> > *Here, this is why cross compiling can be very attractive, as an x86-64 > system can have 16GB or more, of which more than half can be dedicated to a > tmpfs RAM disk. Which can help speed up large source compiles drastically.* >
Sorry I kind of jumped the gun here, and left out some information. When compiling more than just a small personal project. 1-2GB is ideal, but always the more you have, the better off you are. For me personally, I consider 4GB the sweet spot, but have used virtual machines with 10GB of RAM dedicated to them in order to compile the Linux kernel all in memory. Which for the record, without using the RAM disk would take around an hour or slightly longer to finish. When using a RAM disk to compile, it takes about 15 minutes. On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 12:35 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> wrote: > *I have been wondering the same thing, would the BeagleBoard-X15 make a >> reasonable system for developing on a native ARM platform? Are there other >> more cost effective alternatives?* >> >> *Thanks,* >> > *Adi* > > Anything that has an armv7 processor. Other ARM core types too, but the > original Raspberry PI for instance would not work. It has an outdated ARM > core, which barely anyone support, in the context of Linux distributions. > > rPI 2, wanderboard, Beagleboard X15 are 3 different boards, with the rPI 2 > probably being the cheapest in terms of cost. However it is limited to > sdcard / usb media for storage. The wanderboard / X15 both have SATA. > > Here is another alternative that has SATA and is inexpensive: > https://www.olimex.com/Products/OLinuXino/A20/A20-OLinuXIno-LIME2/open-source-hardware > > You can ask Robert about the LIME2, as he has built images for these in > the past. > > Something to be aware of though. Most of the less expensive alternatives > are going to be missing a nice feature or have limited resources. Such as > no SATA, or only having 1GB RAM versus 2GB or more. Here, this is why cross > compiling can be very attractive, as an x86-64 system can have 16GB or > more, of which more than half can be dedicated to a tmpfs RAM disk. Which > can help speed up large source compiles drastically. > > Anyway, google, and you'll probably run into many more options > > > On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 11:41 AM, John Syne <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It depends on what you want. If you are only interested in an ARM >> platform, then there are alternatives that are less expensive. If you are >> interested in using Dual CortexA15s, Dual DSP cores, Dual CortexM4s, quad >> PRUs, etc then there is nothing like this monster. >> >> Regards, >> John >> >> >> >> >> On Feb 16, 2016, at 7:02 AM, Adi Linden <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I have been wondering the same thing, would the BeagleBoard-X15 make a >> reasonable system for developing on a native ARM platform? Are there other >> more cost effective alternatives? >> >> Thanks, >> Adi >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- 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.
