On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 3:27 AM, Tom Gall <[email protected]> wrote: > So first, for those interested in cheap arm64 hardware, the first 96 board > is going to start shipping in March for ~$129. The HiKey board is an 8 way > 64 bit ARM board with 8 A53 cores. (No A57s bummer!) Only had a gig of > memory on the board but it’s not a bad device. I’ve had one for about 2-3 > weeks now. I’m basically running off a USB hard disk for the moment and > thankfully the kernel continues to improve. > > The one downside is you really really need a 1.8v USB -> UART cable. You > can get them from digikey and connect it on the board. If working with raw > cables makes you squeamish take a breath, you’ll be fine. > > Info and links at: > > https://www.96boards.org > > > Ok so hardware aside here’s the arm64 gentoo plan. > > 1) new stage3 put together and get that onto the mirrors for consumption. > 2) Get the handbook extended to include arm64 > 3) continued package stabilization > > If devs don't mind working out of a chroot - I can potentially get access to some hardware or possibly help test after things are a bit more "stable".
If possible I do really recommend getting something with an A57 core (vs a53) - there is quite a bit of difference from the compiler side of how they compare. How much are the APM xgene1 systems selling for? Has anyone tried to request hw from: APM, ARM, Cavium or AMD?
