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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. |
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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. |
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Info and links at: |
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https://www.96boards.org |
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Ok so hardware aside here’s the arm64 gentoo plan. |
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1) new stage3 put together and get that onto the mirrors for consumption. |
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2) Get the handbook extended to include arm64 |
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3) continued package stabilization |
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Volunteers most welcome. |
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Regards, |
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Tom |
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(tgall_foo, Dr_Who) |
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