On 11/18/18 12:19 PM, james wrote: > On 11/17/18 9:59 PM, Grant Edwards wrote: >> On 2018-11-18, james <gar...@verizon.net> wrote: >>> On 11/17/18 6:51 PM, Grant Edwards wrote: >>>> On 2018-11-17, Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> On Saturday, 17 November 2018 23:00:22 GMT Grant Edwards wrote: >>>>>> On 2018-11-17, james <gar...@verizon.net> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Actually and AMD Arm (64bit) Ryzen or newer. >>>>>> >>>>>> No, Ryzen is not an Arm processor. >>>> >>>>> Well, ... the PSP spy-in-the-die is an ARM core running within the >>>>> main AMD x86 CPU and you can't switch it off, or remove it. >>>> >>>> Right. Unless AMD has screwed up royally, the ARM >>>> security-processor-thingy is pretty much invisible to the end-user. >>>> >>>>> However, I'm sure this is not the kind of ARM James' been looking >>>>> for. >>>> >>>> I assumed not. >>>> >>>> I'd love to have an Arm based laptop, but getting full-up Linux >>>> running reliably on a Chromebook is just a bit over my hassle budget. >>>> I also want it to have a 16" 4:3 150dpi display, an RJ45 Ethernet >>>> connector, and a real DB9 serial port. I'll pass on the built in POTS >>>> modem... >>> >>> I had not realized that AMD has completely given up on Arm Systems. >> >> It's hard to tell. They still show the Opteron-A on their web site, >> but Google couldn't find anything using it... >> >>> I'm looking for an arm64 system, with enough native power to compile 64 >>> bit arm codes, natively. Here is the best I've found:: >>> >>> SynQuacer Dev Box >>> >>> [1] https://www.96boards.org/product/developerbox/ >>> >>> Purports to run gentoo (embedded?). >>> "�SC2A11� is a multi-core chip with 24 cores of ARM� Cortex-A53" >>> >>> Not quite available (alpha) and a bit pricey at $1200.00. >> >> Ouch. >> >>> Like Grant I'm looking for an arm 64 system that is straightforward >>> on installing gentoo, and has enough resources to perform most >>> compiles, natively. Or somebody has distcc running on four of those >>> 4G DDR-4 boards. >>> >>> Perhaps a gentoo cluster running on the latest R. PI ? >>> >>> Perhaps Vapier has a hidden howto to put native gentoo on Chromebooks? >> >> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Chromebook >> >> It's definitly doable ( for certain models and some value of >> "doable"). Everytime I look into it, the models for which "real" >> Linux installations are documented are always out-of-production. >> >>> Perhaps "TomH" has some suggestions. I got one of those "hikey Armv8a" >>> boards from 2015, but cannot find his gentoo image he crafted and >>> published. I do not have time for another gentoo adventure, just want to >>> use it and sync it now and again and install ebuilds and write a few >>> ebuilds for some 64 bit arm boards. >> >> Cross development might be easier. It's how a _lot_ of ARM Linux >> targets are supported. Even if the devlopment host and target are >> both ARM64, unless they're _really_ identical (same kernel, distro, >> and libraries), you still end up doing a good amount of "cross" >> compiling. >> >>> My thoughts are to consolidate my efforts into one (arm64) arch, both on >>> the development lappy and the arm64 SBCs I have to code to and >>> maintain. Perhaps All winner? (Allwinner H6)?USB 3.0 is great for SSD >>> and offgrid applications. >> > > > So, I'm going with a standard:: > > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi_3_64_bit_Install > > I guess I'll try to cluster these guys, say four, into an old laptop > with a removed motherboard, and just cable the connections, to the > external sides of the old/large motherboard. It'll be interested to see > if I can get the 17.3 inch screen to work with this board. You'd think > that some laptop case manufacturer would have already built a generic > laptop to house 4-8 of these R.pi.3B+ boards inside and prebuilt cables > to tether to glueable connectors on the outside of the case. I like the > Molex-screw-terminals myself, particularly for RS232 serial and A/D IO. > USB and HDMI out to be easy to extend. > > And you thought those old (large) laptops were still useless.... > > Wish me luck. Drop a line if you find gentoo-clusterd on these R. > Pi-3B+ SBC anywhere. Surely today's kids do that sort of thing between > classes? > > It'd be great if we made this laptop to clusters (gentoo) Rpi a group > project... I might just look for a 'carrier-slot' hardware, where R.pi > can be inserted and removed kinda like the old pcmcia cards on lappies. > > Thx Grant (&Mick), > > James
Found a RPiB3+ lappy kit:: https://www.techrepublic.com/article/pi-top-review-a-raspberry-pi-laptop-for-tinkering-on-the-go/ Now just add a carrier board for (4-8) RPiB3+ and cluster them together. Several web sites indicate that distcc can be use to compile native code for these Broadcom based arm64 systems:: from :: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi#WiFi "The project's GitHub page additionally contains instructions for setting up crossdev and distcc to build for the 64-bit RPi3. "
