Video on the other hand I could care less about. Boards such as these, and the BBB for that matter. In my mind are meant to run headless, and perhaps in some server capacity. While working it's magic in the physical world :)
Although . . . perhaps that PCIE slot can take a video card, and I wonder how fast Crysis runs on debian ARM . . . *wink* On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 9:35 AM, William Hermans <[email protected]> wrote: > Just saying, there are others out there like me who will not touch it for > $200 unless everything works properly. Perhaps in the grand scheme of > things, we make up a minority ? > > On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 9:31 AM, Charles Steinkuehler < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I think an open-order beta is reasonable, but I'd really emphasize >> it's beta. As in: limited production run, higher list price, and >> maybe even make folks "qualify" or register somehow. >> >> Otherwise, I expect the SW issues to have dramatically less fireworks >> than the 'Bone, where the ARM transition to device-tree pretty much >> nuked most ARM development timelines for a year or so. I think you >> made the right call (switch to DT and the new kernel ASAP), but none >> of the options were all that great. With the X15, I expect more of >> the "conventional" Linux experience (update your kernel/os and new >> things start working) than what happened with the 'Bone (everything >> documented online about how to do something is now wrong). >> >> On 7/14/2015 11:15 AM, Jason Kridner wrote: >> > And for the software... >> > >> > Robert has an image that works pretty nicely on it, but there are a >> > lot of little features not enabled and there isn't a lot of >> > board-specific *software* documentation. Getting the OpenCL stuff >> > working out-of-the-box, the video acceleration, 2D/3D graphics >> > acceleration, etc., etc. is all a bit up in the air (ie., "almost >> > there, but not really"). We've got some software releases from TI, but >> > that doesn't mean its all properly integrated for use in the broader >> > open source community. To get there, we need to get more early boards >> > out to developers who can help test/debug the integration (and with >> > all the ringing, there are only a handful of boards today). The big >> > coordination question is do we have everyone wait to be able to buy >> > boards until the integrators have a good chance to try everything out >> > or do we let everyone try it at once. If we let everyone try it at >> > once, we really won't know if the software is ready or not. Could the >> > community really handle an open-order beta or is that just a recipe >> > for bad press? >> > >> > On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Gerald Coley <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> These boards are what we call the "Beast". Any issues that may show up >> will >> >> be based on any added SW that can bring them out. This board is very >> over >> >> designed and we have been working on it for 20 months. It has been run >> >> through the ringer. SW is the big question. >> >> >> >> Gerald >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 10:28 AM, Maxim Podbereznyy < >> [email protected]> >> >> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> Of course it isn't as good as 200k for BBB :) >> >>> I wonder how many issues these 6k boards will have ;) >> >>> >> >>> 2015-07-14 18:11 GMT+03:00 Gerald Coley <[email protected]>: >> >>>> >> >>>> Well, it depends on how you look at it. >> >>>> >> >>>> Gerald >> >>>> >> >>>> On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 10:06 AM, Maxim Podbereznyy < >> [email protected]> >> >>>> wrote: >> >>>>> >> >>>>> 6000 boards is a good deal for a pilot batch! >> >>>>> >> >>>>> 14 Июл 2015 г. 17:46 пользователь "Gerald Coley" >> >>>>> <[email protected]> написал: >> >>>>> >> >>>>>> Delivery exact date for production is still up in the air. TI >> seems to >> >>>>>> be unable to tell us with any level of certainty when we can get >> processors. >> >>>>>> We have orders for 6,000 boards from distributors. We expect more >> orders in >> >>>>>> the coming weeks. >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> Gerald >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 9:26 AM, Robert Nelson >> >>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 9:23 AM, Brett <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>>>>>>> What's the news on the X15? >> >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> Do we know the Delivery date or Cost? >> >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> Estimates? >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> Looks like, someone failed to check: >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> >> http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoard-X15#What_is_the_expected_price.3F >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> First.. ;) >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> Regards, >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> -- >> >>>>>>> Robert Nelson >> >>>>>>> https://rcn-ee.com/ >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> -- >> >>>>>>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> >>>>>>> --- >> >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> >>>>>>> Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >> >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >> send >> >>>>>>> an email to [email protected]. >> >>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> -- >> >>>>>> Gerald >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> [email protected] >> >>>>>> http://beagleboard.org/ >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> -- >> >>>>>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> >>>>>> --- >> >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> >>>>>> Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >> >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >> send >> >>>>>> an email to [email protected]. >> >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> -- >> >>>>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> >>>>> --- >> >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> >>>>> Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >> >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >> send >> >>>>> an email to [email protected]. >> >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> -- >> >>>> Gerald >> >>>> >> >>>> [email protected] >> >>>> http://beagleboard.org/ >> >>>> >> >>>> -- >> >>>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> >>>> --- >> >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> >>>> "BeagleBoard" group. >> >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >> send an >> >>>> email to [email protected]. >> >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> LinkedIn - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maximpodbereznyy >> >>> Company - http://www.linkedin.com/company/mentorel >> >>> Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/mentorel.company >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> >>> --- >> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> >>> "BeagleBoard" group. >> >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >> send an >> >>> email to [email protected]. >> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Gerald >> >> >> >> [email protected] >> >> http://beagleboard.org/ >> >> >> >> -- >> >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> >> --- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> >> "BeagleBoard" group. >> >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> an >> >> email to [email protected]. >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > >> >> >> -- >> Charles Steinkuehler >> [email protected] >> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. 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