
>>>> How about the ARMADA XP  MV78460  quad core 1.6GHz CPU with PCIe or the
>>>> dual or single core version?
>>>
>>> Are there any boards about with these guys on?
>>>
>>>> Volari or AMD GPU could be attached over PCIe
>>>>
>>>> Whats the story on Linux support? I've lost track of Marvell after they
>>>> declined to trade money for the Armada 1500's.
>>>> http://www.marvell.com/digital-entertainment/armada-1500/
>>>
>>> I thought that the support was poor from what I'd previously heard, but
>>> then I found these:
>>>
>>> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/quantal/+source/linux-armadaxp
>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/Server/Install
>>
>> Solidrun's CuBox has an Armada in it, and I'm pretty sure that Armada
>> support has been in the mainline kernel for a while. I thought it had a
>> built in GPU for which drivers were closed-source only, though.
>
> Oh, that's a neat little box.
>
> I'm not sure the Armada is the same animal as the Armada XP; although
> the one that the CuBox is using has ARMv7, GigE, SATA and PCI-e on chip;
> the XPs seem to have more of each of those.

Sure, but the CuBox is less than 2" cube. There is only so much you can 
cram in there. :)

Gordan