Re: [Arm-netbook] Logging and journaling

2017-02-08 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-02-08 15:33 GMT+01:00 Julie Marchant : > I just want to make sure of something: are the EOMA68-A20 computer cards > going to be shipped with logging and journaling disabled (so that the > storage isn't constantly being written to)? I'm asking because this is > pretty much

[Arm-netbook] personal fight against the modern laptop

2017-01-27 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
http://hackaday.com/2017/01/26/a-personal-fight-against-the-modern-laptop/ https://youtu.be/Ib7tFvw34DM I Commented on the video that EOMA might be what he'd like. I tried to point him to the EC firmware but "http://hands.com/~lkcl/eoma; is bit of a mess. It contains a lot of (historical) info

Re: [Arm-netbook] A suggestion why Systemd may be bad

2017-02-15 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-02-15 7:30 GMT+01:00 John Luke Gibson : > Perhaps it is the idea that a linux machine should be wholly modular > and attaching a library to a critical component of the system, > shouldn't be a viable strategy for popularizing one's work. > True > > When a distro is

Re: [Arm-netbook] Logging and journaling

2017-02-09 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-02-08 21:02 GMT+01:00 Adam Van Ymeren <adam.v...@gmail.com>: > On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 2:54 PM, mike.v...@gmail.com <mike.v...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> >> >> Op 8 feb. 2017 16:11 schreef "Julie Marchant" <onp...@riseup.net>: >> &g

Re: [Arm-netbook] Logging and journaling

2017-02-09 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-02-09 12:03 GMT+01:00 Julie Marchant : > On 02/09/17 01:50, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > >> do you know the mkfs.ext4 commands needed or the ext2flags command? >> > > No, but just using an ext2 filesystem instead should suffice (since ext2 > doesn't support

Re: [Arm-netbook] Logging and journaling

2017-02-10 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-02-10 8:53 GMT+01:00 mike.v...@gmail.com <mike.v...@gmail.com>: > > > 2017-02-09 12:03 GMT+01:00 Julie Marchant <onp...@riseup.net>: > >> On 02/09/17 01:50, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: >> >>> do you know the mkfs.ext4 commands needed or

Re: [Arm-netbook] brief update

2016-09-19 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2016-09-16 0:59 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > --- > crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68 > > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 3:38 PM, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) > wrote: > > On 09/15/2016 04:01 PM, Luke Kenneth

Re: [Arm-netbook] [Dev] [libreplanet-discuss] EOMA68 and freedom in digital technology

2016-09-19 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2016-09-14 12:34 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > --- > crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68 > > > On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 10:07 AM, Josh Branning > wrote: > > > Getting rid of boot0 is not far away: > > > >

Re: [Arm-netbook] Batteries and materials (was Re: Code of conduct?)

2016-09-21 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2016-09-21 3:47 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > --- > crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68 > > > On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 1:47 PM, Paul Boddie wrote: > > > I don't really want to weigh in on a topic that I don't have

Re: [Arm-netbook] EOMA68 R/Evolution bumper sticker

2016-09-21 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2016-09-21 5:14 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > ok apologies i haven't much time/energy to deal with this one, so am > asking a huge favour / volunteer to recreate the prototype bumper > sticker that i put together. ideally it should be an SVG. Picture/Resource

Re: [Arm-netbook] Some Pine64 Experiences (via Planet Debian)

2016-10-12 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2016-10-12 4:54 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > On 10/11/16, Wookey wrote: > > On 2016-10-11 19:11 +0200, Paul Boddie wrote: > > > I don't really know about the pine people specifically, but having > > recently met with a guy from Allwinner (who is

Re: [Arm-netbook] Opensouce TPM

2016-12-08 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2016-11-23 18:21 GMT+01:00 Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <gnu...@no-log.org>: > On Thu, 3 Nov 2016 10:28:22 + > Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <l...@lkcl.net> wrote: > > > On 11/3/16, mike.v...@gmail.com <mike.v...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Interesting: > &g

Re: [Arm-netbook] new development laptop needed, looking at dell xps 13 9350

2016-12-08 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2016-12-08 16:08 GMT+01:00 Adam Van Ymeren : > On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 7:41 AM, Tzafrir Cohen > wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 07, 2016 at 04:49:36PM +0100, Ythogtha wrote: > > > >> I'm new on this list, so hello everybody :) > >> > >> If I may make a

Re: [Arm-netbook] The dream of Ara

2017-01-12 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-01-13 4:56 GMT+01:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > --- > crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68 > > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 8:13 PM, Wolfgang Romey > wrote: > > I think my FairPhone 2, which I own for a month, is

Re: [Arm-netbook] new development laptop needed, looking at dell xps 13 9350

2016-12-05 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2016-12-05 11:55 GMT+01:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > *sigh* argh i can just feel that, after thinking it through, 16GB > simply isn't going to be enough, long-term. > How about using a lighter/smaller laptop and a "mini" desktop as a server, SSH/VNC. Like an Intel NUC Asus

Re: [Arm-netbook] Laptop Housing Questions

2016-12-20 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2016-12-19 22:56 GMT+01:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > --- > crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68 > > > On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 9:45 PM, Jonathan Frederickson > wrote: > > Hey, I have a few questions about the

Re: [Arm-netbook] Laptop Housing Questions

2016-12-20 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2016-12-20 14:27 GMT+01:00 Julie Marchant : > This is a bit off-topic, but I think you're confusing "ominous" with > "ubiquitous". "Ominous" means it foreshadows evil, or otherwise exhibits > a bad omen. > > https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ominous > > I stand

[Arm-netbook] Funding

2017-03-15 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
Interesting read: https://medium.com/open-collective/why-and-how-to-fund-the-open-source-projects-you-depend-on-da62a582307#.qborgcu54 ___ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send

Re: [Arm-netbook] EOMA68 booting process

2017-03-14 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-03-10 16:12 GMT+01:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <l...@lkcl.net>: > On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 1:56 PM, mike.v...@gmail.com > <mike.v...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Always boot externally? That means that every housing must contain > storage > > and an OS. &g

Re: [Arm-netbook] EOMA68 booting process

2017-03-10 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-03-10 8:15 GMT+01:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > > ah. right. the way i see it, the only thing that needs to happen is > that the card has to have enough on-board storage to get to u-boot (or > similar) where it can then recognise the EOMA68 I2C EEPROM (and get > the ID

Re: [Arm-netbook] HDMI High-Frequency Layout: Recommendations

2017-08-16 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-08-14 9:14 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <l...@lkcl.net>: > On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 7:43 AM, mike.v...@gmail.com > <mike.v...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Anyway a picture of the flood-fill will reveal everything. > > attached. greyscaled (smaller). original

Re: [Arm-netbook] HDMI High-Frequency Layout: Recommendations

2017-08-16 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-08-16 11:33 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <l...@lkcl.net>: > On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 10:31 AM, mike.v...@gmail.com > <mike.v...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Looks pretty. Seeing that does raise a question too me. Is it >> necessary to match length betw

Re: [Arm-netbook] HDMI High-Frequency Layout: Recommendations

2017-08-16 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-08-16 15:17 GMT+02:00 mike.v...@gmail.com <mike.v...@gmail.com>: > 2017-08-16 11:33 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <l...@lkcl.net>: >> On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 10:31 AM, mike.v...@gmail.com >> <mike.v...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Looks

Re: [Arm-netbook] Conflict-free minerals

2017-08-11 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-08-11 8:03 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 1:08 AM, Jean Flamelle wrote: > >> I can imagine many OEM's don't publish or even pay attention to where >> they get minerals from, so I imagine the potential parts list

Re: [Arm-netbook] HDMI High-Frequency Layout: Recommendations

2017-08-10 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-08-09 15:23 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > next set... > GND shielding parallel to the differentials is interrupted quite often. Those GND tracks act as shields, for emission and reception. I'd try to put as much parallel GND as possible. And trace the parallel GND

Re: [Arm-netbook] HDMI High-Frequency Layout: Recommendations

2017-08-10 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-08-10 10:18 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <l...@lkcl.net>: > On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 9:01 AM, mike.v...@gmail.com > <mike.v...@gmail.com> wrote: >> 2017-08-09 15:23 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <l...@lkcl.net>: >> Make sure the'res

Re: [Arm-netbook] HDMI High-Frequency Layout: Recommendations

2017-08-10 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-08-10 10:45 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <l...@lkcl.net>: > On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 9:38 AM, mike.v...@gmail.com > <mike.v...@gmail.com> wrote: >> 2017-08-10 10:18 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <l...@lkcl.net>: >>> On Thu, Aug 1

Re: [Arm-netbook] frickin funny

2017-08-14 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-08-13 15:49 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/78w8jy/pcmcia-once-defined-portable-computing-now-its-a-cable-industry-oddity LOL. Even EOMA gets mentioned. ___ arm-netbook mailing

Re: [Arm-netbook] HDMI High-Frequency Layout: Recommendations

2017-08-14 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-08-13 14:20 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > btw yes i managed to move IPSOUT slightly to the right and got a GND > line in between them, without too much disruption. thank you for > prompting me to do that. Amazing! Just a nitpick left. You mentioned the GND

[Arm-netbook] PCB Collaboration and Revision

2017-08-14 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/14/hardware-version-control-using-visual-diff/ http://www.evilmadscientist.com/2011/improving-open-source-hardware-visual-diffs/ For the next project ___ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk

Re: [Arm-netbook] HDMI High-Frequency Layout: Recommendations

2017-08-17 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-08-17 1:01 GMT+02:00 Richard Wilbur : > On Aug 15, 2017, at 23:31, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: >> if i just take *out* the ground intermediary traces that would do the >> trick of bringing the impedance back up, is that right? > > Should be a

Re: [Arm-netbook] HDMI High-Frequency Layout: Recommendations

2017-08-17 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-08-17 7:22 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 12:01 AM, Richard Wilbur > wrote: >> I would also look carefully at the GND traces separating the differential >> pairs from board edge and other circuitry. If we can't

Re: [Arm-netbook] libre 64-bit risc-v SoC

2017-04-28 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-04-27 13:21 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > ok so it would seem that the huge amount of work going into RISC-V > means that it's on track to becoming a steamroller that will squash > proprietary SoCs, so i'm quite happy to make sure that it's > not-so-subtly nudged

Re: [Arm-netbook] libre 64-bit risc-v SoC

2017-04-28 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-04-28 14:58 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > > in the case where you have something that falls outside of the custom > silicon (a newer CODEC for example) then yes, an FPGA would *possibly* > help... if and only if you have enough bandwidth. > That is what I was

Re: [Arm-netbook] libre 64-bit risc-v SoC

2017-04-28 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-04-28 16:17 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > > the rest of the article makes a really good point, which has me > deeply concerned now that there are fuckwits out there making > "driverless" cars, toying with people's lives in the process. you > have *no idea* what

Re: [Arm-netbook] HDMI High-Frequency Layout: Timing

2017-08-01 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-08-01 12:29 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > ok reading in full, cutting extraneous, answering only with confirmation. > > On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 10:57 AM, Richard Wilbur > wrote: > >> So, while we will try to match the impedance of our

Re: [Arm-netbook] Side-Topic: Liberating PocketCHIP

2017-08-08 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-08-08 12:11 GMT+02:00 Pablo Rath <pa...@parobalth.org>: > On Fri, Aug 04, 2017 at 10:17:22AM +0200, mike.v...@gmail.com wrote: >> Well they've announced the CHIP to be more open and supported than >> actually delivered. >> >> Now that is unfortunately common

Re: [Arm-netbook] HDMI High-Frequency Layout: Recommendations

2017-08-17 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-08-17 20:59 GMT+02:00 Richard Wilbur <richard.wil...@gmail.com>: > On Aug 14, 2017, at 00:14, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <l...@lkcl.net> wrote: >> >> On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 7:43 AM, mike.v...@gmail.com >> <mike.v...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>

Re: [Arm-netbook] HDMI High-Frequency Layout: Recommendations

2017-08-17 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-08-17 18:30 GMT+02:00 Richard Wilbur <richard.wil...@gmail.com>: > On Aug 16, 2017, at 23:28, "mike.v...@gmail.com" <mike.v...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> 2017-08-17 1:01 GMT+02:00 Richard Wilbur <richard.wil...@gmail.com>: >>>> On

[Arm-netbook] What's your EOMA card doing

2017-05-15 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
Let's have a "What's your EOMA card doing" site so the world can see where and how long cards are alive and what use they have. Perhaps have each card have a, printed, unique number. So it's journey can be followed. This obviously has security and privacy issues attached so it would need a lot

Re: [Arm-netbook] Totally derailed topic

2017-05-11 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-05-11 0:44 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 10:23 PM, zap wrote: > > > it is sad because they think they will be rewarded at the end. But they > > already have their temporary very short term reward. Though they

Re: [Arm-netbook] Side-Topic: Liberating PocketCHIP

2017-05-10 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-05-10 16:38 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 3:23 PM, Pablo wrote: > > > With any non-Chip-kernel you will lose NAND support. > > So you can either: > > a)patch your libre kernel > > or > > b) ignore NAND and use flash

Re: [Arm-netbook] Totally derailed topic

2017-05-09 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-05-09 11:48 GMT+02:00 mike.v...@gmail.com <mike.v...@gmail.com>: > > > 2017-05-09 10:45 GMT+02:00 Lyberta <lybe...@lyberta.net>: > >> do...@mail.com: >> > I think you're caught in the same trap, unable to realize your own >> > potenti

Re: [Arm-netbook] I saw your recent update, Luke

2017-05-09 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-05-09 12:55 GMT+02:00 zap : > > > On 05/09/2017 04:32 AM, Bill Kontos wrote: > > Something that crossed my mind, does the lack of flash mean we can now > update to kernels newer than 3.x ? > > > Just a thought but I believe top posting annoys Luke. > Bill didn't

Re: [Arm-netbook] I saw your recent update, Luke

2017-05-10 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-05-10 4:34 GMT+02:00 Kyle : > Damn. You know a list has been taken over by posting nazis when entire > threads get hijacked just to tell anyone who cares to listen that someone > top posted, and that breaks someone's flow. > I'm not seeing any of that. The inline posting is

Re: [Arm-netbook] EOMA68 card based on NXP i.MX7 (work in progress)

2017-05-10 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-05-09 22:53 GMT+02:00 Vincent : > Hi everybody, > > Since this is my first post on this list, please allow me to get off my > chest a few things: > > - huge thanks to Luke for getting this project started > - me = funding a PFY laptop, eagerly awaiting for it to arrive ;-)

Re: [Arm-netbook] EOMA68-A20 2.7.4 pre-production prototypes received and working

2017-06-21 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-06-15 16:02 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > i received the latest pre-production cards yesterday and have tested > one of them: it works. > > however (and this is the whole point of doing pre-production > prototypes) in endeavouring to use automated assembly and

Re: [Arm-netbook] EOMA68-A20 2.7.4 pre-production prototypes received and working

2017-06-21 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-06-17 11:17 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <l...@lkcl.net>: > On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 8:40 PM, mike.v...@gmail.com > <mike.v...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Bleh. It looked so pretty in my mind. ;-( > > i knoow... btw can you possibly investigate why,

Re: [Arm-netbook] Rv: Update: 2.7.4 EOMA68-A20 Cards Arrived

2017-06-21 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-06-21 12:56 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 5:31 AM, el_gallo_azul via arm-netbook > wrote: >> I'd be happy enough to supply my own MicroSD card (in place of the TSSOP-48 >> NAND IC). > > thanks greg. very

Re: [Arm-netbook] EOMA68-A20 2.7.4 pre-production prototypes received and working

2017-06-21 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-06-21 13:00 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <l...@lkcl.net>: > .On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 9:35 AM, mike.v...@gmail.com > <mike.v...@gmail.com> wrote: >> 2017-06-17 11:17 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <l...@lkcl.net>: >>> On Fri, Jun 1

Re: [Arm-netbook] EOMA68-A20 2.7.4 pre-production prototypes received and working

2017-06-22 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-06-21 20:04 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <l...@lkcl.net>: > On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 6:26 PM, Wolfram Kahl <k...@cas.mcmaster.ca> wrote: >> On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 12:00:07PM +0100, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: >>> .On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 a

Re: [Arm-netbook] designing a low-cost decent 3d printing board

2017-05-23 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-05-23 3:27 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > hi all, > > ok so i've been looking around and the practice of creating a > "modular" 3d printing electronics board is extremely common, thanks, > many years ago, to the stupid, stupid decision to use prototyping >

Re: [Arm-netbook] GR8 based EOMA68 card

2017-05-23 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-05-21 1:45 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > the layout's hilarious: the PCB is over 50% completely empty. what i > haven't done is: > Would it make sense to add a small LiPo battery, to fill the empty space? That way you can swap a card from one housing to another,

Re: [Arm-netbook] mali gpu reverse engineering lkcl may ignore

2017-05-22 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-05-22 0:06 GMT+02:00 : > Because I deleted a previously email about this subject, I start a new > email. > Info. Lkcl said, he is not in favor of reverse engineering a mali gpu. > Because it is about 15eu and new gpus will emerge during the reverse > engineering

Re: [Arm-netbook] $150 taobao knock-off 3d printer doing 200mm/sec

2017-05-29 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-05-29 17:11 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <l...@lkcl.net>: > On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 11:39 AM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton > <l...@lkcl.net> wrote: > > On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 9:54 AM, mike.v...@gmail.com > > <mike.v...@gmail.com> wrote: > &g

Re: [Arm-netbook] $150 taobao knock-off 3d printer doing 200mm/sec

2017-05-29 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-05-28 4:49 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > On Fri, May 26, 2017 at 3:25 AM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton > wrote: > > https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/6de5sv/ > looking_for_ways_to_maximise_the_mm_sec_metric/ > > > > ok so i asked on

Re: [Arm-netbook] Side-Topic: Liberating PocketCHIP

2017-05-30 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-05-29 23:37 GMT+02:00 David Niklas <do...@mail.com>: > On Mon, 08 May 2017 09:59:50 +0100 > "mike.v...@gmail.com" <mike.v...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 2017-05-08 3:34 GMT+02:00 <do...@mail.com>: > > Sorry, I (foolishly) though that ARMv7 == A7 (i.e.

Re: [Arm-netbook] EOMA68-A20 2.7.4 pre-production prototypes received and working

2017-06-16 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
Op 16 jun. 2017 15:57 schreef "Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton" <l...@lkcl.net >: On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 11:06 AM, mike.v...@gmail.com <mike.v...@gmail.com> wrote: > Since the schematics already show two layers with HF signal tracks why not > place the Tx and Rx track

Re: [Arm-netbook] revision control in the arts?

2017-06-12 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-06-06 15:47 GMT+02:00 Hendrik Boom : > On Mon, Jun 05, 2017 at 05:47:35PM -0400, John Luke Gibson wrote: > > For word processing, I think the only good solution is a document > compiler, with the writer editing the source code. > The're is a way for arbitrary

Re: [Arm-netbook] EOMA68-A20 2.7.4 pre-production prototypes received and working

2017-06-16 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-06-16 8:55 GMT+02:00 mike.v...@gmail.com <mike.v...@gmail.com>: > > > 2017-06-15 21:01 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <l...@lkcl.net>: > >> okaay so the HDMI connection isn't so hot on these 2.7.4 boards. it >> works... but there is signifi

Re: [Arm-netbook] EOMA68-A20 2.7.4 pre-production prototypes received and working

2017-06-16 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-06-16 8:19 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > > > there's not really any other options: you can see how little > clearance there is to the edge of the board: it's flat-out impossible > to bring tracks in either in between those two sets, or round the > back... and you

Re: [Arm-netbook] EOMA68-A20 2.7.4 pre-production prototypes received and working

2017-06-16 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-06-15 21:01 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > okaay so the HDMI connection isn't so hot on these 2.7.4 boards. it > works... but there is significant line-interference under certain > circumstances, even for 720p50. 1080p60 there is huge amounts of > interference

Re: [Arm-netbook] EOMA68-A20 2.7.4 pre-production prototypes received and working

2017-06-16 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-06-16 9:07 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <l...@lkcl.net>: > On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 8:03 AM, mike.v...@gmail.com > <mike.v...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Speaking of near the edge. The tracks on the board seem awfully close the > > boards cutoff edg

Re: [Arm-netbook] Side-Topic: Liberating PocketCHIP

2017-05-08 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
Don't top post please 2017-05-08 17:23 GMT+02:00 : > Original Message > From: Bill Kontos > > > Verhaegen is one of those selected individuals who had the luxury of > getting all the shit of the world thrown at their face for

Re: [Arm-netbook] firefly 3399 all source software disclosed?

2017-05-08 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-05-08 11:02 GMT+02:00 Bill Kontos : > I think arm has open source kernel drivers but there is no way they will > get mainlined any time soon. The question is, how much does the userland > blob do and how much work needs to be done to get libre 2d accel. > A display

Re: [Arm-netbook] libre 64-bit risc-v SoC

2017-05-04 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-05-04 12:51 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > > ha, bit of irony for you: gaisler research released the LEON3 SPARCv8 > core a number of years ago under the GPLv2, so that people could use > it for "academic and research purposes", the expectation being that > for

Re: [Arm-netbook] Side-Topic: Liberating PocketCHIP

2017-05-04 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-05-04 9:04 GMT+02:00 John Luke Gibson : > Since it seems like a trivially simple task that for some reason no > one has taken up, I would like to take the opportunity to exercise a > learning experience and simultaneously benefit the community, by > liberating

[Arm-netbook] Retrfit a Nokia and KiCad fun

2017-09-15 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
https://hackaday.com/2017/09/12/hackaday-prize-entry-retrofit-a-nokia/ https://hackaday.io/project/21263-nokia-3210-retro-fit-board Quote from the project log: "With the patched I submitted you can turn KiCad into a 'I know what I am doing' mode. Which meas you can place any type of via anywhere.

[Arm-netbook] Mali / Lima

2017-09-18 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
It seems that someone has picked up the tainted project. https://github.com/yuq?tab=repositories ___ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to

Re: [Arm-netbook] Conflict-free minerals

2017-09-18 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-09-17 19:47 GMT+02:00 pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) : > On Sun, Sep 10, 2017 at 01:15:06AM +0100, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: >> many people have pointed >> out however a flaw in this logic, that copyright is a civil offense >> not a criminal offense. >> > >

[Arm-netbook] Part sourcing

2017-09-11 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
http://www.findchips.com/ We'll that's interesting. Doesn't beat the offline markets in Shenzhen I guess. ___ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to

Re: [Arm-netbook] pre-2.7.5 JAE DC3 micro-hdmi connector test PCB success

2017-09-12 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-09-12 7:24 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > http://rhombus-tech.net/allwinner_a10/news/ Huzzah ___ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large

Re: [Arm-netbook] ppcnotebook

2017-09-12 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-09-12 15:15 GMT+02:00 Hendrik Boom : > Wasn't the power processor used in Sony's playstations a while back, > with something like five or six CPUs and some other thing to > coordinate them? Yes the PS3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_(microprocessor) And they

Re: [Arm-netbook] OT: Librem 5?

2017-09-25 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-09-25 13:47 GMT+02:00 Tzafrir Cohen : > On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 07:49:13PM +0100, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: >> WHAT CPU WILL BE USED I.MX6 OR I.MX8? >> We are using the i.MX6, unless/until we know we can use i.MX8. >> >> ?? power-hungry Cortex A9?? worra?? >>

[Arm-netbook] "NonDesktop" Proposed For RandR: Useful For VR & Apple Touch Bar Like Devices

2017-10-20 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item=NonDesktop-RandR Handy extension for the LCD touchpad. ___ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to

Re: [Arm-netbook] HDMI High-Frequency Layout: Recommendations--Taper

2017-12-10 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-12-05 13:41 GMT+01:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 12:30 AM, Richard Wilbur > wrote: > >> 3. Reflections are more troublesome the further you get from the >> signal source. Close to the source the reflection arrives at the

Re: [Arm-netbook] HDMI High-Frequency Layout: Recommendations--Taper

2017-12-12 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-12-12 9:33 GMT+01:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <l...@lkcl.net>: > On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 8:10 AM, mike.v...@gmail.com > > so by doing this series of steps the inter-pair impedance changes > from its (appx) 110 ohms by virtue of the distance being 15mil to &g

Re: [Arm-netbook] HDMI High-Frequency Layout: Recommendations--Taper

2017-12-12 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-12-11 11:53 GMT+01:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <l...@lkcl.net>: > On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 7:25 AM, mike.v...@gmail.com > <mike.v...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Just a small question. Why not deviate from the 45 degree angle? So >> you end up with converg

Re: [Arm-netbook] Libre RISC-V RV64GC SoC

2017-12-29 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-12-29 15:37 GMT+01:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <l...@lkcl.net>: > > On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 2:25 PM, mike.v...@gmail.com > <mike.v...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 3D. Wasn't there a PoC from some students in the open macro's? Perhaps >> those guys can be hire

Re: [Arm-netbook] Libre RISC-V RV64GC SoC

2017-12-29 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-12-29 16:21 GMT+01:00 mike.v...@gmail.com <mike.v...@gmail.com>: > 2017-12-29 15:37 GMT+01:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <l...@lkcl.net>: >> >> On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 2:25 PM, mike.v...@gmail.com >> <mike.v...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>

Re: [Arm-netbook] Libre RISC-V RV64GC SoC

2017-12-29 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-12-29 6:48 GMT+01:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 9:56 PM, Bill Kontos wrote: >> If this goes >> well it will go down in history as one of those famous conversations >> in the early days of tech we read about. > > yehyeh! I

Re: [Arm-netbook] EOMA68 / Libre RISC-V team financing

2017-12-27 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-12-27 12:07 GMT+01:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <l...@lkcl.net>: > On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 10:25 AM, mike.v...@gmail.com > <mike.v...@gmail.com> wrote: >> 2017-12-27 10:59 GMT+01:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <l...@lkcl.net>: >> Although I think t

Re: [Arm-netbook] EOMA68 / Libre RISC-V team financing

2017-12-27 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-12-27 13:35 GMT+01:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 12:19 PM, Luca Saiu wrote: >> On 2017-12-27 at 11:37, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > >> It is not unique, and there is no hard proof that the money being >> generated

Re: [Arm-netbook] EOMA68 / Libre RISC-V team financing

2017-12-27 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-12-27 10:59 GMT+01:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : Top note. You're writing like a TellSell ad. I get that you're exited and in need. But it's not boosting confidence. Also the worlds financial experts have a, perhaps healthy, fear of crypto currency's Although I think that

[Arm-netbook] OSHW git/pull?

2018-02-27 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
Interesting lecture: https://hackaday.com/2018/02/27/can-open-source-hardware-be-like-open-source-software/ ___ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to

Re: [Arm-netbook] tricky conundrum for the upcoming libre-riscv soc crowdsupply page: image needed

2018-11-05 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
Op za 3 nov. 2018 00:19 schreef Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton ok so to start the new campaign, an image is needed. not a logo, an > *image*. something that "represents" a chip and its potential uses > and usefulness in a real and concrete way. > > the problem is: this is a fabless semi-conductor