[Arm-netbook] Interested in pre-production unit for GNU Guix

[Tzafrir Cohen]

On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 04:10:16PM +0000, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> ---
> crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68
> 
> 
> On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 4:02 PM, Vincent Legoll
> <vincent.legoll at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 4:37 PM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
> > <lkcl at lkcl.net> wrote:
> >
> >> stick with the known / tried-and-tested 3.4.104+ linux-sunxi kernel.
> >
> > You must be kidding, right ?
> 
>  nope, not at all.  it's still the only available version of the linux
> kernel that has 100% proven, finished and *working* support for *all*
> functions of the Allwinner A20 processor.
> 
>  if you don't want or don't need HDMI, don't want video support, or a
> shed-load of other functionality, feel free to use mainline linux
> kernel source.

Looking at http://linux-sunxi.org/Linux_mainlining_effort , I see that
HDMI is listed as "in linux mainline since 4.15". Yey!

LVDS is still listed as "WIP" and VGA and CVBS are still listed as red
no-s, and VE (Video Engine) is listed as WIP.

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