[fedora-arm] Augen {smart|net}book creation ... can it run Fedora ARM?

[Dennis Gilmore]

On Thursday, September 16, 2010 01:53:55 am pbrobinson at gmail.com wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 8:46 PM, Adam Miller
> 
> <maxamillion at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> > Hello team Fedora ARM,
> >    I posted in irc a few hours ago but I assumed on list would reach
> > a wider audience... I read somewhere that there is now an ARM powered
> > {smart|net}book device that comes out of the box running Android but I
> > wanted to know if anyone might be familiar with a method of running
> > Fedora ARM on the device or where I might start attempting? I haven't
> > purchased one yet, but the device is listed at under $200 so I'm
> > heavily considering as a hack toy .... here's the link to the product
> > page:
> > http://www.kmart.com/shc/s/p_10151_10104_020W026051760001P?vName=Compute
> > rs+%26+Electronics&cName=Laptops&keyword=augen&prdNo=4&blockNo=4&blockTyp
> > e=G4
> > 
> > All feedback welcome and happy hacking!
> 
> I've been looking for something similar. From what I've read getting
> the kernel to boot is the hardest bit because unlike the x86 or even
> PPC platform there's no standard defined boot process or bios to boot
> the kernel so there's dozens of ways to do so. If the company properly
> complies with the GPL they should be providing source and process
> (scripts etc) for building their kernels. So if the GPL is provided
> for these devices it might be a good place to start.
> 
> Not being a kernel hacker I might be missing the entire point here.
> 
> I've been meaning to ask similar questions about the Tegra 2 ARM A9
> processor from Nvidia. I presume they use their own GPU technology so
> while they're not open source GPU kernel drivers generally I wondered
> whether nouveau would work. There's a couple of tegra2 devices like
> the Toshiba AC100 and the Samsung Galaxy appearing in the UK.
> 
> Peter

http://www.pioneercomputers.com.au/products/info.asp?c1=183&c2=185&id=3203
looks quite nice. Im seriously contemplating picking one up when im home. it 
is a little more expensive. that $200

Dennis
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