Linux Can XBMC be ported on the Broadcom CPU?

london · 2012-05-30 04:55

I would be grateful if anyone answered.

http://www.broadcom.com/products/Satelli...ns/BCM7356

fns76 · 2012-10-13 11:24

Now its time to ask again. The first STB with this Chipset and OpenGL ES 2.0 and 1.3Ghz is availible. This have more power then raspberry pi

The technical Data:

Code:

Hersteller              GigaBlue

Modell                  Quad

Architektur            MIPS

CPU                     BCM7346B2

SoC                      40-nm

Taktung in Mhz      1.300

Cores                    2

OpenGL ES           2.0

Smartcard Reader  1

Common Interface  2

Tuner wechselbar   Ja(2xT+C)

Tuner                    2x(fix DVB-S), 2xDVB-S/C/T

Nand Flash           512 MB

DDR Memory        1024 MB

Festplatte Intern    1 x SATA 2,5“

e-SATA                1

USB 2.0 vorne       1

USB 2.0 hinten      2

LAN                      100MBit

HDMI                    Ja

SCART                  -

S/PDIF (optical)     Ja

RS-232                 Ja

Anzeige                 LCD

Netzteil                  Extern

source: AFF Hardware Table

The box looks like that:

[Image: giga_quad_klein.jpg]

Robotica · 2012-10-13 11:39

davilla worked for broadcom. Ask him..

**davilla** · 2012-10-13 18:23

nope, not being worked on at the moment.

EDIT: and I worked with Broadcom, not for them, there is a difference Smile

fns76 · 2012-11-03 10:06

There is a secound Box with OpenGL 2.0 Support, its the ET-4000

source: AFF Hardware Table

fns76 · 2013-01-05 18:33

The next Box is the VU+ Solo2 with OpenGL 2.0 Support.

fns76 · 2013-04-08 19:57

Now you can find other boxes with the needed support:

Xtrend/ET 4000

XPX 1000

DrowningApe · 2013-04-08 20:35

I would make a guess that these boxes have a tightly locked down OS and hardware, and don't have the level of adoption for someone to put effort into hacking the hardware.

I suspect that the next version of the Raspberry Pi, like the Roku 3, will be based on this family of SOC's, which means open hardware and drivers.

If you want to start hacking this thing, please do.

fns76 · 2013-04-08 20:38

The OS is Opensource, only the driver are closed source. You can find a Build enviorment for Engima2 for this kind of boxes on openaaf.com, but i'am only a java developer and i have no idea about hardware hacking and c / c++ Sad

otherwise i can do anything on this boxes.

london Junior Member Posts: 1 Joined: May 2012 Reputation: 0	2012-05-30 04:55 Post: #1 I would be grateful if anyone answered. http://www.broadcom.com/products/Satelli...ns/BCM7356
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Robotica Posting Freak Posts: 927 Joined: Aug 2010 Reputation: 3	2012-10-13 11:39 Post: #3 davilla worked for broadcom. Ask him..
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davilla Team-XBMC Developer Posts: 10,397 Joined: Feb 2008 Reputation: 58	2012-10-13 18:23 Post: #4 nope, not being worked on at the moment. EDIT: and I worked with Broadcom, not for them, there is a difference MediaInfo : http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/ Do not e-mail XBMC-Team members directly asking for support. Read/follow the forum rules. (This post was last modified: 2012-10-14 02:28 by davilla.)
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fns76 Junior Member Posts: 21 Joined: Sep 2010 Reputation: 0	2012-11-03 10:06 Post: #5 There is a secound Box with OpenGL 2.0 Support, its the ET-4000 source: AFF Hardware Table (This post was last modified: 2013-04-08 19:56 by fns76.)
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fns76 Junior Member Posts: 21 Joined: Sep 2010 Reputation: 0	2013-01-05 18:33 Post: #6 The next Box is the VU+ Solo2 with OpenGL 2.0 Support.
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fns76 Junior Member Posts: 21 Joined: Sep 2010 Reputation: 0	2013-04-08 19:57 Post: #7 Now you can find other boxes with the needed support: Xtrend/ET 4000 XPX 1000 (This post was last modified: 2013-04-08 19:58 by fns76.)
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fns76 Junior Member Posts: 21 Joined: Sep 2010 Reputation: 0	2013-04-08 20:38 Post: #9 The OS is Opensource, only the driver are closed source. You can find a Build enviorment for Engima2 for this kind of boxes on openaaf.com, but i'am only a java developer and i have no idea about hardware hacking and c / c++ otherwise i can do anything on this boxes.
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