Subject: Re: gumstix (NetBSD/evbarm)
To: KIYOHARA Takashi <kiyohara@kk.iij4u.or.jp>
From: Alicia da Conceicao <alicia@engine.ca>
List: current-users
Date: 10/08/2006 14:48:06
> I have a gumstix(connex 400xm-bt) and some expansion boards. NetBSD/
> evbarm work on the gumstix. Tested on the connex and the waysmall.
> http://www.gumstix.com
> http://www.gumstix.org
> This machine worked by Linux and u-boot. CPU is PXA255.
> Supported expansion boards.
> etherstix
> netDUO
> netCF
> cfstix
> tweener
> waysmall - STUART (STUART not test)
> waysmall (HWUART not support)
> CF slot has problem? Some CF-card don't work. X-<
> You can try to boot.
> GUM> bootp 0xa0200000 netbsd.bin
> GUM> go 0xa0200000 busheader=<your expansion card at bus header>
Hi kiyohara:
Thanks for the news. It is nice to have an alternative to uClinux/
Linux on the GunStix devices.
Its been years since I last looked at GunStix. Unfortunately, I
can't find the old (tiny) USB dongle GunStix that was the size of
a USB flash-drive. Those old dongles were not USB powered and
required an external power-supply. I was hoping by now they might
have a newer USB dongle GunStix that is only powered from its USB
port, leaching power from the host computer. Ideally if it also
had a ethernet port in addition to the USB port, one could have a
tiny keychain USB VPN router.
Oh well, one can always dream...
Alicia.