On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 7:29 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
Device has a virtual head, the screen is remoted to another device which has a touchscreen. The support for doing the screen remoting is in 5.1. Checkout how Android Auto works. > >> >> 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] -- 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.
