From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Thu, 30 Jun 2005 10:14:14 +0100 (BST) Received: from extgw-uk.mips.com ([IPv6:::ffff:62.254.210.129]:15888 "EHLO bacchus.net.dhis.org") by linux-mips.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 10:13:55 +0100 Received: from dea.linux-mips.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bacchus.net.dhis.org (8.13.4/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j5U9AvNe004940; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 10:10:57 +0100 Received: (from ralf@localhost) by dea.linux-mips.net (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id j5U9AuNF004939; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 10:10:56 +0100 Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 10:10:56 +0100 From: Ralf Baechle To: Krishna B S Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: Popular MIPS4Kc boards? Message-ID: <20050630091056.GA2935@linux-mips.org> References: <1943a413050629014858a124f7@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1943a413050629014858a124f7@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 8256 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: ralf@linux-mips.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 02:18:40PM +0530, Krishna B S wrote: > I have to develop toolchains for various MIPS boards my company > develops. All the boards consist of MIPS 4KC. > > I would like to know from you what is the most popular board used by > the community with this kind of processor. I know, its tough to get a > clear answer. > > But, my intention is to first port my toolchain/kernel for this > popular board so that I can get your support, in case I encounter any > problems. Having confirmed the working of the toolchain for this > board, I would port it to my company's boards. > > (The popular board in the community would be my reference board for > development.) The price tag is juicy but for serious development with a 4Kc I'd recommend a MIPS Malta. Forcing consumer hardware into submission may be a fun project for a spare time hacker but in general isn't a very productive process for somebody who needs to finish a job soon or needs to additional hardware such as PCI cards, logic analyzer, additional memory, other CPU types etc. Ralf