From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
To: Bob Cochran <yocto@mindchasers.com>
Cc: Yocto discussion list <yocto@yoctoproject.org>
Subject: Re: mpc8315e-rdb is probably a poor choice as powerpc example...
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 11:20:08 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.11.1408141116370.2582@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <53ECD1F1.205@mindchasers.com>
On Thu, 14 Aug 2014, Bob Cochran wrote:
> On 08/14/2014 10:41 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > On Thu, 14 Aug 2014, Bob Cochran wrote:
... snip ...
> > > 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
ouch again. i didn't know that as i don't have much interest in PPC
boards. i'm still convinced that every yocto reference board should be
"affordable". it need not be fully-featured, it need only represent a
proof of concept in the sense of building a simple, bootable image.
are there no decent PPC dev kits in that price range? none?
rday
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-08-14 11:30 mpc8315e-rdb is probably a poor choice as powerpc example Bob Cochran
2014-08-14 14:05 ` Bruce Ashfield
2014-08-14 14:38 ` Bob Cochran
2014-08-14 14:41 ` Robert P. J. Day
2014-08-14 15:12 ` Bob Cochran
2014-08-14 15:20 ` Robert P. J. Day [this message]
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