Hi,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Torsten Duwe <[email protected]>
> Sent: 04 January 2021 13:48
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Ferguson STBs
> 
> Hi all!
> 
> Our current HTPC runs happily with Leap + Kodi, but it's too bulky for most 
> of the
> prospected new furniture ;)
> 
> After a lot of research for FLOSS, I consider to replace it with a Ferguson 
> Ariva
> ATV TT [1]. The Hisilicon hi3798cv200 seems to be designed specifically for 
> STBs
> and is supported mainline, and even the reference board's DTS (hi3798cv200-
> poplar.dts) only hooks up a few LEDs to GPIOs. I assume H.264 on Panfrost 
> works?

Panfrost is for openGL/OpenCL on some Mali GPU, not for video decoding. 
The SoC may include a video decoder, though.


> 
> My biggest concern however is the SoC's support for secure boot.
> Alternative firmware images for Ferguson boxes show now hints towards that,
> but maybe someone here can confirm this?
> Any other hints or pointers?

I do not know this SoC specifically, so I cannot help here, sorry.

Cheers,
Guillaume



> 
>       Torsten
> 
> [1] http://ferguson-digital.eu/de/ariva-atv-tt-tuner-2/

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