What we build/test against currently:
- APM mustang board, which you've already listed above.
- AMD Seattle board, which you've also listed above.
- Cavium ThunderX.
Man, that Cavium looks nice.... I bet you are the envy of everyone in your neighborhood :)
What I'd recommend:
Keep an eye on 96boards.com. They have a Hikey, and will soon have a Huskey board which should work ootb. These are both far less expensive.
Lenovator offers a Hikey with more ram and a larger emmc. It's roughly $100 (US).
Oh, thanks for that. That may be the toehold I need.
I recall visiting LeMaker in the past when following Banana Pi leads, but I don't recall seeing a 64-bit offering.
Gigabyte's MP30-AR0 board (based on APM's mustang) should work with CentOS OOTB as well, and will hopefully be reasonably priced.
This looks like its only available in Business-to-Business channels, but I started reaching out to distributors. If I can acquire one, I'll provide SSH access to it for testing.
Jeff