<aep>
mmind00: aaah thats what you meant by IP blocks. that makes sense
<aep>
does anyone have an rga2 driver i could compare?
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<naobsd>
to get el2, "mainline linux" shouldn't be the matter... we need bootloader at first ;)
<Amit_>
naobsd; ok Thanks, you mean to say support needs to be added in bootloader to boot linux in el2?
<naobsd>
Amit_: I think so
<Amit_>
ok.
<Amit_>
naobsd: Sorry for this stupid question but if I get r68 , how do I make its serial working (as it doesn't have serial working), also my host machine don't have serial port.
<naobsd>
Amit_: open R68, then you can see UART2 and UART4 TX/RX holes
<naobsd>
shop description is right. it's not officially supported at all
<naobsd>
it's only for people who know how to use it
<naobsd>
I also cannot guarantee it
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<Amit_>
ok , Actually I have limited amount of money , so I just wanted to make sure if I buy it , I should be able to use it.
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<hipboi>
New RK3228 and RK3399?
<Amit_>
naobsd: Just final question , USB to TTL serial cable would be ok to use to connect to host machine ?
<topi`>
hipboi: can you explain why there are so few ARM boards on the market with SATA?
<naobsd>
Amit_: 3.3V one
<naobsd>
Amit_: USB-TTL 3.3V is ok
<hipboi>
topi`: :) ok, let me explain, because SATA is a desktop thing
<topi`>
i've been hunting SATA boards for ages now and only come up with halfway creations, like SATA implemented with a slow sata-usb bridge, etc etc
<topi`>
SATA is also a server thing :)
<hipboi>
topi`: the new ARM processor is mostly for mobile
<naobsd>
Amit_: what's your goal with r68?
<hipboi>
mobile is the growing fast recently
<topi`>
hipboi: btw, would you happen to have any advance view on Rockchip's roadmaps? I wonder if they have the A72 core in their plans
<topi`>
the A72 would be a killer core, we could finally forget about the sluggishness of the A53
<hipboi>
topi`: rockchip has licensed A72
<topi`>
well, that must mean something :) but I hope they will move engineering resources from those fruitless Intel projects to the a72 chip
<hipboi>
but i think it will be at least q3 or q4 2016
<Amit_>
naobsd: Actually , I wanted to just learn KVM on to it.
<naobsd>
Amit_: is really RK3368 the best for it?
<topi`>
hipboi: what do you think Rockchip should do so that we get better Linux mainline support for the RK* chips?
<mmind00>
there have been of course already patches submitted for some yet unanounced rk3399 ;-)
<xming>
Amit_: you want to learn KVM on arm or just KVM in general?
<Amit_>
Sorry , KVM on armv8
<mmind00>
topi`: ^^ take that for "mainline support" ;-)
<xming>
my ttl cable is taking a very slow boat from China to me :/
<topi`>
mmind00: yeah, I just hope it would work "all the way". I have a stupid Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 based board (APQ8064) that only happens to work with QC's old 3.4 based kernel, all mainline attempts fail because of some power management issue
<topi`>
what's the use of a 4.1 kernel if it means that the device will lock up randomly
<topi`>
the closed-source GPU is not on my list of worries, since I'm doing headless things
<naobsd>
if you use RK3368, you need to manage bootloader at first
<Amit_>
xming; Is there any other armv8 board which comes under 80$ ?
<Amit_>
naobsd: ok
<mmind00>
topi`: what I meant, Rockchip is submitting patches for a soc that hasn't even been anounced yet ... there is just some strange facebook site around (from inphic, whatever that is)
<topi`>
the RK3368 is a good choice for entrylevel armv8, however, is it possible to clock it higher than 1.2 GHz? that speed is fairly lackluster
<topi`>
mmind00: it's not the first time when rockchip has done fairly strange things :) but at least their products are better than Allwinner's
<topi`>
it seems Allwinner is doing badly these days; might have something to do with the decline of tablet sales
<topi`>
and on the TV box front the competition is fierce; Amlogic produces some solid chips, RK chips are all good for tv boxes, etc etc
<mmind00>
I'm always unsure who buys all these tv boxes anyway ;-)
<topi`>
yeah
<topi`>
it's mind blowing to find 1000s of tv box models all with almost identical specs :)
<naobsd>
I guess most people on here have no interest about "which tv box is nice" ;)
<ganbold>
I don't know, some holes are there on right side, maybe that is uart, or maybe not
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<aep>
is there a wiki for various boards?
<aep>
i'd throw the stuff i found there i guess
<mmind00>
aep: linux-rockchip.info?
<aep>
duh. right in the topic. thanks
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<edolnx>
topi`, I'm working on the same goal (running Linux on a RK3368) and I think I'm close. I'll spend some more time on it this week with the extended time off here in the US and post my findings here