On 08/05/2018 06:55 AM, Pablo Sebastián Greco wrote: > > El 5/8/18 a las 07:16, Robert Moskowitz escribió: >> Pable, >> >> Thanks for responding. >> >> On 08/05/2018 05:46 AM, Pablo Sebastián Greco wrote: >>> >>> Robert, cubieboard5 (AKA Cubietruck Plus) has an A83T SoC, which >>> only got multicore for kernel 4.18 (still not relased). >>> I made a 4.17 version with smp support backported and you can find >>> it here >>> (https://armv7.dev.centos.org/repodir/community-kernel-latest/kernel/4.17.6-200.el7/). >>> Also cubietruck plus may not have HDMI support yet (I got a patch >>> from another user in #centos-arm and seems to be working). >>> >> >> Using it as a server on if I need a local connection I use the serial >> console via a TTL/USB converter. Of course I would have to get the >> pin-out for this board. > I have that patch included in my kernels, but don't have a device to > test it. >> >>> Finally, the main thing about that board (about that SoC actually), >>> is that SATA is not native, it is an integrated SATA-USB, so >>> performance may be an issue. >>> >> >> Ouch. this is for a mail server that has extensive disk I/O. So >> forget this board. >> >>> Personally I love the BananaPi M2Ultra, 2G RAM, 4 Cores and native >>> SATA. The only problem is that SATA support is not integrated yet in >>> any kernel, so it needs external patches. >>> >> >> Any timing on delivering the support mainline? > Patch is already at v3, I've been using v1 on my device without > problems. Doesn't look like it it will be integrated before 4.20 (but > we can always backport) ETA for 4.20, considering we are on 4.9.52? :) >> >>> >>> Pablo. >>> >>> P.S: this is a blog post I made a few months ago >>> https://blog.centos.org/2018/05/testing-armhfp-devices/ , BananaPi >>> M3 is practically the same as Cubieboard5. >>> >> >> I will look at it. >> >>> P.S 2: wrt any device with AllWinner SoC, you can check >>> https://linux-sunxi.org/Linux_mainlining_effort to know what to expect. >>> >> >> I use to follow it closely and did some testing for Hans when he was >> running the Allwinner development. I should go back and check in, so >> to speak. >> >> Of course if there is a quad core 64-bit ARM with sata under $100 >> that runs at 5V; that would do nicely! > ;) Yeah, California dreaming. And I am in Michigan. No forest fires. Yet. How many of the above requirements are not available. My first approximation is <$100 and 5V. We all know there are quad 64bit ARMs out there with sata! >> >> Bob >> >>> El 5/8/18 a las 01:09, Robert Moskowitz escribió: >>>> has anyone here tried out the octa-core Cubieboard5? >>>> >>>> Does Centos work with all those cores for better multitasking than >>>> the duo-core A20 boards? >>>> >>>> One of my Cubieboard2 is dying and I CAN replace it with one of my >>>> test boards. But my mail server does struggle with only 2 cores >>>> for all the virus scanning. If I had more cores, I could lift the >>>> attachment limit, perhaps. >>>> >>>> I just saw a deal on the Cubieboard5, cheaper than the Cubietruck. >>>> >>>> Or info on any other quad board. >>>> >>>> thanks >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Arm-dev mailing list >>>> Arm-dev at centos.org >>>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/arm-dev >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Arm-dev mailing list >>> Arm-dev at centos.org >>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/arm-dev >> > _______________________________________________ > Arm-dev mailing list > Arm-dev at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/arm-dev