From owner-freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 15 03:14:26 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3622106564A for ; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 03:14:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mcgovern@beta.com) Received: from spoon.beta.com (spoon.beta.com [199.165.180.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F7C08FC08 for ; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 03:14:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [199.165.180.39] (dhcp9.beta.com [199.165.180.39]) by spoon.beta.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p5F2fCer032515 for ; Tue, 14 Jun 2011 22:41:12 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mcgovern@beta.com) From: "Brian J. McGovern" To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20110613120023.ED517106568F@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20110613120023.ED517106568F@hub.freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 22:41:18 -0400 Message-ID: <1308105678.1476.12.camel@bmcgover-laptop.beta.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.30.2 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.0 required=5.0 tests=S25R_6,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=no version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on spoon.beta.com Subject: Re: freebsd-arm Digest, Vol 271, Issue 1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the StrongARM Processor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 03:14:27 -0000 All, I've been reading the list digest for a few weeks now to try to get an idea of where ARM development is. However, what I haven't seen is any recommendations on hardware for someone looking to get on the platform. Now, I don't want to seem to be trolling, but I'm curious if there are recommendations for a reasonably supported platform? I'm looking to mostly do application development for what will eventually be a remote sensor array, so low power consumption - in the range of 15-20W, 3-4 USB ports and being able to boot itself are the primary requirements. That doesn't mean I'm not interested in kernel work - always a possibility since I've written the device drivers for the USB devices that will be connected, but I'd like something I can get up and running with fairly quickly. In looking around, something like the OpenRD Ultimate or even the Dreamplug and a USB hub from Globalscale look interesting.... Thoughts? -B