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Date:      Sat, 14 Apr 2001 10:43:07 -0600
From:      Don Wilde <Don@Silver-Lynx.com>
To:        Gunther Schadow <gunther@aurora.regenstrief.org>
Cc:        freebsd-small@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: The ultimate board!
Message-ID:  <3AD87E1B.A96E0106@Silver-Lynx.com>
References:  <3AD76BAA.25636489@aurora.regenstrief.org>

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Gunther Schadow wrote:
> 
> Hi people,
> 
> you remember I had trouble with the DiskOnChip media/driver. I now
> have a board that uses compact flash and it works beautifully. I
> want you all to know about this board, because it is really
> inexpensive in every respect. Is a i468/132 MHz with 32 MB DRAM
> on board. It runs on a cheap 12V / 9W wallmount adapter, has no fans,
> doesn't even need a heat sink. It comes with 3 x 100 BT ethernet ports
> ideal for router/firewall settop boxes. Here for you the kernel probes:
> 
> Copyright (c) 1992-2000 The FreeBSD Project.
> Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
>         The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
> FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE #1: Fri Apr 13 14:01:20 EST 2001
>     schadow@aurora.regenstrief.org:/usr/NGI/KAME/kame/freebsd4/sys/compile/NGIGW
> 3
> Timecounter "i8254"  frequency 1193182 Hz
> CPU: AMD Am5x86 Write-Back (486-class CPU)
>   Origin = "AuthenticAMD"  Id = 0x4f4  Stepping = 4
>   Features=0x1<FPU>
> real memory  = 33554432 (32768K bytes)
> avail memory = 28143616 (27484K bytes)
> pnpbios: Bad PnP BIOS data checksum
> Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xc04b0000.
> Preloaded mfs_root "/fs.root" at 0xc04b009c.
> md0: Preloaded image </fs.root> 2097152 bytes at 0xc02aebec
> md1: Malloc disk
> npx0: <math processor> on motherboard
> npx0: INT 16 interface
> pcib0: <Host to PCI bridge> on motherboard
> pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0
> sis0: <NatSemi DP83815 10/100BaseTX> port 0xe000-0xe0ff mem 0xa0000000-0xa0000ff
> f irq 10 at device 18.0 on pci0
> sis0: Ethernet address: 00:00:24:c0:00:18
> miibus0: <MII bus> on sis0
> ukphy0: <Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface> on miibus0
> ukphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
> sis1: <NatSemi DP83815 10/100BaseTX> port 0xe100-0xe1ff mem 0xa0001000-0xa0001ff
> f irq 11 at device 19.0 on pci0
> sis1: Ethernet address: 00:00:24:c0:00:19
> miibus1: <MII bus> on sis1
> ukphy1: <Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface> on miibus1
> ukphy1:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
> sis2: <NatSemi DP83815 10/100BaseTX> port 0xe200-0xe2ff mem 0xa0002000-0xa0002ff
> f irq 5 at device 20.0 on pci0
> sis2: Ethernet address: 00:00:24:c0:00:1a
> miibus2: <MII bus> on sis2
> ukphy2: <Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface> on miibus2
> ukphy2:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
> isa0: <ISA bus> on motherboard
> ata0 at port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 irq 14 on isa0
> sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0
> sio0: type 16550A, console
> IPsec: Initialized Security Association Processing.
> IP Filter: v3.4.8 initialized.  Default = pass all, Logging = enabled
> ad0: 7MB <SunDisk SDCFB-8> [245/2/32] at ata0-master BIOSPIO
> 
> The engineer who designed the board is "one of us". His name is
> Soeren Kristensen (www.soekris.com). This board can be had for
> about $200 including enclosure!!!
> 
> The only problem with this is that it isn't available unless we
> all place one big order to get it manufactured. Soeren knows how
> to do this he just doesn't have the venture capital to do it.
> The board can be ready for all of us if we find a way to finance
> it collectively.
> 
> Anyone interested? Let me and the list know. We need just a
> few hundred boards ordered, I believe. But Soeren can tell you
> more about what exactly would be needed.

I talked quite a bit with him. He seems quite knowledgable, and I don't
doubt his board will work. I will commit to at least ten units to start,
as long as we can structure this that the delivery happens no later than
60 days after the cash goes out.

-- 
Don Wilde                  Don@Silver-Lynx.com
Silver Lynx   Embedded Microsystems Architects
2218 Southern Bl. Ste. 12 Rio Rancho, NM 87124
505-891-4175                      FAX 891-4185

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