On Thu, 4 Feb 2010 07:16:27 +0100 Otto Moerbeek <otto@drijf.net> wrote:

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> On Wed, Feb 03, 2010 at 09:48:29PM -0800, J.C. Roberts wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 3 Feb 2010 18:45:13 -0700 (MST) Diana Eichert
> > <deichert@wrench.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Really, I meant, Where would Carmen San Diego find a
> > > Lemote Yeeloong in the US?
> > > 
> > > diana
> > > 
> > 
> > I was wondering when Loongson based systems would start showing up,
> > but the following was a wonderful surprise:
> > 
> > 	http://www.lemote.com/english/index.html
> > 
> > 	"The world's first laptop which contains completely free
> > 	software. All system source files(BIOS, kernel, drivers
> > etc.) are free , no close firmware needed.High performance. Tests
> > 	show that our platform gets the best performance for
> > 7"-9"ultra mobile laptops. ... "
> > 
> > 
> > Any vendor that puts the above on their home page, and lives up to
> > it, deserves support.
> > 
> > The Dutch Tekmote company sells them for under EUR 350 including
> > shipping and VAT, and they seem to ship worldwide. I'd guess
> > there's no
> 
> Small correction: the price mentioned are without VAT and shipping.
> 

Ooops! --That will teach me to try reading the Neeeddderrlunds!

Here's the English version
http://www.tekmote.nl/epages/61504599.sf/en_GB/


One thing you might want to note is the pricing at Tekmote is about
double the suggested prices.

The other thing you might want to note is Tekmote claims to have a
Yeeloong model with a Loongson 2F 900MHz and 10" displays, but the
manufacturer specs state 800MHz and 8.9" displays?

http://www.tekmote.nl/epages/61504599.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/61504599/Products/CF...

versus

http://www.lemote.com/english/yeeloong.html

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> 
> If you are surprised the little machine exists, you might also be
> surprised by these urls:
> 

It wasn't a complete surprise... I've been drooling over Miod's CVS log
messages on source-changes@


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> http://www.openbsd.org/loongson.html
> and
> http://www.drijf.net/pictures/lemote/
> 
> Miod did the big bulk of work, he had to do some of his magic to get
> this working facing very nasty processor bugs. Matthieu had X working
> in a breeze and I did assorted things here and there, fixing a gcc
> propolice bug that potentially could harm other platforms as well
> being the most important one. 
> 
> If you want to move things forward, please get jasper@ a machine. We
> need ports!
> 
> 	-Otto
> 

I'm curious if the processor bugs were with the Loongson 2E or 2F ?

For notes, I've already started the process of trying to contact Lemote
to see about *ahem* availability of their products, but I won't make any
promises my wallet can't keep (Sorry Kurt).

For full system and ports bulk builds (i.e. OpenBSD infrastructure), the
Yeeloong netbook/laptop is not the best choice. It seems the Fuloong 2F
would be a better choice (size/power/heat), and Lemote also seems to
have some rather interesting motherboards which could be even better.

http://www.lemote.com/english/fuloong.html

http://www.lemote.com/english/motherboard.html

jon