Re: [gentoo-dev] arm64 update
Thanks for doing that Yixun, I’ll start on your list a little bit later this evening. Best, Tom On Mar 1, 2015, at 7:49 PM, Yixun Lan d...@gentoo.org wrote: On 14:27 Wed 18 Feb , Tom Gall wrote: So first, for those interested in cheap arm64 hardware, the first 96 board is going to start shipping in March for ~$129. The HiKey board is an 8 way 64 bit ARM board with 8 A53 cores. (No A57s bummer!) Only had a gig of memory on the board but it’s not a bad device. I’ve had one for about 2-3 weeks now. I’m basically running off a USB hard disk for the moment and thankfully the kernel continues to improve. The one downside is you really really need a 1.8v USB - UART cable. You can get them from digikey and connect it on the board. If working with raw cables makes you squeamish take a breath, you’ll be fine. Info and links at: https://www.96boards.org Ok so hardware aside here’s the arm64 gentoo plan. 1) new stage3 put together and get that onto the mirrors for consumption. 2) Get the handbook extended to include arm64 3) continued package stabilization Volunteers most welcome. Hi Tom I'd do step 0) - keyword ebuilds, and here are the ebuilds [1] which all tested on my hardware here (also A53) xfce4, lxde works here; have problem with qt4, no arm64 support, can leverage patches from debian/ubuntu; btw, is there any script to do massive keyword? [1] http://dev.gentoo.org/~dlan/misc/keyarm64.txt -- Yixun Lan (dlan) Gentoo Linux Developer GPG Key ID AABEFD55
Re: [gentoo-dev] arm64 update
On 14:27 Wed 18 Feb , Tom Gall wrote: So first, for those interested in cheap arm64 hardware, the first 96 board is going to start shipping in March for ~$129. The HiKey board is an 8 way 64 bit ARM board with 8 A53 cores. (No A57s bummer!) Only had a gig of memory on the board but it’s not a bad device. I’ve had one for about 2-3 weeks now. I’m basically running off a USB hard disk for the moment and thankfully the kernel continues to improve. The one downside is you really really need a 1.8v USB - UART cable. You can get them from digikey and connect it on the board. If working with raw cables makes you squeamish take a breath, you’ll be fine. Info and links at: https://www.96boards.org Ok so hardware aside here’s the arm64 gentoo plan. 1) new stage3 put together and get that onto the mirrors for consumption. 2) Get the handbook extended to include arm64 3) continued package stabilization Volunteers most welcome. Hi Tom I'd do step 0) - keyword ebuilds, and here are the ebuilds [1] which all tested on my hardware here (also A53) xfce4, lxde works here; have problem with qt4, no arm64 support, can leverage patches from debian/ubuntu; btw, is there any script to do massive keyword? [1] http://dev.gentoo.org/~dlan/misc/keyarm64.txt -- Yixun Lan (dlan) Gentoo Linux Developer GPG Key ID AABEFD55
Re: [gentoo-dev] arm64 update
On 19/02/15 01:05, Anthony G. Basile wrote: I have about $1000 in grant money. Want to recommend some equipment? The dragonboard might be good BUT there are doubts on software availability. lu
Re: [gentoo-dev] arm64 update
On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 3:27 AM, Tom Gall tg...@gentoo.org wrote: So first, for those interested in cheap arm64 hardware, the first 96 board is going to start shipping in March for ~$129. The HiKey board is an 8 way 64 bit ARM board with 8 A53 cores. (No A57s bummer!) Only had a gig of memory on the board but it’s not a bad device. I’ve had one for about 2-3 weeks now. I’m basically running off a USB hard disk for the moment and thankfully the kernel continues to improve. The one downside is you really really need a 1.8v USB - UART cable. You can get them from digikey and connect it on the board. If working with raw cables makes you squeamish take a breath, you’ll be fine. Info and links at: https://www.96boards.org Ok so hardware aside here’s the arm64 gentoo plan. 1) new stage3 put together and get that onto the mirrors for consumption. 2) Get the handbook extended to include arm64 3) continued package stabilization If devs don't mind working out of a chroot - I can potentially get access to some hardware or possibly help test after things are a bit more stable. If possible I do really recommend getting something with an A57 core (vs a53) - there is quite a bit of difference from the compiler side of how they compare. How much are the APM xgene1 systems selling for? Has anyone tried to request hw from: APM, ARM, Cavium or AMD?
[gentoo-dev] arm64 update
So first, for those interested in cheap arm64 hardware, the first 96 board is going to start shipping in March for ~$129. The HiKey board is an 8 way 64 bit ARM board with 8 A53 cores. (No A57s bummer!) Only had a gig of memory on the board but it’s not a bad device. I’ve had one for about 2-3 weeks now. I’m basically running off a USB hard disk for the moment and thankfully the kernel continues to improve. The one downside is you really really need a 1.8v USB - UART cable. You can get them from digikey and connect it on the board. If working with raw cables makes you squeamish take a breath, you’ll be fine. Info and links at: https://www.96boards.org Ok so hardware aside here’s the arm64 gentoo plan. 1) new stage3 put together and get that onto the mirrors for consumption. 2) Get the handbook extended to include arm64 3) continued package stabilization Volunteers most welcome. Regards, Tom (tgall_foo, Dr_Who)
Re: [gentoo-dev] arm64 update
On Feb 18, 2015, at 2:32 PM, C Bergström cbergst...@pathscale.com wrote: On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 3:27 AM, Tom Gall tg...@gentoo.org mailto:tg...@gentoo.org wrote: So first, for those interested in cheap arm64 hardware, the first 96 board is going to start shipping in March for ~$129. The HiKey board is an 8 way 64 bit ARM board with 8 A53 cores. (No A57s bummer!) Only had a gig of memory on the board but it’s not a bad device. I’ve had one for about 2-3 weeks now. I’m basically running off a USB hard disk for the moment and thankfully the kernel continues to improve. The one downside is you really really need a 1.8v USB - UART cable. You can get them from digikey and connect it on the board. If working with raw cables makes you squeamish take a breath, you’ll be fine. Info and links at: https://www.96boards.org https://www.96boards.org/ Ok so hardware aside here’s the arm64 gentoo plan. 1) new stage3 put together and get that onto the mirrors for consumption. 2) Get the handbook extended to include arm64 3) continued package stabilization If devs don't mind working out of a chroot - I can potentially get access to some hardware or possibly help test after things are a bit more stable. Always good to hear. If possible I do really recommend getting something with an A57 core (vs a53) - there is quite a bit of difference from the compiler side of how they compare. Yeah there’s certainly more performance with A57 cores. OTOH, the best dev board is the one you have in your hand. How much are the APM xgene1 systems selling for? Has anyone tried to request hw from: APM, ARM, Cavium or AMD? It’s a good question. I’ve been personally wondering about the AMD Seattle boards. I do have a request in for one. ARM Juno I have access to remotely which isn’t the best situation for putting together install instructions and testing :-/ Best, Tom
Re: [gentoo-dev] arm64 update
On 02/18/15 15:32, C Bergström wrote: On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 3:27 AM, Tom Gall tg...@gentoo.org wrote: So first, for those interested in cheap arm64 hardware, the first 96 board is going to start shipping in March for ~$129. The HiKey board is an 8 way 64 bit ARM board with 8 A53 cores. (No A57s bummer!) Only had a gig of memory on the board but it’s not a bad device. I’ve had one for about 2-3 weeks now. I’m basically running off a USB hard disk for the moment and thankfully the kernel continues to improve. The one downside is you really really need a 1.8v USB - UART cable. You can get them from digikey and connect it on the board. If working with raw cables makes you squeamish take a breath, you’ll be fine. Info and links at: https://www.96boards.org Ok so hardware aside here’s the arm64 gentoo plan. 1) new stage3 put together and get that onto the mirrors for consumption. 2) Get the handbook extended to include arm64 3) continued package stabilization If devs don't mind working out of a chroot - I can potentially get access to some hardware or possibly help test after things are a bit more stable. I don't mind chroots. I want to build stage3 and do stabilizations. If possible I do really recommend getting something with an A57 core (vs a53) - there is quite a bit of difference from the compiler side of how they compare. How much are the APM xgene1 systems selling for? Has anyone tried to request hw from: APM, ARM, Cavium or AMD? I have about $1000 in grant money. Want to recommend some equipment? -- Anthony G. Basile, Ph.D. Gentoo Linux Developer [Hardened] E-Mail: bluen...@gentoo.org GnuPG FP : 1FED FAD9 D82C 52A5 3BAB DC79 9384 FA6E F52D 4BBA GnuPG ID : F52D4BBA
