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New NetBSD Port, NetBSD/Iyonix

Posted by michael on from the is-there-anything-it-can't-do? dept.

agent dero writes "Gavan Fantom of NetBSD, has imported a new port into the NetBSD source tree, the new NetBSD/iyonix port. The IYONIX pc is an ARM-based desktop machine. It offers virtually silent operation, low heat, and all the other odds and ends offered by a modern PC. NetBSD is one port closer to a NetBSD/toaster port."

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  1. Port like port, but the machine...? by Gadzinka · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Well, port like port, they will make NetBSD run on everything. Having quite open ARM machine with existing Linux port makes is trivial for porting gurus to port NetBSD to it.

    But the machine itself...? Oh my God, why is this piece of trash SO expensive?

    I mean, you can buy VIA EPIA low-power, low-noise for a fraction of that price. If you want to go kinky, you can buy standard size ATX PowerPC board capable of running MorphOS (Amiga OS clone) and Linux for 415eur (G3 600MHz) or 670eur (G4 1GHz).

    So, aside from running Risc OS, why would I want to buy that?

    Robert

    --
    Bastard Operator From 193.219.28.162
  2. netapp by cmaxx · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Machines called 'toasters' (by the faithful) already based upon NetBSD (long long ago, see the aknowledgements in a DataOnTap manual near you).

    --
    ...an Englishman in London.
  3. Re:Caution: OS Wars Ahead by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    - suspend (not hibernate) - you said suspend though, do you really know what it means?

    OK.

    - hotplug (what the hell is that? I can plug in my thumbnail drive on NetBSD after it has booted and mount it, is that the same thing?)

    In Linux one can plug and unplug PCI cards, even PCI controllers, CPUs, etc.

    - ACPI: check (in 2.0)

    OK.

    - 'lots of devices': I have lots of devices, see GENERIC.

    Not nearly as many as Linux for 386. NetBSD doesn't support nearly as many CPU ISAs either, nor as many relevant ones (oooh it has vax, but no PPC64 or IA64 - the two fastest CPUs available today).

  4. I mean... *really* amazing. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    NetBSD again sets Internet2 Land Speed World Record (30 Sep) :-)