From ac7ecea7a8047c5130b57f9adb11b7d9522b982e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Francis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk> Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 00:01:05 +0000 Subject: Move vortex86ex notes out of libreboot. Move candidate to non-critical list of tasks. --- docs/release.html | 11 +++-------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/release.html b/docs/release.html index 2c9e7da4..4c8ea5ba 100644 --- a/docs/release.html +++ b/docs/release.html @@ -160,14 +160,6 @@ </li> </ul> </li> - <li> - Look into these machines (based on discussions from IRC): - <pehjota> After the conversation yesterday about KolibriOS, I stumbled upon some hardware that community seems to like: the Vortex86 series of i586-compatible SoCs and the DMP EBOX nettops that use those SoCs. coreboot supports one computer by DMP (src/mainboard/dmp/vortex86ex/) which appears to be the EBOX-3100 (the only EBOX nettop AFAICT without VGA). Three years ago someone ported coreboot to the<br/> - <pehjota> EBOX-3300MX but apparently never upstreamed that work. These Vortex86 SoCs look pretty good, freedom-wise: I think there's no microcode at all, the VGA cores don't seem to need option ROMs, and there are no blobs for things like ME/MRC/AGESA. They have relatively low CPU clock rates (most at 600 or 933 MHz), so they aren't great for compiling or gaming. But they're sold as nettops, thin clients,<br/> - <pehjota> and embedded systems, and the prices ($95–$269 from the US distributor) aren't bad.<br/> - <pehjota> DMP EBOX computers: <a href="http://www.compactpc.com.tw/en/index.html">http://www.compactpc.com.tw/en/index.html</a>. EBOX-3300MX coreboot port: <a href="https://github.com/XVilka/coreboot">https://github.com/XVilka/coreboot</a> (last six commits). Basic (and incomplete) information on the Vortex86 SoCs: <a href="http://www.vortex86.com/">http://www.vortex86.com/</a>. Some technical overviews and resources: <a href="http://www.dmp.com.tw/tech/">http://www.dmp.com.tw/tech/</a>. DMP's BusyBox/Linux distribution (with a Linux config file but apparently no source code):<br/> - <pehjota> <a href="http://www.dmp.com.tw/tech/os-xlinux/">http://www.dmp.com.tw/tech/os-xlinux/</a>. - </li> </ul> </div> @@ -177,6 +169,9 @@ Other tasks (non-critical, but still important) </h2> <ul> + <li> + Look at vortex86ex boards. See <a href="http://libreboot.org/vortex86ex">http://libreboot.org/vortex86ex</a>. + </li> <li> Keep an eye on these commits for next rebase: <ul> -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2