On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 11:13:34AM +0200, Luc Verhaegen wrote: > On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 11:46:27AM +0300, 'Simos Xenitellis' via linux-sunxi > wrote: > > On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 5:24 PM, Simos Xenitellis < > > simos.li...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > The Linux Foundation and Linux Gizmos are running (also) this year a > > > survey on small-board computers, > > > 1. > > > http://www.linux.com/news/embedded-mobile/mobile-linux/831550-survey-best-linux-hacker-sbcs-for-under-200 > > > 2. > > > http://linuxgizmos.com/rate-these-sub-200dollar-hacker-sbcs-win-one-of-20/ > > > > > > This year they include 54 SBCs, out of which 12 are based on Allwinner > > > SoCs, > > > a. Two from Olimex > > > b. One from SinoVoip > > > c. One from LeMaker > > > d. Three from CubieTech > > > e. Three from LinkSprite > > > f. Two from Shenzhen Xunlong Software > > > > > > The result of the survey is to produce a Top 10 list based on popularity. > > > The purpose of the survey appears to be to gauge interest in open designs > > > of boards and get manufacturers to work towards that direction. > > > > > > Here are the guidelines for the inclusion of a new board to the list, > > > > > > http://linuxgizmos.com/rate-your-favorite-open-single-board-computers/#open-sbc-guidelines > > > > > > If a company is producing developer boards and satisfy the requirements > > > for inclusion, they can provide five boards to the Linux Foundation so > > > that > > > they are given away to those that took the survey. At this survey, there > > > are four different boards to be given away and none has an Allwinner SoC. > > > > > > Here is the survey, > > > https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2015SBCS > > > > > > > > > > > The 2015 Hacker SBC Survey has ended and here are the results, > > http://linuxgizmos.com/raspberry-pi-stays-sky-high-in-2015-hacker-sbc-survey/ > > > > Specifically, > > > > 1. The survey had a special feature where you picked three SBCs depending > > on how favorite they were to you. > > Then, it would triple the votes for Choice #1, double the votes for Choice > > #2 and extract the results. > > Obviously, such a method favors what has been put as Choice #1, the most > > favorite. > > > > 2. At positions #1 and #3, the Raspberry Pi 2 and Raspberry Pi > > respectively. Yep, the single core Raspberry Pi got third place. > > 3. At position #2 was the BeagleBone Black. > > > > 4. In the top ten, there were three ODROID SBCs. ODROID is doing a great > > job in promoting their boards. > > They have a great page showcasing what you can do with their boards (such > > as > > http://www.hardkernel.com/main/products/prdt_info.php?g_code=G141578608433), > > they have a monthly magazine at http://magazine.odroid.com/ and their forum > > is very active. > > > > 5. Out of the 53 Small Board Computers in the competition, there were no > > Allwinner boards this year in the top Ten. > > 6. An easy comparison of the specs for the Top Ten is at > > http://files.linuxgizmos.com/2015-hacker-sbc-survey-top-10-sbc-specs-comparison.jpg > > It is interesting to notice that several Mali and PowerVR GPUs make it to > > the top ten. > > > > 7. The Raspberry Pis have the Videocode IV GPU. When the first RPi board > > was released, it did not have a free driver for the GPU. > > Two years later, Broadcom released some source and documentation which were > > not sufficient. > > The turning point was in June 2014 when Eric Anholt was employed by > > Broadcom to write a free driver for VC4, > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VideoCore#Linux_support > > > > 8. There were three Cubieboard models which got 357 points > > and two OLinuXino models that got 195 points. > > 9. In the 2014 SBC Survey, the Banana Pi got the fifth place. > > This year, the companies (LeMaker, SinoVoip) that made the Banana Pi > > decided to split, creating their separate products. > > The SinoVoip board got 14th place, the LeMaker got the 16th place. > > 10. The Orange Pi was quite low in the ranking (too new entrant for the > > survey). > > > > 11. Among the buying criteria, the highest was "Open source software > > support" (sic). > > Next came the "Community ecosystem". > > I think these two are critical for the success of an SBC, and companies > > that make SBCs, > > should make effort to create such communities. > > > > Simos > > Amazing how you left the following snippet out: > > "One processor trend did seem clear, however, judging both from the > selections and reader comments. The open source community appears to be > increasingly frustrated with Allwinner’s Linux support. While three > Allwinner based boards made last year’s top 10, there are none this > year. After the 11th Place Cubieboard4, with its octacore Allwinner A80, > the next Allwinner board on the list is the A31-based Banana Pi M2 at > number 14." > > People would think that that is the most relevant statement in that > whole survey, but not a hint of it can be seen in your email. > > Stop trying to distort the truth. > > Similarly, i cannot find any mention of your point 7 in that article. > > But thanks for reminding me that that would not have happened if it was > not for the fact that i did lima, and that i "corrected" the Raspberry > Pi Foundations big but ultimately statement late 2012.
That would be "ultimately false". Luc Verhaegen. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "linux-sunxi" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to linux-sunxi+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
