New NetBSD Port, NetBSD/Iyonix

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."

Comments

Port like port, but the machine...?

[Gadzinka]

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

Alternative ARM machines

[nurb432]

I also tend to agree, but i rarely see reasonable priced ones at all...

I guess its all about 'mass production' compared to 'limited market'...

you're obviously not a software engineer...

[stoborrobots]

http://www.funnyhumor.com/jokes/254.html

Correct me if I'm wrong...

[ArbitraryConstant]

But don't many toasters only have 1 bit of memory? And that bit tends to zero itself after a minute or two. Can NetBSD be ported to a machine with only one bit?

I'd like to see that.