Text 14803, 96 rader
Skriven 2011-03-12 11:38:39 av Russell Tiedt (5:7105/1)
  Kommentar till text 14802 av Maurice Kinal (1:261/38)
Ärende: up and atom
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Hello Maurice.

11 Mar 11 18:05, you wrote to me:

 MK> Understood.  Haven't heard of an upgraded kernel for it but I'd assume
 MK> there either is or will be shortly.  However I understand that the
 MK> Google smart phone dealie is using a 2.6.32 kernel so that might be
 MK> the REAL reason Debian decided to go with that.  Not sure what
 MK> wireless chipset the Google thingies use but if we can blame this
 MK> particuar mess on Google then why not eh?  ;-)

I have no idea ... , if it is the kernel buggering me around ... <sigh>

Got to attend a Sectional Title Seminar, to-day, so I will not get to play 
with that to-day, unless I really feel like it when I finally get home ...

 >> but the buggers will jump on the bus in their hundreds, if
 >> some one else gets it moving ... sods

 MK> Yep.  Mind you I doubt they could even if they would.  I am guessing
 MK> that hostapd is the way to go if even that.  I'll see this summer when
 MK> some of the new fangled smart phoes start rearing their ugly heads in
 MK> the neck of the woods.

<VVBEG>

 >> But, I notice that the power supply I intended to use for
 >> it, is only 20 pins, the motherboard, has 24 ...

 MK> Ah!  Also the four pin 12V cpu dealie.  I think you can get away with
 MK> 20 pin but you'd still need to supply the extra 4 pin 12V plug for the
 MK> cpu. Don't quote me on any of this of course.  Not sure if the
 MK> amperage is high enough from any of the peripheral plugs that supply
 MK> both 5V and 12V and if those can be exploited but I have heard of
 MK> adapters for the 20 pin to 24 pin ATX connector.

Thing is, this board does not have a connector for the CPU 4 pin 12V plug, and 
that is what makes me hesitate to go ahead with the 20 pin plug ...

Those 20 -> 24 pin adapters, where mentioned on the local Linux User Group ... 
, just don't know their availability ...

One of the local LUG types sent me a link to some nice "pico psu's" I am 
tempted, tho they be a little expensive, what power requirement do you think a 
fully kitted Intel Atom board will require? 90W, 120W .... ?

 >> This one has the NM10 chipset

 MK> Understood.  That is what I am interested in.  Haveen't heard anything
 MK> bad about them ... yet.

Seeing as they have been around long enough to elicit comment, I'll take that 
as good news ... <VBG>

 >> one USB header supports Intel Z-U130 USB Solid-State Drives

 MK> Right.  I have seen them advertised, quite reasonably priced, but have
 MK> yet to actually encounter them.

They have been discontinued according to Intel ... :(

 >> my IDE CF adapter, might work as a boot device, if I
 >> plug it into a SATA / IDE adapter

 MK> One step ahead of you there and can happily report that the 40 pin ide
 MK> connector works fine and would set that to legacy mode in the bios.
 MK> That is how I currently have it set for the 44 pin flash disk I am
 MK> currently booting to on the Atom 230.  Happily chewing away on it as
 MK> we speak.  :-)

This board does not have IDE connectors ... , thus a SATA / IDE adapter, 
mentioned above - only 2x SATA ...

 MK> Have yet to try a sata flash device.  If I do I'd be inclined to go
 MK> with a 2.5" sata disk not unlike the 44 pin ide sucker.

 MK> A compact flash ide sdapter shouldn't be a problem on the ide and if
 MK> you already have it then it is perfect.  :-)

Have an IDE CF adapter - only this board does not have IDE ...

 >> Also going to have to scrounge some memory for the board

 MK> Mine is already maxed out at 2G but I understand that one can take 4G
 MK> which is the sweet spot ... especially with flash disk root/boots. I'd
 MK> go for the gold if I were you.

This little board is rather "dear to my heart" if you get my drift, and I 
intend "pimping" it to the best of my ability ... , so it will get 4G RAM, a 
wi-fi card, and a GSM data modem, it will boot of of a CFDISK, and have a 2.5 
sata HDD or two ...

Russell

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