[Arm-netbook] ARM port(s) BoF at DebConf

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 11:47 PM, Hideki Yamane <henrich at debian.or.jp> wrote:
> Hi Luke (drop debian lists),
>
> On Fri, 20 Jul 2012 21:27:43 +0100
> Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl at lkcl.net> wrote:
>>  hideki, those look superb.  summarising (in case anyone's missed it):
>> they're armv7 compatible because they're using a marvell xp processor;
>> they're up to dual-core 1.4ghz and the company openblocks can do them
>> with up to 3gb of RAM, and i gather the openblocks boxes have a mini
>> pci-e port as well as gigabit ethernet.
>>
>>  i'm including arm-netbooks because there may almost certainly be
>> people on that list who would be interested in a group buy.  there has
>> been quite a bit of interest in getting hold of modular computing
>> devices for rack-mounted server usage.
>
>  That's good :)
>
>  As Nobuhiro pointed out, there are some issues that should be solved to
>  put openblocks to Debian's buildd, but anyway it maybe suitable for your
>  purpose. I'll have a small meeting with a person who works in openblocks'
>  company on next Monday or Tuesday, so if you have any question - please
>  tell me, I'll forward it to them.
>
>  And how many box do you want to buy? Please also tell me approximate number
>  if you can.

 hideki, hi,

 it won't be me personally, but there are a number of people on
arm-netbooks who are looking for server-capable hardware.  best to let
them let you know who they are.

 l.