I really don't see the point in getting one of those. You might as well
get a SheevaPlug or wait a few days and get a RaspberryPi. Not that I
think that 512MB or 256MB, respectively, is anywhere nearly sufficient
for today's bloatware, but it still a vast improvement on 128MB in the
PogoPlug.
Gordan
On 12/15/2011 02:08 PM, omalleys(a)msu.edu wrote:
http://www.cnx-software.com/2011/12/15/pogoplug-series-4-linux-based-nas-...
"The device is based on Marvell 88F6192 chip with ARM V5 CPU clocked at
800Mhz with 128 RAM and runs Linux."
which matches what is said here:
http://archlinuxarm.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2109&p=11318
"Thank you for contacting Pogoplug Support. We are using a Marvell
88F6192 chip with ARM V5 CPU 800Mhz and 128 ram"
And someone posted a link to a promo price for it (50 dollars)
http://shop.pogoplug.com/promo/89184900
http://shop.pogoplug.com/promo/89186300
Click both, fix qty, update, and boom. 50% off plus free shipping.
---
However the Marvell 88F6192 although listed at 800mhz doesn't have usb3
native, so maybe they added a pcie-usb3 chip to it or the SoC has been
updated?
Quoting Peter Robinson <pbrobinson(a)gmail.com>:
> 2011/12/14 Henrik Nordström <henrik(a)henriknordstrom.net>:
>> ons 2011-12-14 klockan 09:46 -0500 skrev omalleys(a)msu.edu:
>>
>>>
Buy.com has the pogoplug P21 for 28 dollars with free shipping.
>>>
http://www.buy.com/prod/pogoplug-file-sharing-solution-black/221688297.html
>>>
>>> This does have the dual core oxnas chip in it.
>>
>> As I said these devices currently run linux 2.6.31 only and upgrading
>> the kernel to something newer is not an easy task. It is possible, but
>> will require a lot of work to forward port the SoC support to newer
>> kernels. Because of this they are of very limited use for Fedora.
>>
>> If you are looking into buying something for Fedora usage then better
>> pick one based on an CPU that have an actively maintained kernel and
>> preferably supported mainline.
>
> There was a new pogo plug series 4 announced yesterday for $99
> although I've found it for $75 [1] already. The interesting thing
> about it is that it comes with 2x USB-3 ports, a sata port (in the
> form of USM), gig ethernet and SD. Didn't manage to find decent
> internal specs for it but it looks like it might be a Marvell [3]
> processor, if so there should be reasonable support as the XO has a
> Marvell processor. To support the gig, 6gb sata and 2 usb3 ports I
> would suspect it would have to be some form of ARMv7 but it looks like
> it could be an interesting device when more of the details emerge.
>
> Peter
>
> [1]
http://www.adorama.com/COCPOGOV4A1.html
> [2]
http://www.sata-io.org/technology/usm.asp
> [3]
http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Pogoplug-Series-4/
>