Just for the record, i have worked extensively with blob. Especially during the StrongARM port of linux.
The IPAQ 36xx, 37xx, 38xx handhelds are based off the Intel Assabet/Neponset Development platform. The assabet is a StrongARM 1110 chip, and the neponset a 1111 chip. I currently own one of these, and i have to say its a nice setup. After i got my IPAQ 3870, i put the Assabet/Neponset hardware asside. BLOB is a great little bootloader. It has definitely come a long way in the past year. The one thing that i disliked about it was the mechanics for updating flash. But i am sure they have worked that out by now. -N > Ronald G Minnich wrote: > >>I like the idea of pulling the blob code into linuxbios, then we get a >>standard. >> >>Is there a recommended xscale development card? >> >> >> > The LART project http://www.lart.tudelft.nl/ is an open hardware > platform based on the old SA1100. I believe they are working on a new > SA-1110 and PXA-250 design. > > Aleph One http://www.aleph1.co.uk/armlinux/LART/index.html may still > have some LART's in stock. > > For PXA Intel has a dev board > http://developer.intel.com/design/pca/applicationsprocessors/tools_software/ dbpxa250.htm > > For Xscale Intel has the IXCDP1100 dev board > http://developer.intel.com/design/network/products/cpp/ixcdp1100.htm > > For the IXP1200 they have the IXDP1200 platform > http://developer.intel.com/design/network/products/npfamily/ixdp1200.htm > > For the IXP2400 and IXP2800 > http://developer.intel.com/design/network/products/npfamily/ixdp2x00.htm > > For the IOP321 http://www.intel.com/design/iio/docs/iop321.htm > > the PXA-250 is very popular for handheld and PDA designs, they have > just added MMX instructions to the PXA so it will be a hot platform > for handheld gaming, Mpeg-4, MP3 devices. The IXP processors are used > for networking applications and the IOP for storage applications. > > The new iPAQ 3900 also makes for a budget 400MHz PXA250 dev platform. > http://www.handhelds.org has quite a bit of software and How-To's on > firmware conversions and updates for handhelds. > > Bari > > > > _______________________________________________ > Linuxbios mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios _______________________________________________ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios