<oh2ftg>
most of the makezine articles are filled with fluff so I have stopped going to the site
<lkcl>
oh2ftg: so instead of *DESTROYING* a rbpi you could use the breakout board and make something with it because it'll only come out at 6.5mm high
<lkcl>
but then if there's a problem, take the EOMA68 computer card out
<lkcl>
put it into the micro-desktop, sort it out... then put it back in
<lkcl>
oh and when you're bored with the micro-laptop you can take the computer card out and put it to use elsewhere
<lkcl>
instead of having DESTROYED the damn thing with wirecutters
<oh2ftg>
YEP!
<lkcl>
:)
<oh2ftg>
Btw one thing I where I see these being used is retrofitting older laptops with it
<oh2ftg>
especially one's that have a pcmcia slot
<oh2ftg>
ditch the original mobo and insert a bunch of breakoutboards to interface the card to the rest of stuff
<rekado_>
does anyone know if we can use USB rather than Ethernet to link multiple computer cards in a beowulf cluster?
<rekado_>
going from USB to Ethernet for each of the cards seems a little wasteful IMO.
<oh2ftg>
can the card work as a usb slave instead of host?
* C-Keen
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<C-Keen>
lkcl: \o/
<C-Keen>
lkcl: btw I got a mail that the payment for the EOMA cards have been processed, but not for the laptop I have pledged for. Any reason for this on your side?
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<lkcl>
C-Keen: nope - nothing to do with me!
<lkcl>
oh2ftg: the otg port can
<lkcl>
C-Keen: email support@crowdsupply.com - cc me ok?
<lkcl>
oh2ftg: just bear in mind that the musb hardware (mentor graphics, hence the name musb) is part-software, part-hardware. it's not fully complete, but is "mostly good enough"
<oh2ftg>
ok
<lkcl>
oh2ftg: i've talked about the retro-fitting idea often enough...
<lkcl>
1sec brb... read that story, it's very funny
<oh2ftg>
so I guess that rekado_ might be able to connect the cards via the otc usb port in t oa cluster.
<C-Keen>
lkcl: ok, I'll wait until monday, maybe it's this server's gray listing. Yay for modern technology
<oh2ftg>
But I strongly doubt that there is any software that currently supports it
<tanlaan>
lkcl: Is the standard armv7h parabola iso the one that you got to boot successfully on the EOMA68-A20, or do you have a link to a specific iso that would work?
<lkcl>
oh2ftg: yeahhh actually you might be able to get away with chaining them all back-to-back! that'd be cool. no reason why you couldn't use libusb!
<oh2ftg>
:D
<lkcl>
tanlaan: *sigh* it's frickin complicated.
<oh2ftg>
daisy chained cluster _D
<lkcl>
tanlaan: 1sec let me find the link
<tanlaan>
lkcl: Haha, gotcha. I'm gonna go out to the garage and pull out the card and MEB I've got and have a look at what I need to get it to be up and running
<tanlaan>
lkcl: Okay sweet, I'll be right back, gonna go locate it
<lkcl>
then chroot-mount an nfs client from *inside* the qemu-x86
<lkcl>
*then* follow the instructions... bleugh.
<lkcl>
rekado_: ^
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<rekado_>
using OTG to chain the cards sounds interesting.
<tanlaan>
lkcl: Okay I'll look through the articles you posted
<tanlaan>
lkcl: now to run to the closest store that would have a micro hdmi to standard hdmi. Otherwise I think I can hack some power to the MEB and get it booting to whatever was on the boards for testing