On 12/01/15 07:22, Pavel Borecki wrote: > Hi all, > > my personal opinions on this matter: > > 1. don't risk incompatible hw mixture, which could not be functional > from hw point of view. > It means, that if combination of this model of OMAP3 SoC and 1GB RAM is > unsupported/discouraged from TI, then don't do it. > But Neo900 project is using the same SoC, so it seems, that this > combination (SoC + 1GiB RAM is safe from hw point of view)? > > 2. regarding sw support (bootloader) > There are potentially two projects, which are interested in porting > newer uBoot and add support for more RAM - GTA04A5 with 1GB RAM and > Neo900. Especially for second one 512MB isn't an option, so this work > must be done by them. So, why not cooperate in this too? > > 2a. regarding bootloader itself - as wise as be able to run vanilla > upstream kernel, it would be good to have upstream support in bootloader > too. Because sustainability. If future kernels will change something, > which reflects in changes in bootloaders, then it will be good to have > possibility to flash current one. Maybe worth of other subproject as > gta04-kernel upstreaming like? > > Why bother with more than 512 MB of RAM? Because the one OS, which is > really usable for daily use as phone is Replicant. And according > personal experience with some older Samsung with 512MB of RAM, 1GB would > be really nice... > (this platform and applications aren't resources friendly) > > What are thoughts of other pre-owners (voucher buyers) and potential > buyers? > > P.
As a potential buyer, this sounds good because I would find it hard to adopt the device if I couldn't use Replicant on it. _______________________________________________ Community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goldelico.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/community http://www.openphoenux.org
