Re: Anyone here made a "TV computer"?
+++ Phil Endecott [2011-04-11 23:31 +0000]:
> Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl <at> lkcl.net> writes:
> > .... *click*. seven. phil... i just remembered. i got the perfect
> > system for you :)
> >
> > http://imxcommunity.org/group/imx53quickstartboard
> >
> > "The first in the series, the i.MX53 Quick Start board is a $149 open
> > source development platform. Integrated with an ARM® CortexTM-A8 1 GHz
> > processor, the Quick Start board includes a display controller,
> > hardware-accelerated graphics, 1080p video decode"
>
> Luke you're quite right, that looks like a great board. And it's actually
> available! Thanks!
>
> Does anyone here have any experience with it?
I understand from Genesi who are lookging at the iMX53 for the next gen
of their netbook/smarttop devices that the video performance is _much_
better than the iMX51. That's about all I know currently
> I guess that since it's from
> Freescale all the great new Linaro stuff should just work lovely and smoothly,
> shouldn't it Wookey?
It should but Frescale are coming from behind in terms of sorting out
their kernels and community interaction. The whole iMX51 thing was a
disaster area for quite some time. I gather that that is all now being
sorted out, but as a result the OMAP stuff has been much better
fettled and tested.
Freescale are doing the right thing with Linaro though, and there is
now a 'landing team' doing sterling work.
Looks like some stuff has been released:
https://launchpad.net/linaro-landing-team-freescale/trunk/m1
and they are a few days late with m2.
As to exactly what is/isn't working in the released images I sugest
asking on the linaro-dev channel/list. (cc:ed)
Wookey
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