Erik, Banggood is only one of the places selling the rock64. Look at Pine64’s website and google “rock64 stretch” There is an Armbian Stretch image available for download.
Ala From: Erik Christiansen <dva...@internode.on.net> > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2019 17:21:30 +1100 > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Rock64 pre-orders on Banggood. > On 26.03.19 02:08, andy pugh wrote: > > Most of them seem to need a kernel specifically patched for the > > hardware, though. So you need (for example) the Udoo-patched kernel > > then need to apply Xenomia / RTAI / Preempt-RT on top of that. > > And often the fit is not exact. > > Thought I'd order one, until seeing I'd have to run Android, as there's > explicitly no support for GNU Linux. (My Udoo X86 has, after a rather > short life, started checkerboarding the video after a few minutes > running, then crashing. I wonder if it's due to cheap supply bypass > caps, i.e. not low ESR?. That'd be fixable when I have time.) > > Looks like I'll have to keep looking for a cheap video streamer for > viewing news clips and some old Sci-Fi episodes I have on a hard drive - > still unviewed, sadly. > > > One kernel to suit every SBC? I don't think that is even possible > without RT. > > When porting Linux to a new board, you're up for writing or borrowing > drivers for the BSP (Board Support Package) (= HAL in other lingo). I've > only started on that once, and never carried it through to completion. > > Erik > > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
