SheevaPlug

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SheevaPlug
SheevaPlug with external drive enclosure.jpg
SheevaPlug (with external drive enclosure)
Manufacturer Marvell
Type Plug computer
Release date March 2009 (2009-03)
Operating system Debian (since rev. 1.2), Ubuntu
Power 2.3w idle no attached devices, 7.0w running at 100% CPU utilization
CPU 1.2 GHz ARM Marvell Kirkwood 88F6281
Storage capacity External hard drive/SDIO card/flash disk
Memory 512MB SDRAM, 512MB Flash
Display none
Connectivity USB 2.0, SD, Gigabit Network,
JTAG mini USB
Dimensions 110 x 69.5 x 48.5 (mm)

The SheevaPlug is one of the first "Plug computers" to be available on the market. It features a 1.2 GHz Marvell Kirkwood 6281 ARM-compatible CPU (aka Feroceon). The device has already been accredited as an "NSLU2 killer" due to its low price (and the discontinued status of the NSLU2).[1]

The SheevaPlug comes supplied with Ubuntu 9.04 ARM build.[2] The SheevaPlug has been supported since Kernel 2.6.27 and is currently shipping with 2.6.30-rc5 [3] Marvell offers a development kit to assist in the development of software for the platform. The kit includes the GCC cross-compiler for ARM and a method for accessing the device's debug console. The debug console is accessed over a direct serial link via a connection to its onboard mini USB JTAG. The debug console supports access from either Linux or Windows.[4]

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[edit] Commercial Products

The following commercial products are known to be based on the SheevaPlug platform:

  • CTERA CloudPlug by CTERA Networks, a plug computer providing online backup at local disk speeds and overlays a file sharing service.[5][6][7]
  • Pogoplug by Cloud Engines, a device that lets users access their files at home over the Internet without leaving a PC on.[8][9][10][11]
  • QuadPlug by QuadAxis, a plug computer incorporating BarracudaDrive Web Server.[12][13]

[edit] Other Ports

  • Martin Michlmayr has started working on a Debian specific port.[14]
  • Mark Gillespie has created scripts to build and install Debian Lenny and Squeeze onto either the internal NAND or SDCard[15]
  • Raúl Porcel has managed to run Gentoo on the plug and published an instruction on how to do so.[16]
  • Stuart Winter has a working Slackware port.[17] This is the official port of Slackware version 12.2 to ARM.
  • Inferno boots on the SheevaPlug.[18]
  • SheevaPlug is supported on FreeBSD 8.0 and 9-CURRENT.[19]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "SheevaPlug: the NSLU2 killer". Linux Today. http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-03-19-008-35-OS-HW-DV. Retrieved 2009-04-17. 
  2. ^ "Nginx on SheevaPlug". W-Mark Kubacki. 2009-09-20. http://mark.ossdl.de/2009/09/nginx-on-sheevaplug/. Retrieved 2009-09-21. 
  3. ^ "Linus Torvalds posting of the 2.6.30-rc1 Kernel at the Marvell git site". Linus Torvalds. 2009-04-07. http://git.marvell.com/?p=orion.git;a=commit;h=577c9c456f0e1371cbade38eaf91ae8e8a308555. 
  4. ^ "SheevaPlug Developement Kit Readme file". http://www.marvell.com/files/products/embedded_processors/developer/kirkwood/SheevaPlug%20Development%20Kit%20README-Rev1.2.pdf. 
  5. ^ Ctera networks (6 January 2009). "CTERA Networks Launches, Introduces Cloud Attached Storage". Press release. http://www.ctera.com/home/ctera-networks-launches-introduces-cloud-attached-storage.html. Retrieved 2009-02-25. 
  6. ^ CTERA at CES: USB as NAS and Cloud Backup. TechWebTV. January 11, 2009. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GGOnPORmAo. Retrieved 2009-01-27. 
  7. ^ Lawson, Stephen (January 6, 2009). "Startup Ctera will offer cloud storage through carriers". Network World. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/010609-startup-ctera-will-offer-cloud.html. Retrieved 2009-02-25. 
  8. ^ Clark, Don; Christopher Lawton. "Gadgets for Leaner Times". The Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123138754279863721.html. Retrieved 2009-01-27. 
  9. ^ Needleman, Rafe (January 7, 2009). "Pogoplug puts any hard drive on the Internet". The New York Times. http://cnet.nytimes.com/8301-19167_1-10135097-100.html?scp=1&sq=pogoplug&st=cse. Retrieved 2009-02-25. 
  10. ^ Lester, Dave (January 12, 2009). "Consumer electronics: Take a peek at geek chic". The Denver Post. http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_11430781. Retrieved 2009-02-25. 
  11. ^ Pogoplug brings easy file sharing to your home network. Fast Company. January 7, 2009. http://www.fastcompany.tv/video/exclusive-first-look-pogoplug-brings-easy-file-sharing-your-home-network. Retrieved 2009-02-25. 
  12. ^ "QuadAxis Launches Plug Computers". QuadAxis. http://www.briefingwire.com/pr/quadaxis-launches-plug-computers. Retrieved November 13, 2009. 
  13. ^ "QuadAxis Cements Partnership With Real Time Logic". QuadAxis. http://www.briefingwire.com/pr/quadaxis-cements-partnership-with-real-time-logic. Retrieved November 18, 2009. 
  14. ^ "Update on Thecus N2100 support in Debian". Martin Michlmayr. 2009-02-15. http://lists.debian.org/debian-arm/2009/02/msg00057.html. Retrieved 2009-02-15. 
  15. ^ "Debian On SheevaPlug Script". 
  16. ^ "Gentoo on the Marvell SheevaPlug". Raúl Porcel. 2009-04-16. http://dev.gentoo.org/~armin76/arm/sheevaplug/install.xml. Retrieved 2009-09-21. 
  17. ^ "Slackware Linux for ARM". http://www.armedslack.org. Retrieved 2009-07-19. 
  18. ^ "inferno-kirkwood - Project Hosting on Google Code". http://code.google.com/p/inferno-kirkwood/. Retrieved 2009-08-20. 
  19. ^ "FreeBSD for Marvell ARM". http://wiki.freebsd.org/FreeBSDMarvell. Retrieved 2009-09-24. 

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