Hello lkcl,
(Resending to list, hopefully it makes it this time)
We have a GNU Guix developer who is interested in working on bootloader and general software support in GuixSD for the EOMA68-A20.
If there is still a pre-production unit available, please get in touch so we can work out how to get them set up. I've agreed to finance the hardware.
Thanks, `~Eric Bavier
On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 9:38 AM, Eric Bavier ericbavier@centurylink.net wrote:
Hello lkcl,
hi eric
(Resending to list, hopefully it makes it this time)
We have a GNU Guix developer who is interested in working on bootloader and general software support in GuixSD for the EOMA68-A20.
great! let's take a look... https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2016-07/msg00515.html ha! looks like someone's been working on porting GuixSD to ARM already. it shouuuld be an extremely straightforward task if you're prepared to stick with the known / tried-and-tested 3.4.104+ linux-sunxi kernel and the known tried-and-tested u-boot.
If there is still a pre-production unit available,
yes there is.
please get in touch so we can work out how to get them set up. I've agreed to finance the hardware.
superb. feel free to contact me off-list, with an address and telephone number i can put on the EMS TW Postal Service docket.
l.
Hello
On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 4:37 PM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton lkcl@lkcl.net wrote:
stick with the known / tried-and-tested 3.4.104+ linux-sunxi kernel.
You must be kidding, right ?
--- crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68
On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 4:02 PM, Vincent Legoll vincent.legoll@gmail.com wrote:
Hello
On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 4:37 PM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton lkcl@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.
l.
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@gmail.com wrote:
Hello
On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 4:37 PM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton lkcl@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.
--- crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68
On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 4:16 PM, Tzafrir Cohen tzafrir@cohens.org.il wrote:
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@gmail.com wrote:
Hello
On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 4:37 PM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton lkcl@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!
progreeeess.... slow but getting there.
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.
make sense now, vincent?
l.
Looking at http://linux-sunxi.org/Linux_mainlining_effort , I see that HDMI is listed as "in linux mainline since 4.15". Yey!
progreeeess.... slow but getting there.
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.
make sense now, vincent?
I knew that very well, that's my homepage ;-) Waiting for HDMI / H3 also...
But your advocating people to continue to work on ultra-obsolete versions (security-wise, etc) instead of pushing people to work on upstream is what I found kind of strange.
But that's my personal opinion, and you're right to chose what's best for the eoma project. We may not have the same priorities.
No harm intended
Tchuss
On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 5:10 PM, Vincent Legoll vincent.legoll@gmail.com wrote:
I knew that very well, that's my homepage ;-) Waiting for HDMI / H3 also...
But your advocating people to continue to work on ultra-obsolete versions (security-wise, etc) instead of pushing people to work on upstream is what I found kind of strange.
well... they could focus on GuixSD... or they could focus on *not* doing GuixSD (at all, because half the stuff won't work) and instead do linux kernel development. if they'd said, "we're linux kernel developers, we'd like to focus on improving mainling Allwinner A20 functionality so that OSes like GuixSD have 100% full functionality for our users" i would have said, "great, here's the link to the mainline linux-sunxi page"...
l.
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