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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><div>The Lenovator HiKey board Jim mentioned can be found here: <a href="http://www.lenovator.com/product/90.html" target="_blank" style="font-size: 12pt;">http://www.lenovator.com/product/90.html</a> That is a 2gb RAM, 8gb eMMC, 8-core ARM64 board. They also offer a 1gb RAM version as well: <a href="http://www.lenovator.com/product/86.html" target="_blank" style="font-size: 12pt;">http://www.lenovator.com/product/86.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>Also worth mentioning, the Qualcomm Dragonboard 410c finally has been restocked and has availability now, located here: <a href="https://www.arrow.com/en/products/dragonboard410c/arrow-development-tools#page-1" target="_blank" style="font-size: 12pt;">https://www.arrow.com/en/products/dragonboard410c/arrow-development-tools#page-1</a></div><div><br></div><div>The URL for the PINE64 board is simply <a href="http://pine64.com" target="_blank" style="font-size: 12pt;">http://pine64.com</a>. That product is still being developed and funded via Kickstarter, so there is no general availability on that one quite yet.</div><div><br></div><div>-David</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><br><div>> To: arm-dev@centos.org<br>> From: rgm@htt-consult.com<br>> Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 18:41:46 -0500<br>> Subject: Re: [Arm-dev] List of 64-bit hardware for testing?<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> On 12/23/2015 06:28 PM, Jim Perrin wrote:<br>> ><br>> > On 12/23/2015 05:01 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote:<br>> >> I've been lurking for a while hoping to see someone call out some<br>> >> specs, but I don't recall seeing them. My apologies in advance of this<br>> >> is a redundant question.<br>> >><br>> >> I'm interested in inexpensive hardware to test for arm64/aarch64, but<br>> >> I'm having trouble finding them.<br>> > Everyone is. It's not as widely available as I'd like yet.<br>> ><br>> >> For example, [1] lists a X-C1 Basic dev board, but its $1495 USD [2]<br>> >> (add $1000 USD for the Plus kit). Another example is the AMD Opteron<br>> >> A1100 dev kit at $3000 USD [6]. As another example, I purchased both<br>> >> an HTC 510 Desire and a Samsung Galaxy Core-Prime because both were<br>> >> supposed to be 64-bit ARMv8 [3,4]. But after the press release and<br>> >> conversion to the US market, they arrived as 32-bit ARMv7.<br>> >><br>> >> First question... Does Cent maintain a list of inexpensive hardware<br>> >> for testing? If so, would someone point me to it? I understand the<br>> >> list is subjective and it will become stale over time. That's a<br>> >> different problem (and a problem I wish I had).<br>> ><br>> > Not really. As the arm64 maintainer I can share the list of what I have<br>> > for testing, and what I would recommend for cheap.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > What we build/test against currently:<br>> ><br>> > 1. APM mustang board, which you've already listed above.<br>> > 2. AMD Seattle board, which you've also listed above.<br>> > 3. Cavium ThunderX.<br>> ><br>> > These are mostly server platforms and aren't cheap for the home user.<br>> ><br>> > What I'd recommend:<br>> ><br>> > Keep an eye on 96boards.com. They have a Hikey, and will soon have a<br>> > Huskey board which should work ootb. These are both far less expensive.<br>> ><br>> > Lenovator offers a Hikey with more ram and a larger emmc. It's roughly<br>> > $100 (US).<br>> <br>> Interesting. Can you provide a URL for this board and such. A <br>> Cubietruck is ~$90. So this is a very interesting data point.<br>> <br>> ><br>> > Gigabyte's MP30-AR0 board (based on APM's mustang) should work with<br>> > CentOS OOTB as well, and will hopefully be reasonably priced.<br>> ><br>> > Soon I'll have a pine64 board as well. I'm hoping to be able to add that<br>> > to the list of things we support.<br>> ><br>> >> Second question... Or, is it possible to get SSH access to one of the<br>> >> machines provided by Applied Micro or AMD [1,6]? GNU has a compile<br>> >> farm (http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/CompileFarm) I can test with, and I'm<br>> >> wondering if Cent does the same.<br>> ><br>> > Sadly, no. We don't have enough to offer up ssh access. We will be<br>> > adding an aarch64/arm64 box to the community build service though, so<br>> > you would be able to build against the platform, but no direct ssh access.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> >> Last question... Has anyone tried using the Android TV boxes [5] for<br>> >> testing? They appear to be inexpensive (around $100 USD) and some<br>> >> appear to be ARMv8 with multiple 64-bit cores (Cortex-A53 and<br>> >> Cortex-A57).<br>> > I haven't, but keep in mind not all ARM is created equal. We've built<br>> > things up to target the server standards, SBBR and SBSA. The TL;DR there<br>> > for most folks is "boots via UEFI". Lots of the lower end boxen like the<br>> > Android TV are using uboot with custom kernel support, etc. This means<br>> > that the userspace should work, but actually booting the box would be<br>> > questionable, depending on if the vendor's done something funky with the<br>> > kernel, uboot, etc.<br>> ><br>> >> (Its definitely like Perrin said, "Hardware really is the best sort of<br>> >> gift..." [6]).<br>> > It absolutely is, and I'm hoping it becomes more generally available<br>> > early in 2016. I'd love to have a larger community who can engage and<br>> > participate.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Arm-dev mailing list<br>> Arm-dev@centos.org<br>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/arm-dev<br></div> </div></body>
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