[Arm-netbook] FSF crowd-source tablet/laptop idea

[Roman Mamedov]

On Thu, 18 Oct 2012 09:29:41 +0100
Gordan Bobic <gordan at bobich.net> wrote:

> I foresee issues surrounding finding FSF endoresable SoCs. The only one 
> including a GPU is that MIPS in the Yeeloong.

The Loongson does not include a GPU, in fact it's not a SoC, it is only a CPU.

Graphics in the Yeeloong is provided by a Silicon Motion SM712 (LynxEM+), a
1990s era laptop VGA chip.

There's also a number of discrete devices for various functions in the
Yeeloong, e.g. an AMD CS5536 "Geode companion" south bridge, a Realtek 8139
NIC and a NEC USB 2.0 controller. Communication between these is done over
regular PCI bus, I believe.

-- 
With respect,
Roman

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"Stallman had a printer,
with code he could not see.
So he began to tinker,
and set the software free."
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