You would have noted that kernel IP auto-configuration is not usable for some USB-Ethenet dongles on newer kernel because it starts before the USB devices are found. This was already discussed on LKML.  I proposed a workaround adding a section on menuconfig to user increase delay (patch) but other developer proposed another patch to configure this delay at runtime rather than at compile time. This patches weren’ t  applied to mainline (to further information check link). I decided post here because I take some time to configure my NFS  rootfs due this delay. My tests were made using BeagleBoard and USB-Ethernet dongle based on ASIX 8877x.

The whole for DVI-D would be a little bigger, the way it is the user need stick the connector well to don’t loose image quality.

The entries for USB and MMC fits together in the same whole.  I put RS232 output because it’s a prototype, if you are developing something for an end-user you don’t need that. The box in my tests don’t heated

I’m using this box to show a “general purpose” computer to others. Inside the memory card I had some GNU/Linux distributions like: Angstron, Ubuntu and Gentoo. But Symbian and Maemo are in the roadmap. Other tests include running linus-git kernel done with CodeSourcery toolchain (2009q1 and 2009q3) and playing with armv7a instructions.

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