Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 14:37:26 +0200 From: Olivier Houchard <mlfbsd@ci0.org> To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gateworks Avila GW2348-4 Message-ID: <20070623123726.GA43928@ci0.org> In-Reply-To: <20070620191432.GB12111@tirith.brixandersen.dk> References: <20070620191432.GB12111@tirith.brixandersen.dk>
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Hi Henrik, On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 09:14:32PM +0200, Henrik Brix Andersen wrote: > Hi, > > Seeing how FreeBSD/arm seems have become the de facto reference > implementation for embedded FreeBSD I thought I might as well get into > the loop and order myself an ARM development board (I have previously > only worked with embedded FreeBSD on x86 and that other operating > system on x86, ColdFire and mips32). > > I have my eyes set on the Gateworks Avila GW2348-4 but before ordering > one there are a few things, I'd like to know. Hopefully, someone on > this list can answer my questions. > > I have only found one European reseller of the GW2348-4, DD-WRT SHOP > [1], and according to their website the GW2348-4 is currently out of > stock. Anybody know of any other European resellers? > > Gateworks lists an optional type A USB host interface for the > GW2348-4, but I have been unable to find any reseller that holds this > version of the board. Anybody here have one? Know where/if I can get > one? USB isn't crucial as I will mostly be using the board to get > aquinted with the ARM architecture (and, I hope, do some FreeBSD > development), but it's a nice to have feature. > I can't help for those, sorry. Beware however, I don't think we currently support the USB port. It shouldn't be too hard, but it's just not there. > Anybody know if all Avila boards are sold with the Redboot bootstrap > bootloader - or is that only included in the Development Kit? Is this > a vanilla version of Redboot, or does it require custom patches to > work with the Avila boards? > I'm quite sure it will come with RedBoot. And I think vanilla won't work out of the box, because it will lack the ethernet driver. Cheers, Olivier
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