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Subject: [ptxdist] [ANNOUNCE] Mini6410: November release of the Free Board
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=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0OSELAS.BSP-Pengutronix-Mini6410
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0-------------------------------

Pengutronix offers the 2011.11.0 release of it's Board Support Package for =
the =

FriendlyARM's popular Mini6410.
It provides most of the required components to get this embedded target up =
and =

running, and is dedicated for beginners in the embedded world. And for =

experienced users it can act as a quick start for their own development =

as well.

Updated Features:
-----------------

- PTXdist-2011.10.1
  - Qt-4.7.4
- Kernel: 2.6.39, stable release 4
- Kernel 3.0, stable release 8
- Kernel 3.1, (experimental)
- U-Boot, with support to boot from network and SD/MMC card
- Linux based tools to prepare an SD/MMC card to make the Mini6410 boot from

Please be a aware: this release still doesn't offer full feature support of =

the Mini6410. It currently lacks USB and NAND support.

Feature List:
-------------

- PTXdist based buildsystem for easy setup and build
- more than one predefined configuration
  - one without graphic, for 'headless' usage
  - one with full blown Qt support including an example how to use it =

- recent GCC Toolchain (GCC 4.5.2, libc 2.13) for ARM11 with hard floating
  point support
- Bootloader U-Boot-1.1.6
- Kernel: Support for the following list of hardware components
=A0 - serial console
  - SD/MMC card
=A0 - network
=A0 - LED
=A0 - GPIO
=A0 - AD converter
=A0 - I2C master and I2C EEPROM
=A0 - Real time clock
  - Keypad
=A0 - various LC displays (LCD70 and N43)
=A0 - framebuffer
=A0 - touchscreen
- Comprehensive documentation how to prepare and build all software
  components and to deploy the Mini6410.

Additional info can be found here:

http://www.oselas.org/oselas/bsp/pengutronix/index_en.html

Pengutronix also offers a free support mailing list for the free Board Supp=
ort =

Packages. Refer our website how to subscribe at:

http://www.oselas.org/mailinglists/index_en.html

Note: Beginners in the embedded world should also read our documentation ab=
out =

the generic x86/ARM Board Support Package from here:

http://www.oselas.org/oselas/bsp/pengutronix/generic_bsp_en.html

This documentation contains basic information about PTXdist and how to use =
it =

in one's daily work.

Comments and contributions are welcome.

Enjoy!
Your Pengutronix Development Team

-- =

Pengutronix e.K.                              | Juergen Beisert            =
 |
Linux Solutions for Science and Industry      | http://www.pengutronix.de/ =
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