[Arm-dev] List of 64-bit hardware for testing?

[Troy Dawson]

On Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 8:26 AM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com>
wrote:

> Got my Nano Lite running Fedora23 which is the first step before testing
> with Centos7.  On caveat, see below:
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> On 12/25/2015 01:58 PM, Troy Dawson wrote:
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> On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 11:31 AM, Robert Moskowitz < <rgm at htt-consult.com>
> rgm at htt-consult.com> wrote:
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>> On 12/25/2015 11:18 AM, Troy Dawson wrote:
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>> Hi,
>> Have you looked at the pcduino3 nano lite.
>> $15 and it looks like it meets all your specs.
>>
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>> http://www.amazon.com/pcDuino-pcDuino3-Nano-Lite/dp/B00ZEPZGQO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1451059734&sr=8-1&keywords=pcduino3+nano+lite
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>> It has everything in the kernel and uboot and works with Fedora 23 with
>> no modifications.
>> I've got Yor Linux armv7 build working on it, so I'm quite certain it
>> will work with CentOS arm build, but I have not tested it.
>>
>> There are two downsides to this board.
>> 1 - the sata (and power cable) are sold separately
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>> Ah, I see it does have a sata port.  I missed that the first time.
>>
>> And it looks like it has the 5V power out that will hopefully power any
>> HD up to 1A.
>>
>> If it uses the same uboot as the pcduino 3 nano, then I can take the
>> Cubietruck image and dd the appropriate uboot and boot.
>>
>> Have you tested it?   The big test is to only have uboot on a 4Gb mSD and
>> the whole image on the Sata HD and see if it switches over like the
>> Cubieboard does.  Otherwise there is a lot of customization needed.
>>
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> Yes, I've tested it.  It used the same uboot and kernel dtd as the pcduino
> 3 nano.
> I have a couple of the pcduino 3 nano machines and ordered a couple of the
> lite's, so I've used both.  I used the nano uboot on the lite and it worked
> with no modifications.  I also did nothing with the kernel and it worked
> great.
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>> I am assuming those 3 posts off to the side are for the serial console.
>> Nice that they put it off to the side.  But that would mess up a case
>> somewhat.
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> I cannot get the serial console working.  I have follow the schematic at:
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> http://learn.linksprite.com/pcduino/quick-start/pcduino8/explanation-of-headers-of-pcduino3-nano/
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> To connect a USB/TTL adapter and run (as I do for my Cubieboards)
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> screen /dev/ttyUSB0 115200
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> And nothing.  So I really want to have this working to bring up C7 on it
> for testing.
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I don't have an adaptor for the serial ports, so I've just been using the
hdmi, which works great.  But I guess then you have to hook up a hdmi and
usb keyboard, which might make things harder, depending on your setup.
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