Subject: Re: EPIA N, EPIA MII and EPIA CL boards
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Pierre-Philipp Braun <ppwb@club-internet.fr>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 06/04/2004 19:53:06
err, sorry, wasn't meaned to be sent to netbsd-help.
apologies.

Quoting Pierre-Philipp Braun, 19:52 +0200 Fri 4th Jun 2004,

> From: Pierre-Philipp Braun <ppwb@club-internet.fr>
> To: netbsd-help@netbsd.org
> Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 19:52:25 +0200 (CEST)
> Subject: Re: EPIA N, EPIA MII and EPIA CL boards
> Organization: http://pwb.nethence.com/
> User-Agent: Pine (NetBSD/hpcmips)
> 
> at last, i get a response on netbsd-help, seems like xfree may work on M10000 
> hence MII and CL i guess.
>
> Quoting Pierre-Philipp Braun, 19:16 +0200 Fri 4th Jun 2004,
>> Quoting Pierre-Philipp Braun, 19:10 +0200 Fri 4th Jun 2004,
>>> The board below uses S3 Unichrome,
>>> 	. VIA EPIA N (-Integrated S3 Graphics UniChrome? Pro IGP graphics 
>>> with MPEG-2 decoder/MPEG-4 acceleration) 
>>> http://www.viaembedded.com/product/epia_N_spec.jsp?motherboardId=221
>> 
>> quoting,
>> VIA CN400 digital media chipset
>
> good point: mini-itx is going to sell integrated boxes, ready to use, we only 
> need to insall NetBSD and NetHENCE patch release. that box is named nanode. 
> nice photos on http://www.mini-itx.com/store/default.asp?c=19
> bad point: Xfree may not work with netbsd
>
>>> The two boards below seem to use a ProSavage video chipset.
>>> 	. VIA EPIA MII (- Integrated VIA Unichrome? 2D/3D graphics with 
>>> MPEG-2 Accelerator, motion compensation and duo-view support) 
>>> http://www.viavpsd.com/product/epia_MII_spec.jsp?motherboardId=202
>> 
>> quoting,
>> Enhanced multimedia performance is further delivered through the VIA 
>> CLE266 chipset featuring integrated VIA UniChrome? 2D/3D graphics and an 
>> MPEG-2 accelerator with motion compensation
>
> good point: CF card reader usable with photo cameras
> bad point: we need to buy the other stuff separately, SDRAM, CD reader, HD 
> and barebone (http://www.mini-itx.com/store/default.asp?c=3#eotonashi for 
> example).
>
>>> 	. VIA EPIA CL (- Integrated VIA Unichrome 2D/3D graphics with MPEG-2 
>>> Accelerator, featuring motion compensation and duo-view support) 
>>> http://www.viavpsd.com/product/epia_cl_spec.jsp?motherboardId=181
>> 
>> quoting,
>> The mainboard is based on the VIA CLE266 chipset featuring an embedded 
>> hardware MPEG-2 Accelerator and integrated VIA UniChrome?2D/3D graphics 
>> for rich digital media performance
>
> good point: router capable, 2 ehts
> bad point: same as MII above.
>
>
> any ideas on how to get X working on one of this boards as fast as possible 
> would be appreciated.
> once i'm sure either X/netbsd works on EPIA N or MII and CL, i buy one to 
> make the demo.
>

-- 
Pierre-Philipp