[yocto] mpc8315e-rdb is probably a poor choice as powerpc example...

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Thu, 14 Aug 2014, Bob Cochran wrote:

> On 08/14/2014 10:41 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > On Thu, 14 Aug 2014, Bob Cochran wrote:

... snip ...

> > > Thank you for the reply Bruce.  I suggested the P1010RDB because we have
> > > one
> > > of these (older rev), and we have found few problems working periodically
> > > with
> > > Poky & related master branches over the past couple of years.  We also
> > > test
> > > the mainline kernel on it - typically with success.
> > >   In other words, it's basically been stable.
> > >
> > > It's $545 @ Digikey:
> > > http://www.digikey.com/product-search/en?x=0&y=0&lang=en&site=us&keywords=P1010RDB
> >
> >    ouch. personally, i think that's too pricey for one of the yocto
> > reference boards. it should be affordable by *hobbyists*, which
> > suggests a price of at most $200, if not less. $545 is simply too
> > expensive.
>
>
> Agreed!
>
> However, the currently used mpc8315e-rdb is $515 at Digikey:
> http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/MPC8315E-RDBA/MPC8315E-RDBA-ND/2186258
>
> Basically same price

  ouch again. i didn't know that as i don't have much interest in PPC
boards. i'm still convinced that every yocto reference board should be
"affordable". it need not be fully-featured, it need only represent a
proof of concept in the sense of building a simple, bootable image.
are there no decent PPC dev kits in that price range? none?

rday

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