On 20 Sep 2012, at 14:41, Zach Pfeffer wrote:

> On 20 September 2012 04:17, Dave Pigott <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I've registered a BP in advance of any agreement:
>> 
>> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/lava-lab/+spec/hack-box-hardware-ticketing-system
> 
> Adding Amit as well.
> 
> Some requirements from my side,
> 
> 1. TC2 is remotely resetable.

Done.

> 2. TC2 can be completely reflashed remotely (may need SD-Mux)

No need. I intend to just plug USB into the gateway server and mount it.

> 3. Can connect to the serial port remotely

Done.

> 
> Basically all the things that:
> http://www.synaccess-net.com/remote-power.php/2/37 thing allows you to
> do.
> 
>> 
>> Dave Pigott
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>> On 20 Sep 2012, at 08:39, Dave Pigott wrote:
>> 
>> On 19 Sep 2012, at 21:04, Zach Pfeffer wrote:
>> 
>> On 19 September 2012 07:11, Loïc Minier <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012, Dave Pigott wrote:
>> 
>> Device Type   Instances
>> 
>> vexpress-a5   vexpress-a5-01
>> 
>> vexpress-a9   vexpress-a9-01
>> 
>> vexpress-tc2  vexpress-tc2-01
>> 
>>            vexpress-tc2-02
>> 
>>            vexpress-tc2-03
>> 
>>            vexpress-tc2-04
>> 
>> 
>> Notes:
>> 
>> * vexpress-tc2-01 will remain offline for external user testing. I'm
>> thinking that perhaps we should switch this around and make that tc2-04 and
>> then remove it from the list to make it tidier
>> 
>> 
>> Yes; note that one of the TC2 was actually meant to be reserved to TCWG,
>> 
>> with remote access, but we currently have nobody to set it up as they
>> 
>> desire (custom kernel with PM features turned off).  If the TCWG frees
>> 
>> resources to pick this up, they'll grab one of these TC2 boards.
>> 
>> 
>> Sorry to vector off a bit, but we could probably get it set up for
>> 
>> them. We'd also like a TC2 box we could run code on.
>> 
>> 
>> We have a total of four at the moment. The idea was that there was one spare
>> for remote access, but what I'm hearing now is that the way the TCWG want it
>> set up is different from the way that, say, the Android team would want it
>> set up. This means two sidelined TC2s, with two for LAVA. My concern is when
>> another group or two wants remote access.
>> 
>> Let's try to think of a way of handling this properly. Let's gather the
>> requirements and see if there is some sensible "ticketing" type system, with
>> some auto-configuration, that would make sense. In terms of re-flashing a
>> board, this would be easy to provide access to, by connecting the board to a
>> USB port on the gateway server. It always mounts with a known volume name
>> (which is configurable, of course), so there's no issue of having to udev it
>> like we do the snowballs.
>> 
>> In a nutshell: I think we need to raise a BP for this work. Does everyone
>> agree, or am I tilting at windmills?
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> Dave
>> 
>> 
>> * I have one spare a9 tile and a mother board. Does anyone want me to put
>> this in a new motherboard and bring a second a9 online?
>> 
>> 
>> Makes sense; apparently the new motherboard are slightly different, is
>> 
>> it easy to tell them apart?  We should make sure that people working on
>> 
>> advanced tiles (e.g. TC2 or later) get the very latest baseboard to
>> 
>> avoid any incompatibilities.  IIUC all baseboards and daughterboards are
>> 
>> compatible, but best to avoid that risk.
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> 
>> Loïc Minier
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> 
>> Zach Pfeffer
>> 
>> Android Platform Team Lead, Linaro Platform Teams
>> 
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>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> 
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> Zach Pfeffer
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