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 <gentoo-embedded+bounces-3534-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org>) id 1Oh3v3-0004XK-Qn for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:07:50 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 75958E09E8 for <garchives@archives.gentoo.org>; Thu, 5 Aug 2010 17:07:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com (hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com [71.74.56.124]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF4B3E07FE for <gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org>; Thu, 5 Aug 2010 16:18:30 +0000 (UTC) X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=AJ94V2XR2S5W0hXP0aXjlXmhDthNVQT+U2PHnzCS19E= c=1 sm=0 a=ovJNjmFvrnYA:10 a=ycB087cP/TvZCXFoqgOVhQ==:17 a=sozttTNsAAAA:8 a=3BB3cpvXMvGtnpdhR6AA:9 a=ab9GJe7k2G8jeFLnJSUA:7 a=bwiG9w10VFDZ26eK9i0CRfxnO1IA:4 a=LvyrXoE5kNUA:10 a=ycB087cP/TvZCXFoqgOVhQ==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Originating-IP: 71.40.157.251 Received: from [71.40.157.251] ([71.40.157.251:53631] helo=[192.168.2.37]) by hrndva-oedge01.mail.rr.com (envelope-from <wireless@tampabay.rr.com>) (ecelerity 2.2.2.39 r()) with ESMTP id 99/EF-24722-554EA5C4; Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:18:29 +0000 Message-ID: <4C5AE4D6.4080703@tampabay.rr.com> Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:20:38 -0400 From: wireless <wireless@tampabay.rr.com> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.11) Gecko/20100729 Gentoo/2.0.6 SeaMonkey/2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-embedded+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-embedded+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-embedded+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-embedded.gentoo.org> 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] OSWALD References: <4C56DE3D.1070804@tampabay.rr.com> <20100803164603.GD28736@freyja.radhermit.com> In-Reply-To: <20100803164603.GD28736@freyja.radhermit.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=chrome://messenger/locale/messenger.properties Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 46302234-7098-460d-91ec-87dfa323ae3a X-Archives-Hash: 5cfdc02d99fdbb5c437da2d955f7902b Previously you wrote: > On 2010-08-02 Mon 08:03, wireless wrote: >> Congratulations to whoever is working this behind the scenes...... > > Thanks, I've been the main software dev behind the OSWALD and have > enjoyed using Gentoo for a number of years now. I thought the OSWALD > would be a great way to help forward the embedded side of Gentoo. > > I'm hoping to soon start contributing back some of the ebuilds and other > software I've developed along the way for the OSWALD since I'm only a > week or two away from becoming an official Gentoo dev. > > Currently the project looks a little dead since we are between funding > cycles and are looking to produce more devices so we have more stock on > hand. However, we've secured funds to continue expanding the project > this next school year and I'll continue working on the software side of > things. This is good to know. Have you categorized your current (ARM) device to be similar to other boards, maybe the beagle? >> Now, were do we, the rank and file hackers, purchase a OSWALD embedded >> dev kit from? In the article they seem to indicate that larger >> production runs are in the offerings to come? > > If you're interested, I could probably hook a couple more Gentoo > embedded devs with OSWALDs at reduced prices. We currently have a > limited supply on hand due to previous manufacturing and funding issues, > but there are probably enough to hand a few out, especially if you > contribute back to the OSWALD project. Thanks for the generosity, but, I need to finish a few things that have been lagging for me, before I jump into anything else. That said, I'm interested in the next board, if it is ARM based. > Also, we are currently looking into the next hardware platform that the > device will be based on in future years. I'm all for continuing with the > upcoming OMAP4 platform, but we'll see where things go. OMAP-4 looks very cool: http://focus.ti.com/general/docs/wtbu/wtbuproductcontent.tsp?contentId=53243&navigationId=12843&templateId=6123 Keep us posted on the new board's processor direction. Thanks for all of the information. James