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<NoNicknameLeft> What exactly makes allwinner cpus more free than others? Is it the availability of boot0 and allwinner bsps? How does the rockchip rk3288 for example compare to some allwinner cpu?
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<icenowy[m]> In fact rk3288 is more free :-)
<NoNicknameLeft> Could you please elaborate?
<willmore> NoNicknameLeft, they're cheaper? So, that's closer to 'free'? ;)
<NoNicknameLeft> Well then, are they more libre in any meaningful way?
<NoNicknameLeft> I am sorry if this question is overly simplistic, I really don't know.
<willmore> There are almost no meaningful docs. The BSP code serves as the most authoritative reference in that sense. They use Mali blob based drivers. They provide no info on how the video acceleration works....
<willmore> So, I don't see that as being very 'libre'. On the other hand, a lot of people have spent a lot of effort to reverse engineer the important bits and free things up. So, the chips are pretty libre now, but that's not because Allwinner did anything to help it.
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<wens> smaeul: could it be something in ATF? IIRC on ARMv7 secure world is supposed to reset the arch timer counter to a correct value before returning control to non-secure
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<NoNicknameLeft> <willmore> Ok, how come they have so such massive support from users then? Was that a purely random decision?
<NoNicknameLeft> willmore: Sorry for mis-reference
<willmore> NoNicknameLeft, Just how it happened. Someone with a chip got interested. Things like communities tend to nucleate around progress. That often leads to more progress.
<NoNicknameLeft> Huh, I never knew. I thought there was some singular thing one could point to that differentiates allwinner cpus from others. Many thanks
<willmore> Most progress in free software is because someone wanted to do something. Progress is a byproduct. Then there's the commercial people--their motives are more predictable.
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<wens> also cheap devboards (and devices in general) with allwinner socs came out first
<wens> then rockchip, then amlogic
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<wens> but rockchip does mainline officially now, and amlogic has baylibre working on it
<wens> allwinner has... well... us
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<willmore> wens, did allwinner being common in cheap tablets play a role?
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<willmore> exynos has some samsung people working on it.
<smaeul> wens: no, if it was ATF-related, it would be much less often and much more random
<smaeul> there's a very obvious pattern to it. 99% of cases are the timer going 0x0000ffff → 0x0001ffff → 0x00010000 (jump forward) or 0x0001ffff → 0x00010000 → 0x00020000 (jumping backward) for various bit positions
<smaeul> the other 1 percent are larger jumps, where usually not all of of the lesser-significant bits are seen as set, but it's the same principle
<wens> willmore: seems likely
<wens> I think it was cheap tablets and tv boxes to begin with, then came the boards
<wens> but that was before my time
<willmore> Same here. icenowy[m] seems more into the tablet side of things, maybe she can remember back further. I'm very new here.
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<DonkeyHotei> willmore, wens: prior to the A10, allwinner did not release linux BSP's. but at the time of the A10, an engineer worked for them who was a linux enthusiast, and he worked behind the scenes to free things up until he left there. the kernel version at that time was 3.3 or 3.4 iirc, and their releases since have been based on that. there was plenty they did not allow him to free up at that time and some of it has been freed up
<DonkeyHotei> since
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<buZz> DonkeyHotei: is that guy from allwinner who did it, the guy who started cubietech?
<DonkeyHotei> the name suggests yes (Tom Cubie)
<buZz> ah yes indeed
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<buZz> who made the cubieboard
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<buZz> funny who similar that origin story is to raspberry pi :D
<DonkeyHotei> the difference is that broadcom requires secret boot code in the GPU and requires an NDA just to reveal what language the code is in, while the boot code for allwinner is burned into the die
<DonkeyHotei> the latter was important to people seeking FSF approval, which snowballed the reverse engineering efforts
<buZz> yeah and allwinner sells their cpus to whoever
<buZz> whereas broadcom needs special hidden agreements nonsense
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<KotCzarny> hmm, opi+2e is back in stock, at higher price which might mean they use same, speedy emmc modules
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<tllim> @Sunxi folks, I have meet up with Allwinner BU3 vice General manager last week and he has put H6 open source support as a key factor.
<tllim> The H6 datasheet and user manual will be release as no confidential watermark.
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<tllim> I have already consult with Icenowy as Sunxi contact windows with BU3.
<tllim> BU3 already assigned one engineer name wink as the contact window.
<tllim> We will start from H6 SoC due to new release.
<DonkeyHotei> too bad there was no mali concession
<DonkeyHotei> but that's arm, not allwinner
<tllim> On H6, Allwinner will release a driver fro MALI T720
<DonkeyHotei> binary, i'm sure
<tllim> Allwinner has setup a wechat discussion group and I have already invite icenowy.
<tllim> hopefully, this is a good start :-)
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<awais> hoping the binary mali T720 blob be compiled with opencl support
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<tllim> @awais, should be opencl support :)
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<tllim> @DonkeyHotei, it is binary. The source only can be released by ARM.
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<benettig> Hello, I don't know if it's offtopic, but did someone manage r6p2 x11 to work? I have an X log here https://pastebin.com/sEuQv0yK
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<benettig> ^ got answer from mripard by e-mail.
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<willmore> DonkeyHotei, I didn't know that story. It's good to know. Cudos to Mr. Cubie!
<willmore> tllim, that's wonderful news!
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<lvrp16> yum h6 with opencl
<lvrp16> time to lay a board
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<willmore> lvrp16, agreed. That's good news. Save the money on the BSP, vendors, provide good docs and a mali blob. :)
<lvrp16> lets hope, bsp is still necessary especially for android
<willmore> Do any of the Allwinner chips have multiple simultaniously useable I2S busses?
<lvrp16> but amlogic and rockchip have been really cool
* willmore has no love for android on these boards.
<willmore> Yeah, Samsung as well, but not nearly as agressive as they could be.
<lvrp16> samsung has been mainlining their stuff??
<lvrp16> 889x?
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<willmore> lvrp16, #linux-exynos. Mostly older stuff, but yeah, they're working on it.
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<wens> willmore: multiple simultaniously useable?
<willmore> wens, yes. I need to interface to a lot of audio inputs.
<wens> I think the maximum is two on the outside
<willmore> That's better than One. :)
<wens> though a few chips support TDM, which would give a few more slots
<wens> not supported in mainline though
<willmore> That might be the way to go.
<willmore> I remember looking at TDM busses a decade or so ago and some of them could handle 16 or more CODECS.
<wens> I think Allwinner ones have 8 slots
<willmore> Hmm, that's not going to be enough. I guess I'll look into something else. Thanks, wens.
<wens> H3/H5 has 8 slots for TDM, plus another I2S controller
<willmore> I'm looking for multiples of 16. :)
<wens> you doing a mixing board?
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<willmore> No, a microphone array for location sensing.
<willmore> Maybe MEMS microphones are the way to go. They already have a digital output.
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<wens> doesn't DMIC need some hardware support as well?
<DonkeyHotei> word of warning: do not buy something that looks like this in hopes of a uart https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/rBkAAOSwCGVYAPpW/s-l1600.jpg
<DonkeyHotei> it's twice as thick as a micro sd card and will not fit into any slot
<willmore> wens, looking into it, yes. Looks like that would need an FPGA to process the input. Darn.
<wens> DonkeyHotei: sounds useless
<willmore> Yeah, that looks like junk. Can you sand down the back of the uSD portion to get it to fit?
<beeble> DonkeyHotei: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9419 that one fits
<icenowy[m]> some photo of H6 Orange Pi's are uploaded by steven
<DonkeyHotei> that one was my next choice, i think
* icenowy[m] uploaded an image: file1510667332017.jpg (89KB) <https://matrix.org/_matrix/media/v1/download/matrix.org/czXDEkzgcdROsWjijcWMOkWc>
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<wens> large board for orange pi
* icenowy[m] uploaded an image: file1510667404967.jpg (87KB) <https://matrix.org/_matrix/media/v1/download/matrix.org/lfbzQUworqIPIamjLHEWgOqW>
* icenowy[m] uploaded an image: file1510667411458.jpg (79KB) <https://matrix.org/_matrix/media/v1/download/matrix.org/AnBuTHTAdcWewUezVKlFcNye>
<icenowy[m]> one/lite replcaement with H6
<beeble> willmore: use a xmos instead/in addition?
<hardik_> Getting these logs when trying to boot A20 hummingbird ----> https://pastebin.com/cNef6hFE
<willmore> beeble, I'll look into that, thanks for the suggestion.
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<willmore> icenowy[m], so, either really large or really small?
<icenowy[m]> the two small variants have no pcie
<willmore> I guess that at 28nm, these boards could be more power efficient and the One form factor might make sense.
<icenowy[m]> a huge wasye
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<willmore> icenowy[m], agreed.
<icenowy[m]> waste *
<willmore> If you want to 'upgrade' the One form factor, stuff an H5 on there.
<willmore> The H6 only makes sense on a PC or larger form factor.
<wens> mini-itx? :)
<willmore> wens, sure, why not? ;)
<willmore> Throw a PLX on there and a 16x PCI-E slot... LOL
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<KotCzarny> moeicenowy: why this board has wires?
<icenowy[m]> I think Pine H64 will have near size factor with original Pine A64
<KotCzarny> something bugged?
<icenowy[m]> I think so
<willmore> KotCzarny, it's a proto, there're gonna be wires.
<KotCzarny> :)
<willmore> Only my prototypes don't need fixs.
<KotCzarny> i've thought moeicenowy is more software specialist, not the maniac with soldering iron
* willmore whistles and wanders offf
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<icenowy[m]> the photo is just from steven
<icenowy[m]> I don't have the prototype now
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<icenowy[m]> P.S. it seems that the Orange Pi One upgradation also have no USB3
<willmore> Awww, man...
<icenowy[m]> (compare the two USB ports on Lite upgradation and then compare then with the one on One upgradation
<willmore> Neither seem to have USB3.
<willmore> Oh, no, I see what you mean.
<willmore> The Lite has it in place of the ethernet.
<willmore> This actually makes the lite seem more useful than the older versions. As long as that wireless isn't broken...
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<wens> the Pine64 was huge compared to other cheap Allwinner SBCs
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<lvrp16> the pine64 was way too big for the features of the SoC
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<lvrp16> it was almost like they drew the soc, and then drew straight lines in every direction from the pads
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<lvrp16> willmore: I think H6 definitely deserves at least a pico itx
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<smaeul> montjoie: http://sholland.org/paste/a64_timer_failures_1.log is from a few hours of all 4 cores spinning reading the timer
<smaeul> largest jump is about an hour: "CPU 2: jumped forward 3578440ms: 0x0000007fffffffff → 0x00000093feffffff (retry = 0x0000008000000000)"
<smaeul> you can imagine how this would cause lockups/stalls if a timeout happened to be several minutes or hours in the future
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<willmore> smaeul, where in the kernel is this timer read? I'd like to take a peek at this.
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<smaeul> willmore: I'm running tests in userspace: http://ix.io/Cgb
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<smaeul> willmore: the relevant kernel code is at drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
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<willmore> smaeul, yeah, it really looks like the A64 has that erratum.
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<ullbeking> hey all, i'm feeling bummed out and sad about my orange pi adventures, so maybe somebody could please help me?
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<ullbeking> to cut a long story short, out of a selection of opis i bought, one of them is OPi PC2
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<ullbeking> when i was putting my (rather large) shopping list together, i was also recommended to purchase a few male+female jacks, as so:
<ullbeking> they all have the same spec and are cheap, so that was fine
<ullbeking> they're also slightly different so i thought i'd find some that work better in certain situations than others
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* willmore has never found a barrel connector that didn't fail at some specific rotation.
<ullbeking> in any case, i didn't realize that these male jacks are a different size to the female jacks on the OPi PC2
<ullbeking> i made an assumption that the recommendation for these jacks was to build power supplies, etc
<lurchi__> willmore: at work, we use locking barrel connectors for our products
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<ullbeking> but i'd rather have a single psu with multiple jacks that i can use to power multiple opis
<ullbeking> i was discussing this with swiftgeek earlier today
<ullbeking> my question is this:
<ullbeking> can somebody please recommend male+female jacks the have the right size for opis that use this type of dc input?
<lurchi__> ullbeking: you are located in germany?
<ullbeking> lurchi__: no, but my partner is german and we have many friends there
<ullbeking> i am in the uk
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<lurchi__> Probably ordering from a seller in europe is a better idea than aliexpress
<ullbeking> also, i don't know what i'm now supposed to do with all these 5.5mm/2.1mm DC jacks
<lurchi__> I order a lot of stuff from ali, but would never order a power supply - to high risk
<ullbeking> oh
<ullbeking> hang on wait
<ullbeking> those are all "DC12V" jacks, so presumably designed for 12V applications
<ullbeking> opi takes 5V
<ullbeking> lurchi__: that is why i want to build my own psu
<ullbeking> but i need the correct jacks
<ullbeking> i have several options for psus
<lurchi__> the connectors have no voltage rating (other than probably "less than 24V")
<ullbeking> and many people have many different opinions
<ullbeking> lurchi__: ofc
<ullbeking> but i'm talking from the point of view of "typical usage"
<ullbeking> or "common usage"
<lurchi__> maybe use a 19V laptop power supply, and use a bunch of DC/DC converters
<ullbeking> lurchi__: yes, this is an idea i am certainly investigating, but i need a soldering iron
<ullbeking> which i don't have yet
<ullbeking> i'm actually asking around at work for e-waste and getting all the spare laptop power bricks i can find
<ullbeking> but in the meantime, i just want to get started using my opi!
<ullbeking> and it doesn't change the fact that i can't find the right sized jacks
<ullbeking> (nor do i know why i was recommended jacks of this "5.5mm/2.1mm" size, but that's not important, just puzzling)
<ullbeking> ?
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<lurchi__> on the picture, the jack is likely smaller than 5.5x2.1
<ullbeking> yes
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<ullbeking> lurchi__: look down the page at "product parameters"
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<ullbeking> according to the opi pc2 product page, it uses a 4.0mm-1.7mm jack
<ullbeking> that usb cable is the right size, but the problem is that powering these things from usb is kind of gross
<miasma> ullbeking: if you're doing soldering, you could build a 'hat' and connect directly to gpio pins
<ullbeking> lurchi__: otoh, if i use a usb cable i don't have to rely on this: https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/orange-pi-orange-pi-plus-Europe-Power-Adapter-5V-2A-Europe-Power-Supply/1553371_32281484383.html which feels sketchy to order from ali
<ullbeking> miasma: yes, this is one of my ultimate goals
<miasma> ullbeking: also beware, the chinese dc/dc converters might supply >5V when the soc shuts down
<miasma> and chinese 5A = 2A :)
<ullbeking> miasma: and going direct to gpio pins is how i intend to power my opi zeros
<miasma> works for pc/one and some other boards too
<ullbeking> and also opi r1 (i don't know what the hell it is, it was new when i placed the order and i thought,eh, why not ty it out)
<lurchi__> for anything but the RPi powering is not to critical
<ullbeking> 22:53 <miasma> ullbeking: also beware, the chinese dc/dc converters might supply >5V when the soc shuts down
<ullbeking> 22:54 <miasma> and chinese 5A = 2A :)
<ullbeking> can you expand on the issue here?
<lurchi__> RPi uses linear regulators, while most (all?) allwinner boards use switching converters
<ullbeking> lurchi__: i know that, but having a proper power supply is one factor/variable i don't want to have to worry about
<ullbeking> 22:56 <lurchi__> RPi uses linear regulators, while most (all?) allwinner boards use switching converters
<ullbeking> what's the difference in practice?
<miasma> ullbeking: there are posts on some arduino/raspberry forums about those. some converters don't regulate well with no load. the cheap converters don't have heatsink so they get too hot and break
<ullbeking> miasma: does this have anything to do when powering down the dc/dc converters, e.g., voltage goes up, current goes down, the thing blows up?
<ullbeking> powering down the soc, i mean
<lurchi__> ullbeking: the RPi uses cascaded linear regulators, and each has some voltage drop, ~0.5..0.7V each at load
* ullbeking will be afk for about 20 minutes
<miasma> ullbeking: you can analyze the voltage with a meter/scope
<ullbeking> miasma: yup, i just got a meter
<lurchi__> typically, a 10mA LED is sufficient load
<miasma> ullbeking: e.g. this claims 5A current, but there's a youtube video which shows it breaks already with 2A https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/WSsAAOSwcLxYMCK2/s-l1600.jpg
<miasma> but YMMV
<miasma> not all of those use the same components
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<ullbeking> miasma: what is that, and where did it come from?
<ullbeking> is that a regulator?
<miasma> fwiw, I have that kind of converter on my opi pc, but it only draws 200..300 mA so not really a problem
<lurchi__> the XL4015 is really old and has a low switching frequency, some newer ones are much more efficient
<miasma> but that might be quite cheap now
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<miasma> lurchi__: maybe this instead ? https://cdn-shop.adafruit.com/datasheets/MP2307_r1.9.pdf
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<ullbeking> miasma: is the xl4015 literally already embedded on the opi pc, or is it part of your dc-dc conversion chain for powering the device from your external source? where are you connecting the power to?
<ullbeking> 22:52 <miasma> ullbeking: if you're doing soldering, you could build a 'hat' and connect directly to gpio pins
<ullbeking> i've been told about built "hats" before but i don't know what it would look like in this situation. can you point me to an example?
<ullbeking> sorry for the barrage of questions. i'm really lost!!
<ullbeking> i still have to find a way to getting power from some not-terrible power supple into a "4.0mm-1.7mm jack"
<lurchi__> ullbeking: hat in this case just means conneting to the GPIO pin header - form factor is up to you
<lurchi__> you can also cut one of the USB-barrel-jack cables
<ullbeking> from this discussion it seems that whatever supply i use i'm going to need to factor in some dc-dc conversion device
<ullbeking> i already have a few, which i bought on recommendation, but i don't know how to use them
<lurchi__> only if you main supply is more than 5V
<lurchi__> plug into phone charger, plug into OPi, done
<ullbeking> 23:56 <lurchi__> you can also cut one of the USB-barrel-jack cables
<ullbeking> this is looking like the best option so far. either that, or find some stupid converter kit on ali.
<ullbeking> holy s* yes, a phone charger, maybe i have some around that have the right spec