Re: [Arm-netbook] HDMI HEC on future boards

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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...

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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...