From: Matthew Locke <mlocke@mvista.com>
To: Hans Johnson <hjohnson@sfu.ca>
Cc: linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org
Subject: Re: Linux on an NCD X Terminal?
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 15:44:57 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3BDDE9F9.5060902@mvista.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: C9448467-CCC3-11D5-9A1D-0030655A0600@sfu.ca
Hans Johnson wrote:
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> Just wondering if anyone has attempted a port of PPC Linux to the NCD
EXplora X Terminals? I just picked one up cheap ($10) and upon opening
> it up, discovered that it seems to be constructed out of essentially
> standard components.
>
> it has a PPC 403GCX CPU, an S3 Trio64 video chipset, an AMD PCNet fast
> ethernet chipset, and a National Semiconductor I/O controller. I'm not
> sure what it has for a PCMCIA controller, but it does have a slot.
>
> Anyway, just curious if has attempted this before. I think this could be
> a really neat little box, if it had an operating system. :)
>
I happen to have one on my desk:) I have not tried to boot linux on it
yet. The 403 code is in the latest _devel kernel
> > EXplora X Terminals? I just picked one up cheap ($10) and upon
> opening it up, discovered that it seems to be constructed out of
> essentially standard components.
>
> it has a PPC 403GCX CPU, an S3 Trio64 video chipset, an AMD PCNet
> fast ethernet chipset, and a National Semiconductor I/O controller.
> I'm not sure what it has for a PCMCIA controller, but it does
> have a slot.
>
> Anyway, just curious if has attempted this before. I think this
> could be a really neat little box, if it had an operating system. :)
>
I happen to have one on my desk:) I have not tried to boot linux on it
yet. The 403 code is in the latest _devel kernel. It *should* work but
I haven't tested it lately. Let me know if it works.
btw, the PCMCIA seems to be a custom pld.
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2001-10-29 23:22 Linux on an NCD X Terminal? Hans Johnson
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