On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 1:36 AM, Siarhei Siamashka <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 21 Apr 2016 19:56:10 -0400 > "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 7:45 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 6:01 PM, Siarhei Siamashka >> > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> As for designing an A64 board, unless you really want a 64-bit >> >> processor, something like Allwinner H3 might be a better choice >> >> right now. At least it is currently better supported in software >> >> and has more USB ports. ARM Cortex-A53 is faster than ARM Cortex-A7 >> >> per MHz, but it is also more power hungry. >> >> >> >> Do you have any contacts at Allwinner? Probably not, because otherwise >> >> you would not be asking the A64 boot sequence questions here. >> > >> > We require Android 5.1, not an option on H3. >> >> I am interested in getting AW Android running on mainline. System is >> headless so there is no messing with video. > > Does the ordinary GNU/Linux not work good enough for this particular > headless use case? Why Android? And even why specifically Android 5.1?
We are running apps that we don't have the source code to. > > I'm not trying to criticize your design, but you got me intrigued. > > Again, if you want a usable mainline kernel on A64 (let alone usable > in Android), then it may take a while. I guess, Olimex and Xunlong > probably have their A64 based boards ready by now, but are simply > waiting for better software support before flooding the market with > their hardware. > > -- > Best regards, > Siarhei Siamashka -- Jon Smirl [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "linux-sunxi" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
