Re: Best board for ARM ?

[Claudio Scordino <claudio@evidence.eu.com>]

Dear all,

thank you for your help.


>> Arndale is probably the best bet. Allwinner based stuff (aka sunxi) is
>> less well tested overall but might have better availability, it is also
>> super cheap in most cases (e.g. cubieboard2/truck).
>>
> Ok, thanks Ian for the info!
>
> In case one wants to go for cubie, this is where all the information
> lives, right?
> http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Xen_ARM_with_Virtualization_Extensions/Allwinner
>
> Is it still current? Have things got any better lately, from either
> Linux or Xen side?
>
> While this is, I think, the same for Arndale:
> http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Xen_ARM_with_Virtualization_Extensions/Arndale
> which does look less "hacky", at least at a first glance...
>
> Claudio, perhaps you can investigate how easy it would be for you to get
> an Arndale board, and fallback on cubie2/truck if it's actually that
> hard?

I checked.

Arndale says 4 weeks to ship, which may be a too long time (especially 
if not respected).

Cubie2, instead, is available in stock on several distributors.

         Claudio