[Jeremy Thien] > We already have the boards designed and running Linux (not Debian). > > I am open to suggestions on how to make this a really good option. For > example, maybe it would be interesting to buy as just a processor card > that could be customized by other hardware hackers.
The board sound interesting as a FreedomBox. to become a really great option for the FreedomBox system, it need to boot using the official kernel and boot loaders, to ensure it can work using only free software. When you say it is running Linux, does this mean you have submitted all the required patches towards Linus and the official Linux kernel? For example, is the driver for the hardware crypto engine already in the kernel? If not, please do. With that in place, Debian support is a lot closer. The key part is making the source code changes you have done to boot loaders, kernel and other parts of the system available for everyone under an acceptable license, thus making it possible to get the board working using free software. It is an advantage if the system work without having to load proprietary binary blobs (aka firmware) into the hardware to get it to work. With that in place, I would suggest offering the board to key kernel and Debian developers and let them play with it. This tend to lead to good support for boards. People like Martin Michlayr, Ben Hutchings and Matthew Garrett might be a good fit for this, but there are others. You can find their names reading Debian Planet, and look for report on getting Debian to run for the first time on a new board or controller. And to get FreedomBox support, it might be wise to give it to one of the active FreedomBox developers. :) Btw, what is the power consumtion for this computer? What kind of power supply is it using? How much power can the USB ports supply? -- Happy hacking Petter Reinholdtsen _______________________________________________ Freedombox-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss
