On Wednesday, 27 January 2016 16:55:14 UTC, Michael Haberler wrote:
>
>
> > Am 27.01.2016 um 17:24 schrieb mugginsac <[email protected] 
> <javascript:>>: 
> > 
> > I guess this raises the question about how soon RTPREEMPT becomes part 
> of mainstream. 
>
> I guess the major hurdle is the arm64 support to shake out - this seems a 
> bit fresh 
>
> while RT-PREEMPT is not mainlined yet work is progressing and builds are 
> pretty easy now 
>

 

Just an update, didn't actually receive this board until about May 2016 and 
have been battling on and off with this

I now have an Armbian nightly build image (Ubuntu 16 - xenial based) with 
an arm64 rt-preempt patched 4.9.6 kernel which runs Machinekit.



It was not simple, I had to write my own io.h, to be arm64 and pine64 
specific to get the IO_BASE address right, with inline assembler code that 
arm liked and many more tweaks besides.

But it is possible:)

Latency - not too bad



The GPIO is fairly basic, but works, so further experimentation to follow


>
> > Some of the Pine A64 developers have announced that they have linux 
> (specifically UBUNTU 14.04) 
> > booting on the A64. I have some experience with operating system 
> implementation (when I was much younger) 
> > so the prospect of applying kernel patches to a kernel is not totally 
> terrifying. However, 
> > I am thinking that the A64+ with a 10" touchscreen might make a great 
> X-terminal to use with the BBB. Then 
> > no kernel mods required. 
> > 
> > Alan 
> > 
> > On Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at 10:39:50 PM UTC-8, Michael Haberler 
> wrote: 
> > 
> > > Am 23.01.2016 um 20:10 schrieb mugginsac <[email protected]>: 
> > > 
> > > I went for the A64+ 2GB. I don't know what I will use it for but it 
> looks like fun. 
> > 
> > keep in mind you will need a realtime-patched kernel 
> > 
> > what will you use for that board? 
> > 
> > -Michael 
> > 
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