From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix, from userid 118) id 19A66E004DD; Thu, 14 Aug 2014 08:20:28 -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,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-HAM-Report: * -0.0 RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE RBL: Sender listed at http://www.dnswl.org/, no * trust * [208.80.206.85 listed in list.dnswl.org] * -1.9 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% * [score: 0.0000] Received: from smtp685.redcondor.net (smtp685.redcondor.net [208.80.206.85]) by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 902D7E0034B for ; Thu, 14 Aug 2014 08:20:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from astoria.ccjclearline.com ([64.235.106.9]) by smtp685.redcondor.net ({20c8e40f-6b6c-4c9e-abff-1640ea7bf404}) via TCP (outbound) with ESMTPS id 20140814152016739 for ; Thu, 14 Aug 2014 15:20:16 +0000 X-RC-FROM: X-RC-RCPT: Received: from [99.240.204.5] (port=42402 helo=crashcourse.ca) by astoria.ccjclearline.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XHwp2-0004E3-F6; Thu, 14 Aug 2014 11:20:12 -0400 Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 11:20:08 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost To: Bob Cochran In-Reply-To: <53ECD1F1.205@mindchasers.com> Message-ID: References: <53EC9DD8.6030207@mindchasers.com> <53ECC9DF.3040809@mindchasers.com> <53ECD1F1.205@mindchasers.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.11 (LFD 23 2013-08-11) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - astoria.ccjclearline.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - yoctoproject.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-MAG-OUTBOUND: ccj.redcondor.net@64.235.106.9/32 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 15:20:28 -0000 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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 -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================