[yocto] looking for recom for MIPS dev kit (*not* RS pro)

[Khem Raj]

On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 2:55 PM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca> wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Apr 2012, Khem Raj wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 2:38 PM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca> wrote:
>> > On Sun, 29 Apr 2012, Khem Raj wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Yury Bushmelev <jay4mail at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > Have you seen Qi-Hardware's Ben NanoNote?
>> >> > http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/Ben_NanoNote
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> yes I know that it uses MIPS32 based processor and my inclination is
>> >> to use mips64 based cpu thats why I am more interested in lemote.
>> >
>> >  the only issue i see is that that netbook is $449 in the US:
>> >
>> > http://www.amazon.com/Screen-Lemote-Yeeloong-8101_B-Netbook/dp/B005XH10NQ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1319989211&sr=8-2?tag=electronicfro-20
>> >
>> > and that strikes me as excessively expensive for a MIPS dev kit.  when
>> > beagles and pandas are giving people sub-$200 ARM kits, more than
>> > doubling that price for a MIPS kit is a big jump unless you can buy
>> > just the board for much less.
>>
>> They also have fuloong (mini PC) which is said to be around 250
>> NanoNote aint that bad a choice I think from price POV
>
>  ah, that's more reasonable.  sorry for dragging out this thread so
> long but i'd really like a stable of boards/kits for teaching embedded
> linux and it would be nice if there was one for each main architecture
> in the price range of a beagle xm or panda es (< $200).
>
>  i'll shut up now and just watch the list for someone to someday
> announce the next yocto-supported MIPS board that would fit the bill.
>

I think fuloong(mips64/mips32) and NanoNote both look reasonable
choices at this time. I personally think NanoNote would need less work
to get it shoe horned into yocto BSP space