Well, we don't need anything fancy, but very likely may need to change
kernel configuration. Anyway, thanks a lot for your help!

On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 9:38 PM, Clark, Joel <[email protected]> wrote:

>  We used ready binaries, both netbook and IVI.  If you want 3D graphics
> support for this board, the netbook image will work best.
>
>
>
> regards
>
> Joel
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Roman Gezikov [mailto:[email protected]]
> *Sent:* Friday, December 03, 2010 11:31 AM
> *To:* Clark, Joel
> *Cc:* Till Harbaum / Lists; [email protected]
>
> *Subject:* Re: [MeeGo-dev] MeeGo development HW
>
>
>
> Hi Joel,
>
>
>
> Thanks a lot! This is very close to what I am looking for or I hope,
> actually, exactly the same.
>
>
>
> Did you build MeeGo for this board according to instructions on
> http://wiki.meego.com? Or any other instructions? Or did you use ready
> binaries?
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Roman.
>
> On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 12:55 AM, Clark, Joel <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Am Mittwoch 01 Dezember 2010 schrieb Roman Gezikov:
>
> > Hello dear All,
> >
> >   I'd like to ask community to help in choosing a development board for
> > MeeGo SW development. We need to connect our device over I2C bus and over
> > UART so therefore would like to have those interface on board. And the
> main
> > thing is that we need a possibility to build MeeGo itself and compile our
> > own SW (pure C language) without any big troubles meaning that tool
> chain,
> > documentation for the board and system bring up process should be good.
> > Google reports several boards, but I am mostly interesting about real
> > experience of people who works with real devices.
> >
> > Thank you in advance,
> >
> > Regards,
> > Roman Gezikov.
> >
>
>
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Roman Gezikov.
>
>
>
> Most Intel chipsets and boards support UART and I2C.  For “development
> boards” you might look at the Advantech AIMB-212
> http://buy.advantech.com/Products/modelprint.aspx?id=aimb-212n-s6a1e. We
> have run MeeGo (both IVI and Netbook versions) on this and continue to use
> it for some of our internal SW development. The ICH8 used on this board
> supports UART and I2C.  The UART channels are routed to the COM ports.  The
> I2C are routed to the mini-PCIe and PCI slots.  On most Intel boards the I2C
> channels are used as SMBus.
>
>
>
> It has been quite common on IA platforms for many years. As an example, the
> Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3T shown at the MeeGo conference has UART & I2C (SMbus)
> in its “Intel NM10 Express chipset” as can be seen in this technical
> specification. http://www.intel.com/Assets/PDF/datasheet/322896.pdf
>
>
>
>
>
> If you choose a desktop or notebook or other platform with a system
> management controller you need to be aware that controller is probably using
> the i2C bus for management activities.
>
>
>
> regards
>
> Joel
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Roman Gezikov.
>



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Best regards,
Roman Gezikov.
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