On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 09:50:59AM -0800, Jeremy Darling wrote: > I've been looking at this board with the 7" touch display as something new > to play with. But reading the comments on the sellers page it seems many > people haven't had any luck with getting the Linux kernel from them and/or > getting Linux to actually work on it. > > After asking on the Arch form I was pointed at the IRC channel. As I'm not > much of an IRC person and found this list thought I'd try here first. > > My questions are: > How far has anyone actually got toward this being a useable general hacking > (hardware) board under Linux? > > Is there a basic distro to download to the SD that at least boots and gets > you Keyboard, Display, and Network? > > Is it worth the $$ or is it better to get something else (cubieboard2 with > the breakout board seems similar)? > > If there isn't a distro, how hard is it to get this up and running for > someone who has a little experience compling drivers and apps for Linux but > not the entire kernal itself? > > > Any and all info greatly appreciated, I don't have a lot of $$ to waste so > I'd like to make a good purchase the 1st time :) > > - Jeremy > > PS: The two projects I was thinking of for this device (or whatever I get) > are a small Node.js Webserver to take to my kids events (they race) to > enter the details of their races on and provide a webpage to other members > of the details of the races. Nothing fancy; Express.js and LevelUp on the > app side and a small wireless hub hooked to allow general access. Battery > powered from 12v car plug. Headless operation. > > The other is in the kitchen as a general internet appliance for the wife. > Calendar, Recipes, Internet Browser. Using the 7" display.
It's sunxi hw, and it's not documented on our wiki and has no patches submitted to u-boot-sunxi or sunxi-boards. To get this hw supported, you need to work through: http://linux-sunxi.org/New_Device_howto "This is a concise guide for bringing up your hardware, and for documenting your hardware in one swoop. It is not rocket-science and some basic linux skills will suffice. All you need to do is meticulously follow the text here." Luc Verhaegen. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "linux-sunxi" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
