[Arm-netbook] HDMI HEC on future boards

[Vincent Legoll]

>> The EOMA68 standard has no provision for ethernet, but AFAIU the other
>> end of the CPU card can be more or less free to use.
>
>  yyep

That may be a good way to tackle SoC-specific functionalities, without wasting
them... An easy way to be even-more-earth-friendly... Think about
going the extra
mile, or squeezing every last bit out of it...

>> So would it be possible to link a future SoC w/ ethernet to the HDMI HEC
>> pins and get at least a 100Mbps ethernet, without needing any USB dongle.
>
>  yep!  i wonder if there's ethernet already on the A20.

Ah that would be extra-extra nice, but no cigar ;-)

The H3 has one (even with an integrated 100Mbps PHY), that would be nice...

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Vincent Legoll