On Tue, 04 Feb 2020 02:59:05 +0000 Chase <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello, Hi, > Would the replicant project make any use of a donation of an aimko > at700 tablet, or is the project busy with the other current ongoing > port efforts? I found some rough specifications[1] by searching the device name with a search engine. Here are the relevant specifications rearranged: > CPU Model:Allwinner A33 This is nice. It should be possible to run free software bootloaders on it, and both u-boot and upstream Linux should already have good enough support for this "CPU". > RAM:512MB > Screen Resolution:1024 x 600 > Screen Size(inch):7 inch This is a bit small. I'm not sure how much effort will be required to support that on Android 9. Do you know if there is a website or something with more information on this device? Or is some kernel and/or bootloader source code published for it? To add support for it the following would be needed first: - Finish porting Replicant to Android 9 and make a Replicant 9 release. This will use a kernel that is very closely based on upstream Linux. Me and other people are already working on that. - If there is enough information and source code available for that device: add support in upstream Linux and u-boot. Depending on the number of driver lacking upstream, that might take more or less time. - Potentially add support for other devices with 512M of RAM like the GTA04 that have a smaller display in Replicant. - Look into optimizing Android to support that device which has 512M of RAM and a big display. Also, as the A33 also doesn't have free software 3D acceleration, we would need to make sure that the graphics are fast enough without 3D. All of the devices we support don't use 3D acceleration (yet). Do you also know how hard it is to change the battery? Is there someone interested to work on that device? Even if we find out that it's too hard to support devices with 512M of RAM, or that the absence of replaceable battery becomes complicated for working on it, it might still be interesting to add support for it in upstream Linux and u-boot. References: ----------- [1]https://www.ebay.com/itm/AIMKO-7-8GB-Quad-Core-Tablet-Android-4-4-512-RAM-model-AT700-/192918667908 Denis.
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