On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 05:02:58PM +0100, Lars Doelle wrote: > Hi Luc, > > thank you for reviewing the device description so throughout. I'll work > through your comments doing my best to make the description confirm > to your standards. > > > This is an Inet K970??, and like all inet devices this is very often > > rebadged. > > Referring to some of your notes [[Inet K970]]: > > > As described in the wiki page, please fire up android, and > > find out the last 1-2 letters, which usually are tied to a given display > > size and wifi module, and use this name everywhere instead. > > I broke the Android partition while probing ft5x_ts prior starting the > device description, so I could not report the Android's bits anymore. > Meanwhile I restored the image. Anyway, if you mean the 'Build number', > its in the wiki page now, saying: > > A20_K9701_K9701L2B_1210239.20121030 > > Otherwise I'm not clear, to what you might refer to by "last 1-2 letters".
Ok, let's keep the name at K970 for now, perhaps no other K970 devices will turn up. The K970 can be found on aliexpress though. > Another point you notices, is the Wifi part. If possible, please reread > what i wrote there: > > 1) The first link is IMO a proper reference to the relevant Wifi section. Yes and no. The way i changed it makes it conform to the other devices, and, it is more future proof, meaning that you will not have to go revisit when the wifi page changes, or the status of this driver changes. > 2) The second link refers to a patch making the third USB-head going, > to which the RTL8723AU, which is USB-device is connected. So it was > not in the fex. If I did something wrong activating it this way, I like know > about it. Nobody has so far gone and created a bluetooth page. > > For the OTG, state is as described. W.r.t. OTG the only note on the > [[USB]] page is: > > "On an Hackberry and A20-based tablet (with a single OTG USB port) the > main sunxi-3.4 branch kernel (as of 22 Nov 2013) with default defconfig > settings also seems to leave USB devices without power. This can be fixed > by enabling the Inventra Highspeed Dual Role Controller in Device Drivers > -> USB Support and selecting the Allwinner Platform Glue option." > > By saying "This is standard A20 stuff. Move to the USB page.", do you > mean I should not use this options? Otherwise I could file a proper report > of the state. Yes, this is specific to the A20 SoC. All A20 based devices have OTG issues as the A20 -> sunxi codebase otg port was not complete. > For the last points, uart and pictures, this basically a matter of equipment. > > As this is the first time for me dealing with small electronics and I to check > whether my probes and soldering stuff are sharp enough for this purpose. > Contrary to the other Inet board pictures in the wiki, i could not locate any > writings on the board indicating the uart on the first examination. Thus > almost > certainly, I'll have to probe them. Get a good board picture. The picture of the board on the inet site very clearly shows the uart pins. > Most of the pictures have been taken free-hand though with some support > with the flash deactivated causing them to become blurry. I'm looking to get > a tripod, perhaps this will do better. For the same reason, I did not yet > publish a detailed picture of the board and its chips. Try multiple passes for focussing correctly, and try supporting your elbows. Thanks for sticking with this. This could be another solidly supported and properly documented device. 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/d/optout.
