[LinuxBIOS] Naming of target for IGEL Winnet III thin client

[Uwe Hermann]

Hi,

I'm working on supporting a new Geode GX1 target, and I'm not sure where
to put it and how to name it.

The device is an old IGEL WinNET III thin client (http://www.igel.com/),
I've got mine from eBay for <= 30 bucks.

The board seems to be called MB-5BLMP, but I don't know the "real" vendor,
and I can't find a vendor name on the PCB itself.

Possible values:

- Aquarius Systems (ASI)
   http://www.memoryx.net/aqsymbmome7.html

- BCom:
   http://www.andovercg.com/Desktop/BCom/BCom-Thin_Client-17497.shtml

ASI is now BCom as far as I can tell, but I'm not sure. IGEL is probably
sort of a "reseller", using the mainboard(s) produced by ASI/BCom(?)

So, where should the code go?

- src/mainboard/asi/5blmp
- src/mainboard/bcom/5blmp
- src/mainboard/igel/5blmp
- any of the above but xxxx/mb-5blmp
- any of the above but xxxx/mb_5blmp
- src/mainboard/igel/winnet3

Other locations? Opinions?

Do we categorize by vendor/mainboardname or vendor/productname (i.e.,
5blmp vs. winnet3)?

Thanks, Uwe.

[Peter Stuge]

On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 11:06:45PM +0200, Uwe Hermann wrote:
> The board seems to be called MB-5BLMP, but I don't know the "real"
> vendor, and I can't find a vendor name on the PCB itself.
>
> Possible values:
> Aquarius Systems (ASI)

Yeah, this is it.
> BCom:
>
> ASI is now BCom as far as I can tell, but I'm not sure.

BCom bought ASI it seems.
> IGEL is probably sort of a "reseller", using the mainboard(s)
> produced by ASI/BCom(?)

IGEL get the ASI boards and make a thin client. Neoware (.com) used
them too it seems.

http://www.plasma-online.de/english/identify/serial/mainboard/mb_aquarius_as...
> So, where should the code go?

I like mainboard/asi/mb-5blmp but - is _ everywhere in v2. Dunno why.
> src/mainboard/igel/winnet3
>
> Other locations? Opinions?
>
> Do we categorize by vendor/mainboardname or vendor/productname
> (i.e., 5blmp vs. winnet3)?

Two products can use the exact same hardware but there's no point in
duplicating the code so let's use the mainboard make and model.

//Peter

[Stefan Reinauer]

* Peter Stuge  [070508 00:49]:
> I like mainboard/asi/mb-5blmp but - is _ everywhere in v2. Dunno why.

because the preprocessor has no numbers assigned for mb or 5blmp to do a
correct substraction I think
> Two products can use the exact same hardware but there's no point in
> duplicating the code so let's use the mainboard make and model.

We have this case a couple of times. Newisys 2100 is the same as SUN
Fire v20z