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1. minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Jan-2023 21:40:15 JST minute

   imagine there was an OSHW mini ITX board for MNT Reform compatible modules, similar to turing pi 2 (which is awesome but afaik not oshw? correct me if i'm wrong). would that be interesting for you? or would you prefer a different form factor? (modules would be networked, and module 1 could also be a BMC.)

   • CodingPanic (codingpanic@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Jan-2023 21:41:47 JST CodingPanic

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     @mntmn Curious, how many pci-e slots of the ITX spec allow? Would be awesome to get a mainboard that could take MNT Reform modules, that had some real PCI-e slots too.

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Jan-2023 21:42:24 JST minute

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     • CodingPanic

     @codingpanic i'm not sure, it looks like most have 1?

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Jan-2023 21:42:42 JST minute

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     • CodingPanic

     @codingpanic but yeah, that would be cool, for example to add a GPU

   • CodingPanic (codingpanic@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Jan-2023 21:42:59 JST CodingPanic

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     @mntmn Even 1 would be great. The CM4 carrier has an X1 slot as well, but the form factor leaves much to be desired.

   • CodingPanic (codingpanic@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Jan-2023 21:57:56 JST CodingPanic

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     @mntmn Maybe then many of the PCIe BAR space issues plaguing PCI-e GPUs on ARM/CM4 could be fixed! (or at least a demand for proper modular PCI-e support on ARM chips)

     See: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2021/three-more-graphics-cards-on-raspberry-pi-cm4

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Jan-2023 22:00:49 JST minute

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     • CodingPanic

     @codingpanic on the LS1028A the PCIe support is much better (in the layerscape family in general)