Hi Gordan,
Thanks for the reply. Firstly, I must apologise for mis-spelling your
name and this botched reply, which I've 'copied & pasted' from the list
archive. My mails from the list have been being bounced (without me
realising) since I set my server to reject mails from domains without an
MX entry and as my server is 'Unable to determine MX associated with
<lists.redsleeve.org>' the messages were rejected . I made that change
due to being overrun with spam. I've changed it back now.
Anyway, back on topic ...
On 13/02/16 09:13, Michael Howard wrote:
/Hi Gordon, All, />>//>>/Has anybody got RS up and running on the MP30-AR0 with a kernel
other />>/than the one supplied with the board? />
I've been trying to get hold of one of these for a while now, but no
Gigabyte distributor in UK has been willing to supply one, and given the
price tag of about €800 I wasn't prepared to take my chances on ordering
one from abroad in case of any future warranty claims which would
involve expensive international shipping.
Have you been able to source one of these in UK?
I got one from Xcase,
https://www.xcase.co.uk/server-motherboards/gigabyte-mp30-ar0-with-appliedmicror-x-gene1r-processor.html.
As you say, the price is a bit OTT but they have stock.
Having said all that, this is an ARMv8 64-bit board. I am not even sure
off the top of my head if ARMv8 64-bit architecture is ABI compatible
with 32-bit ARM code. If you are looking to try one of these (or a
similar board) out, I would suggest you look at getting it up and
running with CentOS 7 ARMv8 port.
That was one of my plans (I have got Debian Jessie on it currently, but using
the kernel provided with the board).
I will go ahead and try anyway but the docs state it needs to have a UEFI
bootloader and the Rev 1.1 board I've got only has uboot.
I'm loathe to try and upgrade to UEFI using the info at
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/AArch64/Hardware/Mustang?rd=Architectures/ARM/AArch64/Mustang#Upgrade_to_UEFI
as it isn't truly a Mustang board.
I'd hate to screw it up and end up with a £600 paperweight.
I have pinged Gigabyte about UEFI firmware but not had a response.
When I asked a similar question about
this board there a few months ago, they seemed to think it should work
with their standard ARMv8 image.
I'll try with uboot but I guess the kernel install will not succeed, though I
may get a rootfs.
Please let us know how you get on, and more importantly, if you manage
to get hold of one of those boards from a supplier in UK (ideally one
that is likely to be around for at least the duration of the warranty
period).
I'll let you know if I have any joy, or otherwise.
Regards,
Mike.
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Mike Howard
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