On 02/23/2011 06:21 PM, Somebody in the thread at some point said:
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 04:45:25PM +0000, Andy Green wrote:Maybe Steve Sakoman can suggest some example boards that will be difficult to tell apart at runtime, but it matters?Here's one example: the Seagate DockStar is very similar to the Marvell Sheevaplug (same Kirkwood SoC), but has a different amount of SDRAM, different GPIOs, UART, etc. Many of the other systems based on this chip ("plug computers") would be similarly difficult to distinguish at runtime.
Well saying that it's very similar, then listing differences like GPIOs that could easily be runtime-detectable, doesn't really pin down whether that's a problem or not.
What does "different amount of UART" mean when it is the "same Kirkwood SoC"?
-Andy