On 03/07/17 21:33, Stefan Monnier wrote:
And now I hear that A20 card will be shipped with kernel 3.4. Sure, it's not lower than 3.2 but how long will glibc support 3.4? What about other packages?
Actually, mainline support for A20 isn't that bad, depending on your specific use case. Check http://linux-sunxi.org/Linux_mainlining_effort. It's fairly good for headless servers, less so for tablets and desktops. And there is (slow) progress, so its future isn't too bleak.
Stefan
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I run Armbian with 4.9.12-sunxi on my Banana Pi which also uses an A20.
But of course there's no Mali anything for that kernel.
BTW there's some work on a GPL'd Mali 450 driver which is, I understand, the same as the Mali 400 in the A20, just with twice the shaders.
http://www.cnx-software.com/2017/03/06/mainline-linux-on-64-bit-arm-amlogic-...