[Arm-netbook] eoma68 a20 card production

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

On Saturday, June 22, 2019, Pablo Rath <pablo at parobalth.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 21, 2019 at 12:06:10PM +0100, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
> wrote:
>
> ...
>
> > All of this was *supposed* to be documented as part of the pre-production
> > runs that cost USD 2500  a shot, so that the longer runs are far less
> risky
> > because a short trial run is supposed to prepare the engineers for the
> > longer one. We cannot keep doing that, it takes 2 to three months each
> > time, so we have to take the risk and go straight to QTY 100.
> >
> ...
> >
> > Patience is required. Success happens by solving each unknown and
> > unknowable issue that comes up.  However, it would be appreciated if
> people
> > would accept that this is not something that cannot be predicted, neither
> > what might happen next nor how long it will take.
>
> Thanks for the update. I have read every update so far, read most of
> the emails on this list and skim those not so interesting to me.
> Following questions bother me and I don't recall that they have been
> already answered:
> Is it still planned to send pre-production cards to those (including me)
> who signed up?


Yes, aiyaa I still have some at my mum's house. Keep forgetting.


> What is the status of the last pre-production prototype cards? Do they
> work?


Yes. There are I think 3 available.


> When can we test / will we know if Richards HDMI-layout is working?
>
>
When someone works out the darn fex file.  It is so long in between test
runs I have to work out each time what the board bringup process is, over
and over again.

Sigh.



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