**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Tue Mar 09 02:59:58 2010 Mar 09 12:44:11 heh, i'm trying to write a sata driver for inferno Mar 09 12:44:34 have been trying yesterday to get some sign of link to the sata driver, this morning too Mar 09 12:45:00 now it appears only the second port is connected, not the first. i've been talking to the wrong port :P Mar 09 14:25:10 hey Mar 09 14:25:24 I was wondering what you guys thought of these http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/c-4-guruplugs.aspx Mar 09 14:25:45 whoops, brb Mar 09 14:26:01 there, back Mar 09 16:35:51 mikedep333: I find them a bit disappointing Mar 09 16:36:00 after the sheevaplug 3.0 announcments Mar 09 16:42:15 wow, interesting Mar 09 16:42:17 2 ghz Mar 09 16:42:47 what I don't understand is how fast is the kirkwood cpu compared to an ARM cortex A8 of the same mhz? Mar 09 16:43:46 also, while it may require more power, more USB ports would be nice Mar 09 16:57:23 chemicaloliver, do you know if we'll be able to order them any time soon? Mar 09 16:57:45 ionics will only sell you the original Mar 09 16:57:46 http://www.ionicsplug.com/compare.html Mar 09 16:59:06 mikedep333: they announced at ceebit that they'll be around Q3 2010 for 400 dollars Mar 09 17:01:08 $400 with a hard drive? that still sounds expensive for something with only 512MB of ram. oh well Mar 09 17:07:41 mikedep333: yeah I think and a 2GHz processor Mar 09 17:09:40 http://www.plugcomputer.eu/?page_id=867 Mar 09 18:23:35 mikedep333, speed depends on the app Mar 09 18:30:22 distributed.net is about 1.6X faster on N900's omap3 (cortex a8) than on sheevaplug, per clock Mar 09 19:34:43 ShadowJK, ok, thanks Mar 09 19:36:20 if I decided to build/buy a low cost server today, I would either go with an original sheevaplug for $100, or a nettop with a (dual-core) atom and 1 or 2 GB of RAM for $200 Mar 09 19:40:18 mikedep333: those are exactly my thoughts Mar 09 19:40:45 even a single core atom is a lot more powerful than the sheevaplug cpu Mar 09 19:41:00 chemicaloliver, yeah Mar 09 19:41:13 I originally thought the sheevaplug cpu was a cortex A8 Mar 09 19:41:41 that same distributed.net example, per clock cortex a8 and atom came out pretty much equal :) Mar 09 19:42:05 I thought the cortex would be faster per clock Mar 09 19:56:20 when is the plug 3.0 supposed to debut? And will it be in the same price range? Mar 09 20:09:06 sevenseeker: announced to be Q3 around $400 Mar 09 20:09:37 wow, that is quite an increase in price Mar 09 20:09:44 hmmmm, thank you chemicaloliver Mar 09 20:12:18 The price point is a bit high, otherwise I would like one but I always thought $100 for those specs was not gonna happen! Mar 09 20:42:05 mikedep333, they're both dual issue I think? Mar 09 20:42:21 Atom is helped by every programmer and every compiler knowing how to write for x86 Mar 09 21:29:44 can somebody help me to get usb2vga on my sheevaplug? i cant understand a few things.. Mar 09 21:30:13 i have folllow thid instruction http://beckdavid.blogspot.com/2010/01/sheevaplug-experiences.html Mar 09 21:31:54 i run the ./README-2.6.32.3 --nandkernel. but how to patch this kernel with * udlfb.c.patch get it on this site http://plugcomputer.org/plugforum/index.php?topic=343.45 **** ENDING LOGGING AT Tue Mar 09 23:10:55 2010 **** BEGIN LOGGING AT Wed Mar 10 21:48:20 2010 **** BEGIN LOGGING AT Thu Mar 11 09:00:15 2010 Mar 11 09:01:19 does anyone know why uboot takes a long time at startup at the line with "NAND:" at the start? Mar 11 09:01:40 it seems it may be reading all the flash memory to find bad blocks. but what would be the use of that? Mar 11 16:23:36 mjl-: could it be reading the kernel from the nand into the ram? Mar 11 16:25:39 no, the NAND: thing is printed even before you get the autoboot/prompt Mar 11 16:25:50 which is where it really loads a kernel Mar 11 16:26:13 and that may be from sd,usb,sata,network too Mar 11 22:49:01 * sevenseeker wants to make a machine that goes 'piiiiiing!' out of a plug Mar 11 22:49:12 bonus points to folks that get that reference :) **** ENDING LOGGING AT Fri Mar 12 02:59:57 2010