[Arm-netbook] SO-DIMM Upgrade Proposal: CT-PC89E with an 833mhz S5PC100 and 1gb of RAM - anyone interested?

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 10:40 PM, Michelle Konzack
<linux4michelle at tamay-dogan.net> wrote:
> Hello Luke,
>
> Am 2010-04-02 20:53:18, hacktest Du folgendes herunter:
>> > I think, this is no problmen, because in some days I will  get  the  new
>> > 2 GBit and 4 GBit DDR2 from Micron.  It is woking  for  the  Armada  300
>> > (2000MHz)
>>  hooraaay :)
>>
>> > but I do not know, with your Samsung µC.
>>  we use hynix for the samsung, it works, james has used that for the
>> PDA, so we stick with that.
>
> You use 1 Gbit (128 MByte) Type?

 i have nooo idea, i leave it up to james: i trust him, he gets on
with it.  his english isn't very good, so i prefer not to quiz him -
he just make a solution work, i'm happy.


>>  i am talking with richard stallman, to get the project certified as
>> 100% free software compatible.  if people have to sign NDAs to know
>> how to use the CPU, then we cannot use it.  and there is the
>> possibility of ... thousands of people being interested in a low-cost
>> 2ghz ARM netbook, _wow_ that would be something.
>
> The thing is a little bit more complicate as it seems,  because  Marvell
> want to see something concret.

 well... tough for them!

> This mean, I have to sign the NDA get parts for special price and  build
> my first prototype.  If the project is satisfait  I  can  come  back  to
> Marvell and ask again for the OLPC project.

 not good enough.  you can't go spending money like that, in advance:
that's completely unreasonable for you (and for anyone who wants to
have the possibility of a marvell CPU).

 tell them no way - no deal, asking them this question: how can we do
an open survey, asking people "ohh, because marvell will not tell us
the price, you must donate approx $20 each, for us to 'prove' to
marvell that we are worthy to use their CPU in the 100% free software
FSF-approved netbook" ?

 if that doesn't work, then tell them that lkcl said that they can
fuck right off :)


> However, NDA does not mean, you can not code OSS driver for it.
> (see <http://www.linuxdriverproject.org/>)

 yeah - but we can't do a survey asking people to spend money just to
"prove" to marvell how "worthy" we are.  ha ha.  very funny.

> I am waiting for the prices, but I think, it will be arround 80 US$  but
> if it can be made compatibel with the Samsung SO-Dimm it is a realy nice
> option.

 for a 2ghz CPU?  they are taking the piss.  or, the yield is very
poor.  i assume that's a 45nm part.  ask them what the CPU speed is at
70 Centigrade, and how much power it consumes at that temperature.

 i bet you it is 4 to 5 watts ( but below 25 centigrade it is 1 watt ).


> I would go for a 64-256 MByte  NAND  as  "Rescue System"  maybe  with  a
> special prepared universal installer for Debian on a dedicated server.

 yes.  that's one of the plans.

> Checked...  it is 1.6mm.
> (see bad quality attachment from Nokia 6120 classic)

 whoo-hoo, that is just about ok - that will squeeze in, there is a
very thin plastic sheet covering the area under the SO-DIMM, so there
will be no electrical contact.

 fantastic.