I never said that armv7 does guarantee hardware accelerated X. Its just that drivers get to armv boards and components rather than armv6 or armv5 boards.
On 11/9/12, Shantanu Gupta <[email protected]> wrote: > Varun, armv7 does not ensure hardware accelerated X, It depends on the > integrated gpu of the board's soc and it's availability of drivers/sources. > Texas Instruments is best with this kind of stuff. > > Hence i would suggest getting an OMAP3/4 board (beagle) or a samsung exynos > board if performance is what you want. > > > On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 10:27 PM, Varun Priolkar > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Gagendra's right. Get yourself a good armv7 board. There is good >> support if anything goes wrong and you'll have some drivers to work >> with if you intend to get things like hardware acceleration working >> too. >> >> You can do everything from scratch. You'll learn more that way but >> things may not work as per plan. >> >> Raspberry pi's a good board too but armv6 has some problems and people >> still are trying to get x hardware accelerated. So make it a point to >> go for armv7 boards. Look at the gooseberry pi too.. >> >> On 11/8/12, gajendra khanna <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hi Shailendra >> > If budget is not an issue, I would suggest using a Panda or Beagle >> > board >> > which will allow you all this plus a good community support is there. >> There >> > are arm boards also available which will have support. Have you already >> > chosen a board? >> > It is best to avoid doing things from scratch. Things don't work out of >> the >> > box for supported boards itself. In my opinion, its better to start >> > with >> > the above boards and move along. >> > Regards >> > Gajendra >> > >> > -- >> > Mailing list guidelines and other related articles: >> > http://lug-iitd.org/Footer >> > >> >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> Varun Priolkar >> QA Manager, Kernel lead, developer >> The SuperX project (http://superxos.com >> >> Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. >> See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html >> Standup with 37200 people against Microsoft's attempt to own the >> hardware you buy: >> http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/secure-boot-vs-restricted-boot/statement >> You use Apple and Microsoft products? >> Windows users: http://windows7sins.org/ >> Apple users: http://www.fsf.org/iphone and >> http://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/mac-osx-mistakes-and-malfeatures >> You deserve something amazing and free from restriction, you deserve >> free software (free not as in beer but as in freedom) >> >> "This movement is going to determine what freedoms the next generation >> of computer users enjoy. At stake is no less than the next generations >> autonomy" -Benjamin Hill >> >> -- >> Mailing list guidelines and other related articles: >> http://lug-iitd.org/Footer >> > > -- > Mailing list guidelines and other related articles: > http://lug-iitd.org/Footer > -- Best regards, Varun Priolkar QA Manager, Kernel lead, developer The SuperX project (http://superxos.com Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html Standup with 37200 people against Microsoft's attempt to own the hardware you buy: http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/secure-boot-vs-restricted-boot/statement You use Apple and Microsoft products? Windows users: http://windows7sins.org/ Apple users: http://www.fsf.org/iphone and http://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/mac-osx-mistakes-and-malfeatures You deserve something amazing and free from restriction, you deserve free software (free not as in beer but as in freedom) "This movement is going to determine what freedoms the next generation of computer users enjoy. At stake is no less than the next generations autonomy" -Benjamin Hill -- Mailing list guidelines and other related articles: http://lug-iitd.org/Footer
