[Arm-dev] Gigabyte MP30-AR0

[Gordan Bobic]

On 2016-02-19 10:57, Phong Vo wrote:
> Gordan,
> 
> There were some quirks with CentOS 7.1, but this should be working 
> perfectly
> fine with
> latest CentOS 7.2 aarch64 release.


The board appears to ship with u-boot rather than UEFI firmware. Does
the image work with u-boot?




> -----Original Message-----
> From: arm-dev-bounces at centos.org [mailto:arm-dev-bounces at centos.org] On
> Behalf Of Gordan Bobic
> Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 5:00 PM
> To: Conversations around CentOS on ARM hardware
> Subject: Re: [Arm-dev] Gigabyte MP30-AR0
> 
> These appear to finally be available in UK now:
> https://www.xcase.co.uk/gigabyte-server-boards/gigabyte-mp30-ar0-with-appliedmicror-x-gene1r-processor.html
> 
> Unfortunately, things don't work right out of the box:
> https://www.mail-archive.com/users@lists.redsleeve.org/msg01274.html
> 
> Has anyone got CentOS installer working with this board? £600 is an
> awful lot to spend on a paper weight.
> 
> Gordan
> 
> On 2015-09-22 00:18, Jim Perrin wrote:
>> On 09/16/2015 07:16 AM, Gordan Bobic wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> I am toying with the idea of getting a Gigabyte MP30-AR0 board
>>> (despite the insanely exorbitant price tag). Has anyone got the
>>> aarch64 CentOS working on one of those? Any special instructions?
>>> 
>>> Also, if I get the ISO, is it bootable on aarch64? Does the
>>> installer work? Or does the image have to be used like on 32-bit
>>> ARM?
>> 
>> 
>> This board is based on the APM xgene, which we've used and tested
>> fairly
>> heavily. It *should* just work out of the box.
> 
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