From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Robert Schwebel Subject: Re: optimal hardware design for an ARM9 based single board computer to work with existing linux drivers Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 13:32:55 +0200 Message-ID: <20080705113255.GO4319@pengutronix.de> References: <486F38CF.40803@gmail.com> <20080705103509.GN4319@pengutronix.de> <486F557D.3090209@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <486F557D.3090209@gmail.com> Sender: linux-embedded-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Stefan Schoenleitner Cc: linux-embedded@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Jul 05, 2008 at 01:05:33PM +0200, Stefan Schoenleitner wrote: > Where did you get your information from ? Thought I had read something like that, but if they say so ... > To quote one of the cirrus guys: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > "It is not being discontinued. We just will not be supporting the OS's > like Wince and Linux anymore. The linux part is supported mostly by > this forum and OE, and the cirrus-linux mailing list. Has it been different in the past? Last time we had an EP93 project (has been some time ago), the support for Maverick Crunch was horrible and cirrus' effort to support Linux mainline was almost 0. If you want to have something which has good community support, check what the mainline Linux kernel supports and base your stuff on that. rsc -- Dipl.-Ing. Robert Schwebel | http://www.pengutronix.de Pengutronix - Linux Solutions for Science and Industry Handelsregister: Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 Hannoversche Str. 2, 31134 Hildesheim, Germany Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-9