On 02/18/15 15:32, C Bergström wrote:
On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 3:27 AM, Tom Gall <tg...@gentoo.org> wrote:
So first, for those interested in cheap arm64 hardware, the first 96 board
is going to start shipping in March for ~$129. The HiKey board is an 8 way
64 bit ARM board with 8 A53 cores. (No A57s bummer!) Only had a gig of
memory on the board but it’s not a bad device. I’ve had one for about 2-3
weeks now. I’m basically running off a USB hard disk for the moment and
thankfully the kernel continues to improve.
The one downside is you really really need a 1.8v USB -> UART cable. You
can get them from digikey and connect it on the board. If working with raw
cables makes you squeamish take a breath, you’ll be fine.
Info and links at:
https://www.96boards.org
Ok so hardware aside here’s the arm64 gentoo plan.
1) new stage3 put together and get that onto the mirrors for consumption.
2) Get the handbook extended to include arm64
3) continued package stabilization
If devs don't mind working out of a chroot - I can potentially get access
to some hardware or possibly help test after things are a bit more "stable".
I don't mind chroots. I want to build stage3 and do stabilizations.
If possible I do really recommend getting something with an A57 core (vs
a53) - there is quite a bit of difference from the compiler side of how
they compare.
How much are the APM xgene1 systems selling for? Has anyone tried to
request hw from: APM, ARM, Cavium or AMD?
I have about $1000 in grant money. Want to recommend some equipment?
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