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Re: Programming an ARM based netbook



On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 20:33:14 +0100, Ruediger Leibrandt (ruediger.leibrandt@gmx.de) wrote: 

> Hello!
> 
> Is there like a rule of thumb that it is possible to program an ARM ( Marvell 
> PXA270 ) based netbook over the serial port? Basically all I want to do is 
> identify the bootloader - probably uboot or redboot - and then modify it in 
> so far as to permit me to boot from another device than the internal NAND 
> Flash. The unit is an Impulse NPX-9000; longterm I'd love to test Debian 
> armel on it, too. Furthermore I have following problem: On Familiar Linux 
> there is an Xfbdev X-Server; on Debian Etch, Lenny and Sid I only find the 
> normal full blown Xorg server. Is there a repository, for Debian Lenny 
> ideally, that carries the Xfbdev X-Server?

It appears to be available for armel in the debian experimental
repository:

http://packages.debian.org/experimental/xserver-xfbdev

-- 
Bob Cox.  Stoke Gifford, near Bristol, UK.
Debian on the NSLU2: http://bobcox.com/slug/


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