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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/23/2015 07:45 PM, miniNodes Info
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<div>The Lenovator HiKey board Jim mentioned can be found here:
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That is a 2gb RAM, 8gb eMMC, 8-core ARM64 board.</div>
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No sata for all that power.<br>
And draws a lot more power too.<br>
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I will continue to wait to see what the Cubietruck plus will be and
how much. They put out the blog on it back in July. And then Hans
will have to get one to make the uboot for it...<br>
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<div> They also offer a 1gb RAM version as well: <a
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<div>Also worth mentioning, the Qualcomm Dragonboard 410c
finally has been restocked and has availability now, located
here: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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>
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Even less in terms of interfaces.<br>
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<div>The URL for the PINE64 board is simply <a
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target="_blank" style="font-size: 12pt;"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://pine64.com">http://pine64.com</a></a>.
That product is still being developed and funded via
Kickstarter, so there is no general availability on that one
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So, for now, I will stay with the armv7.<br>
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<div>> To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:arm-dev@centos.org">arm-dev@centos.org</a><br>
> From: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:rgm@htt-consult.com">rgm@htt-consult.com</a><br>
> Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 18:41:46 -0500<br>
> Subject: Re: [Arm-dev] List of 64-bit hardware for
testing?<br>
> <br>
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> <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 (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/CompileFarm">http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/CompileFarm</a>) 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>
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