** Reply to message from Andrew Lentvorski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:10:47 -0700
> What I don't understand is why OLPC went with an AMD Geode. The highly > integrated ARM offerings from folks like Marvell have just as much > punch, better power consupmtion, *and* they're cheaper. the only thing I can come up with is a desire to stay x86 for some reason. I too thought ARM would have made a better target but then again, they did need to do a bunch of work in the driver levels of a few devices and just maybe, that figured keeping it x86 made it easier all around. AMD might have helped "sway" them too since they are on the Board IIRC. Doug -- KPLUG-List@kernel-panic.org http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
