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Old 05-13-2016, 09:33 PM   #183
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Originally Posted by knc1 View Post
Not Intel xScale then, that part was after Intel sold xScale to Marvell.

Do we have to do much speculation on why Lab126 dropped this processor (mess)?
Not just the xscale "standard design MINUS some stuff" mess, but the "uclibc requiring everything to be recompiled for minor uclibc variations" mess as well.

I think lab126 just inherited this mess along with the gumstix-based Apollo eink dev kits they tweaked into a K1. They learned from it, and the K2 (baby DX) and later were freescale and glibc based from then on...

However, I still plan to support the K1 now that I have a working toolchain. I already have working "eink algorithmic art" scripts tweaked for 2-bit eink, working on my K1. Time for some fast binary apps. The K1 really is a fascinating device, IMHO.

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