From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NzXse-0002xU-N6 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:13:28 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 52C2CE0C0A for ; Wed, 7 Apr 2010 16:13:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com (hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com [71.74.56.125]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61421E0ACD for ; Wed, 7 Apr 2010 15:27:35 +0000 (UTC) X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=1G73JCAd+9Vhhx30tk0+Sc/rngIYAy4Ia+6Xn7XSY0k= c=1 sm=0 a=RMdmPurJSFcA:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=ycB087cP/TvZCXFoqgOVhQ==:17 a=lY3ZUzGd8NfUko3qLg8A:9 a=Aiy7j7ADVzrbqueC_AAA:7 a=JwzFy7f_saGaPFXm0QbsAjy0PUAA:4 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=ycB087cP/TvZCXFoqgOVhQ==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Originating-IP: 71.40.157.251 Received: from [71.40.157.251] ([71.40.157.251:58336] helo=[192.168.2.37]) by hrndva-oedge02.mail.rr.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.2.39 r()) with ESMTP id 6F/FA-15793-664ACBB4; Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:27:35 +0000 Message-ID: <4BBCA43B.8000503@tampabay.rr.com> Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2010 11:26:51 -0400 From: wireless User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.8.1.23) Gecko/20100301 SeaMonkey/1.1.18 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-embedded] arm router with 3 ports References: <4BB4984E.5060806@tampabay.rr.com> <201004012220.59460.jsyrytczyk@uni.opole.pl> <4BB51867.6060809@wildgooses.com> <201004022314.16455.jsyrytczyk@uni.opole.pl> <4BBA4A53.3030309@tampabay.rr.com> <4BBA5893.4000904@gmail.com> <4BBA6808.1020302@tampabay.rr.com> <4BBB316C.10404@wildgooses.com> <4BBC97DB.2070700@wildgooses.com> In-Reply-To: <4BBC97DB.2070700@wildgooses.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 883b6a78-b210-4e37-833d-ff3a7a8c7fab X-Archives-Hash: 16530071ecfe69df91eb05d0de54ef8b Ed W wrote: > Just a note, but I got a quote on a bunch of the LannerInc boards and > they seem quite affordable for what you get. You need to call them to > get your own prices, but they seem to run about $300-400 depending on > board and spec for the Atom devices with lots of network ports. > Obviously these are quite a lot more power hungry than some ARM device, > but if you want to filter 8x gig E ports then I wonder if you need > something a bit more beefy anyway? > Ed W Thanks Ed for the info. I use way less than 10 Mbps, so these boards (atom & GigE) are overkill. LOW POWER is the quintessential goal, and I like ARM processors for a variety of other reasons: cost, many suppliers, most JTAG setups are excellent, assembler is very cool on ARM, embeddable on SOC or FPGA, etc, etc. James