--- crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68
On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 5:13 PM, Bill Kontos <vkontog...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 3:11 AM, Adam Van Ymeren <a...@vany.ca> wrote: >> Hey Luke, > >> I've started looking at http://rhombus-tech.net/allwinner_a10/source_code/ >> for inspiration. >> >> But I'd like to know which tasks are a priority for you to deliver the >> current crowd supply pledges. > > > I think finding out what that bug that prevents us from using a modern > version of linux is a high priority too. the list of peripherals and features supported is right there on the linux mainline sunxi page. when it's at 100% full and complete support for *all* hardware features (VPU, 2D engine etc. included), and the available libraries (libcedrus through libvdpau, xserver-xorg-fb-turbo and more) have *all* been updated to support that linux mainline kernel version, then and *only* then is it okay to *consider* abandoning the many months of (tested, proven) work done over the past few years and to *consider* releasing updated OSes to go on top of them. remember: with the sunxi 3.4.104 kernel *xserver fb turbo works*. libcedrus *works*. acceleration of video decoding and display *works* in firefox and chrome (although i didn't test the accelerated display bit because it requires OpenGL and i refuse to install the proprietary OpenGL MALI library). by converting over right now to the linux mainline kernel *all those accelerated functions are cut off*, plus even some critical peripherals are cut off, as well. l. _______________________________________________ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to arm-netb...@files.phcomp.co.uk
