On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 11:32 AM, Vagrant Cascadian <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 01:14:49PM +0000, David Pottage wrote: >> On 25/12/13 17:37, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: >> >just something for people's attention, this is a pretty damn good find >> >by erix: quad-core 1ghz iMX6, it has 2gb of RAM, SATA, GbE and a full >> >MiniPCIe slot (not just USB-only but *full* PCIe because the iMX6 has >> >1x PCIe). and plenty more. on the face of it it looks like the $150 >> >price tag is high when compared to alternatives but the alternatives >> >don't come with SATA, PCIe or 2gb of RAM. >> Thanks for the link. (1) >> >> The price and spec looks quite similar to a Wandaboard quad (2), >> which is not supprising considering they have the same Freescale >> iMX6 SOC. > > The big difference I see is MiniPCIe, which I don't think the wandboard has. > The wandboard has a swappable CPU/memory module, so in theory you get get a > CPU/RAM upgrade (not sure if the wandboard solo/duallite can be upgraded to > the wandboard quad with just the CPU/RAM module). > > >> How good is the mainline linux kernel support for the Freescale iMX6 SOC? > > I'm running the wandboard quad with 3.12.3-1~exp1 armmp kernel that was from > Debian's experiemntal branch. Hoping to test 3.12.6-1 from unstable soon. So > far, it's worked fine as a headless server. > > Works (wandboard quad): > - Sata > - microSD > - Network > - audio out (headphone) > > Doesn't work (wandboard quad): > - cpufreq
With v3.12.x, this should work on the quad, is this config set? CONFIG_ARM_IMX6Q_CPUFREQ=y (solo/dual cpufreq will not work till v3.14-rc, using the same "renamed" config..) > - HDMI video > - HDMI audio (waiting for imx_drm cleanup in staging before these are allowed in mainline..) Regards, -- Robert Nelson http://www.rcn-ee.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/caochtyherbxj+fw2jmmwqagf+44p9vmof0t+begep3_eiok...@mail.gmail.com
