[mythtv-users] Linux wall wart pulls 5 watts - could make a great master backend

[Matthew Harrison]

jarpublic at gmail.com wrote:
> I was thinking that between the usb 2.0 and the gigabit ethernet you
> could hook up o a variety of storage and tuners. Or even though it is
> not a supported config you could just run it tunerless. I envisioned
> running a minimalistic backend that would power on/off a couple of
> slave BE/FE systems. Maybe it is worth considering making a tunerless
> backend a supported config. It is starting to make more sense from a
> power perspective. You can just have the small low power device that
> is on 24/7 and mainly responsible for keeping an eye on the scheduling
> and task management of the rest of the machines in you mythtv network.
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If the balls on the processor BGA have a via each, you may be able to 
add SATA support with some careful hacking, seeing as the processor 
supplies two channels and phys. Getting the on-chip PCI-Express and the 
second Gig-ethernet working would be more difficult though.

I'm keeping a look out for the other dev boards Marvel are hinting at. 
They may make more of the chip's advanced features available.