OK, so I got an MEBv2 eventually a week or so ago, and with some help from phil hands at the mini-debconf last week proved my card would boot, then we built suitable uboot, and tools and have just faffed about soldering serial header, serial cable, power cable up and sorting out level shifters, but now I can boot and get serial. Woo!
Now I just need to sort out rootfs and kernel, solder on IO header, suitable sata connector and I can work on something useful like debian installer support.
So, I have to fit htis in round way too many other things, but hope to at least contribute a bit now.
Wookey