From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix, from userid 118) id 9BB9EE004DD; Thu, 14 Aug 2014 08:12:59 -0700 (PDT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on yocto-www.yoctoproject.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-HAM-Report: * -1.9 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% * [score: 0.0000] Received: from smtp.webfaction.com (mail6.webfaction.com [74.55.86.74]) by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 551A0E0034B for ; Thu, 14 Aug 2014 08:12:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.10] (c-68-38-40-177.hsd1.nj.comcast.net [68.38.40.177]) by smtp.webfaction.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BCE220E1DBD; Thu, 14 Aug 2014 15:12:50 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <53ECD1F1.205@mindchasers.com> Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 11:12:49 -0400 From: Bob Cochran User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Robert P. J. Day" References: <53EC9DD8.6030207@mindchasers.com> <53ECC9DF.3040809@mindchasers.com> In-Reply-To: Cc: Yocto discussion list Subject: Re: mpc8315e-rdb is probably a poor choice as powerpc example... X-BeenThere: yocto@yoctoproject.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion of all things Yocto Project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 15:12:59 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 08/14/2014 10:41 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Thu, 14 Aug 2014, Bob Cochran wrote: > >> On 08/14/2014 10:05 AM, Bruce Ashfield wrote: >>> On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 7:30 AM, Bob Cochran wrote: >>>> As most of you know, the mpc8315e-rdb is the powerpc reference platform in >>>> meta-yocto-bsp. This is old technology and not a good representative of >>>> QorIQ. >>> >>> We've been working with FSL to find a suitable replacement for some time, >>> and >>> the discussions were happening in the sprint, but stalled for the summer >>> months. >>> >>>> >>>> I suggest something from the P or T family be used. The P1010RDB is >>>> probably a good choice, but others may prefer an SMP machine. >>> >>> The choice is equally about the machine and about the ability to purchase >>> the >>> target at a reasonable price. We don't use hard to find, or expensive >>> boards. >>> >>> So if you do have specific suggestions, and purchase information, send it >>> along >>> and it can be rolled into the ongoing discussions. >> >> Thank you for the reply Bruce. I suggested the P1010RDB because we have one >> of these (older rev), and we have found few problems working periodically with >> Poky & related master branches over the past couple of years. We also test >> the mainline kernel on it - typically with success. >> In other words, it's basically been stable. >> >> It's $545 @ Digikey: >> http://www.digikey.com/product-search/en?x=0&y=0&lang=en&site=us&keywords=P1010RDB > > ouch. personally, i think that's too pricey for one of the yocto > reference boards. it should be affordable by *hobbyists*, which > suggests a price of at most $200, if not less. $545 is simply too > expensive. Agreed! However, the currently used mpc8315e-rdb is $515 at Digikey: http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/MPC8315E-RDBA/MPC8315E-RDBA-ND/2186258 Basically same price > > rday >