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Re: Experience with LH7A404 ?



Hello Bill,

Am 2008-03-03 06:10:34, schrieb Bill Gatliff:
> I haven't used the chip myself, but I don't see a whole lot of 
> discussion about it in linux-arm-kernel.  Could be because the support 

Is this list on <kernel.org>?

Maybe then I will subscribe, but for two years unsubscriber
since the traffic on <linux-kernel> was to high...

> is very mature and doesn't need much discussion, but could be because 
> the support is slowly bit-rotting.  :)

Then I have to ask them...

> The AT91RM9200 support in mainline is very good, as is the SAM9 stuff. 
> Also, if you'd like an inexpensive but high-performance chip, the AVR32 
> family is pretty nice.  It isn't ARM, and the support is still maturing, 
> but so far I'm impressed and there's a US$79 evaluation board available.

If you say: "It isn't ARM", what it is then?

I need something like arm or mips (or maybe sh) where I can
run Debian on it without running into bigger trouble...

> Yea, I'm not a big fan of the non-Free stuff anymore, either.  I'm 
> spoiled.  :)

The DS80C411 can be programmed usin SDCC but how,
if it crash all the time?

> If you go with Flash-based nonvolatile solutions, make sure you mount 
> your rootfs with noatime to help reduce the number of update cycles. 
> Otherwise, you'll notice the performance hit right away and you'll burn 
> holes in your flash longer-term.

This problems are very well known...

I was already thinking a a very small VIA CPU, but the
PCBs are much more complicate as the ARM/MIPS ones...

Thanks, Greetings and nice Day
    Michelle Konzack
    Systemadministrator
    24V Electronic Engineer
    Tamay Dogan Network
    Debian GNU/Linux Consultant


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