Hi Kevin, as a casual "tinkerer" of Allwinner (AW) SOCs, let me tell you i appreciate A LOT AW attitude and commitment for becoming more and more a "proper citizen" in the free software and open source community. This release is a step in a continuous process BUT is surely a step in the right direction. THANX!
i really think AW, since the last few years, has been doing a breakthrough revolution in the so called "internet of things" (IoT) space.. not really because there are new features implemented in its SOCs but because AW is packing SO MUCH stuff in a cost effective chip that's enabling the next level of pervasive computing. you are permitting a world of programmable toys that can be effectively used and enable new products; i started playing with A10 some years ago with Tom Cubie's Cubieboard, but i'll cite also Olimex open source boards and Luke Leighton's EOMA86 effort as very interesting developments born thanx to your business proposition; now we are seeing the new H3 sold for 25$ as dev card, Orange PI mini 2, and the next to come Kickstarter campaign for a $9 board named CHIP.. it a staggering progression.. so the SOC is surely beefy, but for it to become cornerstone of new projects for advised people like the ones embodied in the linux-sunxi community, it has to be dependable i.e. you want it to be available and controllable for ever as software development progresses (and as we can see in the open source model, the snowball becomes avalanche pretty fast). that's why full disclosure and "datasheets" are more preferred than "code drops" as the latter is just a single representation (in the writer mindset and in the writer context) of a use case, the former gives everyone the "freedom" to do its own evaluation and choice and development/integration. coming to Cedarx, i for first believe everything now is going in the right direction toward full disclosure, and that's a GOOD THING. i suppose this is happening because the HW core is more or less exclusive of Allwinner chips. a really different issue is around the 2D/3D MALI 400MP core that's the last unknown big "black box" of the actual AW bulk lineup (i'll keep the PowerVR stuff out of my way with a 10 feet pole.. :-) i understand that, as it's a graphic core used in many competitors chips too, it's difficult for any chip house to step in and make a liberal move, surely it's a CORE out of chipmaker control as it's ARM own, then there's also the ARM "attitude" toward open community (well explained by libv mails) that's not helping too, here. it's something that surely has to be dealt in the future someway; anyway i would really appreciate a public statement from AW official on the matter (AW as a pretty huge ARM customer could make the difference here and get back some good PR recognition on this issue..) at the end of the day, I understand AW (as all chipmakers) is living a hard time, having to be competitive EVERY day in this chip business (where the bulk of sales and revenues is on products like low cost Android tablets where end users are not interested into this kind of "IP issues" and development models..) so it struggles to find the right balance in the mix between hiding the "secret sauce of the kitchen" and sharing info with community who boosts development. let me tell i believe anyway AW would deserve at least the same public recognition that's going toward Raspi/Broadcom because they are key enablers of the open "makers" ecosystem and this could be a powerful business game changer in the longer term IMHO. so hat tip to Allwinner and keep up this good work with the growingly open attitude you are showing toward us, the people, your final customers in the end.. Il giorno martedì 19 maggio 2015 02:47:45 UTC+2, kevin.z.m.zh ha scritto: > > Hi All, > > We're proud to announce a new code release today for CedarX. Before delving > into the details, I'd like to share some context: > > 1. As a growing company, we are doing our best to understand the needs of > the > open source software community. This is a learning process. We're working > with different people across the Linux development community to better > understand best practices. > > 2. Open source software development is a collaborative process. It works > because people genuinely want to help others improve and be successful. > Some > people are new and others help them learn the ropes over time. We hope that > this same positive feedback process can be applied to GPL. > ... > -- 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.
