On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 12:22:32PM -0800, Opie wrote: > Hello, > > ? When looking to purchase an Arm system what should I be looking for?
Every single ARM SoC needs specific support by the OS, even if it's only adding its unique Id. Attached hardware is (in general) not discoverable like on other platforms. >From this it follows that you can only buy (supported) hardware that is specifically listed on: * http://www.openbsd.org/armish.html * http://www.openbsd.org/zaurus.html * http://www.openbsd.org/palm.html * http://www.openbsd.org/beagle.html Now, reality check: The hardware listed there is very old with the exception of maybe beagle, some of efforts are dead and some developers listed are not with the project anymore. To put it kindly, ARM support is in very poor state regarding current hardware. If you like get into kernel development, this might be a good place to start**. > ?I've seen a few with 1ghz cpu and 1gig mem but the gpu's are something I do > not fully understand on how to look at it side by side with an ATI or Nvidia. > ? I'm looking to have am arm system to use as a desktop, development, web > serv, ftp, some media play in desktop. For Linux such systems exists. For OpenBSD, I don't think so. > ?It will be more for learning not just > running all things on it at once. ?Any information would be helpful > and?appreciated?very much! > > Thanks! > Andy > ** to the people who ask for tasks on misc@, here is one: Pick a board (maybe your beloved rpi?) and start reading datasheets. Add support, how hard can it be! Happy New Year :D
