29 Nov
2013
29 Nov
'13
11:14 a.m.
On Thu, 28 Nov 2013 21:33:00 +0000 "luke.leighton" luke.leighton@gmail.com wrote:
http://www.vortex86dx.com/?page_id=80
looks like they've got a 2nd version available that has SATA and HDMI. hooray! perfect EOMA68 CPU Card! no 3D GPU but hey you can't have everything: at least it's got PCIe.
They are not too good with upstream, but free source exists for their 2d block, sound block, and so on. I believe the sound part is merged in current kernels too, though it took years. The 2d driver is of low quality, but as source exists, with some love it could get both performance and less bugs.
As others have said, a 486 at 1 GHz is not too performant, but their existing chips are usable for some tasks.
- Lauri