Re: Looking for ARM hardware

[Alexander Schreiber <als%thangorodrim.ch@localhost>]

On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 08:08:11AM -0453, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
> On 03/15/16 07:40, Thomas Klausner wrote:
> >Hi!
> >
> >I'm thinking of replacing my firewall with an ARM machine running
> >NetBSD (current is fine).
> >
> >I'd like 2 Gigabit ports and a couple of USB ports built-in. I would
> >prefer one coming with a case.
> >
> >What hardware would you recommend?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >  Thomas
> >
> >(please cc me, not subscribed to this mailing list)
> >
> 
> 
> I have the same idea/request, did a bit of googling a few weeks ago,
> came up with:
> 
> 
> http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/t-dreamplugdetails.aspx
> http://utilite-computer.com/web/utilite-models
> http://soekris.com/products/eol-products/net4501.html
> 
> 
> That last one is a bit of a legacy product, might not fit. NetBSD
> support status of all unknown. $0.02, no more, no less ....

That Soekris is _not_ ARM, but an x86oid. That AMD ElanSC520 is an Am5x86:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am5x86 (basically, 486 class).

Kind regards,
            Alex.
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