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i've been contacted by mele of shenzen out-of-the-blue because it turns out they really appreciated the fact that we used and recommended their hardware with the allwinner a10 processor as a low-cost developer system, it resulted in really quite good sales for them. here's instructions on how people got Debian (armhf) root filesystems onto it, for example: http://rhombus-tech.net/allwinner_a10/hacking_the_mele_a1000/Building_Debian_From_Source_Code_for_Mele/ they're just about to bring out a couple of other systems, one is with the A20 (a drop-in replacement for the A10) which is a dual-core ARM Cortex A7, and the other is a more powerful Quad-Core ARM Cortex A7 with 2gb of RAM. if there's anybody who would be interested in a group buy of these boxes as low-cost debian servers, desktops, freedom box development systems etc. then now's a good time to speak up. i still have yet to find out if the A20 box has SATA, but the A31 one definitely does (how is not clear: the A31 doesn't have SATA as far as i can make out). the only caveat about the A31 system is that it uses the PowerVR proprietary GPU, for which starting the reverse-engineering is still outstanding (the engine's instruction set op codes are known though). but, as a server or if using straight framebuffer, it'll do fine. GPL Source code has already been quotes leaked quotes for both systems so is available publicly; Mele are committed to GPL Compliance so that's ok; i have copies of the stock android kernel and u-boot as well as the buildroot environment if people get _really_ stuck, but you shouldn't. pricing i've yet to find out - they _really_ should not be a great deal. A31 retail products really should not be more than $20 more than A10 retail products. l. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAPweEDzQ=aw3m2kxpqdjs1nq4omv3efosv-0qkkbzlhelgv...@mail.gmail.com
