LowCost ARM setup with S3C2440 ARM9 Board

i want to build a low cost ARM based setup for learning of linux drivers 
and board level porting 
objectives : 
1)bootloader functionality
2)bare board porting of linux
3)linux boot up in embedded systems
4)device driver development 


cant afford to spend huge money  so figured out 2 boards : 


name :Samsung S3C2440 ARM9 Board
link
:-http://cgi.ebay.com/Samsung-S3C2440-ARM9-Board-mini2440-from-FriendlyARM_W0QQitemZ120445604158QQcmdZViewItemQQptZBI_Electrical_Equipment_Tools?hash=item1c0b1e113e&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262

 will it be sufficient for a start 

On Aug 20, 5:34=A0pm, "emBGeek" <kaushik...@gmail.com> wrote:
> i want to build a low cost ARM based setup for learning of linux drivers
> and board level porting
> objectives :
> 1)bootloader functionality
> 2)bare board porting of linux
> 3)linux boot up in embedded systems
> 4)device driver development
>
> cant afford to spend huge money =A0so figured out 2 boards :
>
> name :Samsung S3C2440 ARM9 Board
> link
> :-http://cgi.ebay.com/Samsung-S3C2440-ARM9-Board-mini2440-from-Friendly..=
.
>
> =A0will it be sufficient for a start

It's a great board. Packs in a lot of features for a very decent
price.

The documentation is largely in Chinese though and that might be a
speed-breaker.

You can get some great resources for the MINI2440 at http://www.development=
board.net/

Good luck!