From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Thu, 28 Aug 2014 10:43:39 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mailapp01.imgtec.com ([195.59.15.196]:47280 "EHLO mailapp01.imgtec.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by eddie.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S27007170AbaH1InhpuOXF (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Aug 2014 10:43:37 +0200 Received: from KLMAIL01.kl.imgtec.org (unknown [192.168.5.35]) by Websense Email Security Gateway with ESMTPS id 33CB7490A546F; Thu, 28 Aug 2014 09:43:29 +0100 (IST) Received: from KLMAIL02.kl.imgtec.org (10.40.60.222) by KLMAIL01.kl.imgtec.org (192.168.5.35) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.3.195.1; Thu, 28 Aug 2014 09:43:30 +0100 Received: from LEMAIL01.le.imgtec.org (192.168.152.62) by klmail02.kl.imgtec.org (10.40.60.222) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.3.195.1; Thu, 28 Aug 2014 09:43:30 +0100 Received: from zkakakhel-linux.le.imgtec.org (192.168.154.89) by LEMAIL01.le.imgtec.org (192.168.152.62) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.3.195.1; Thu, 28 Aug 2014 09:43:29 +0100 Message-ID: <53FEEBA3.9010705@imgtec.com> Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 09:43:15 +0100 From: Zubair Lutfullah Kakakhel User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "lkcl ." , Paul Burton CC: Subject: Re: rhombus tech eoma68 ingenic jz4775 cpu card References: <20140827114854.GC25985@pburton-laptop> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-IP: [192.168.154.89] Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 42301 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: Zubair.Kakakhel@imgtec.com Precedence: bulk List-help: List-unsubscribe: List-software: Ecartis version 1.0.0 List-Id: linux-mips X-List-ID: linux-mips List-subscribe: List-owner: List-post: List-archive: X-list: linux-mips On 27/08/14 13:05, lkcl . wrote: > On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 12:48 PM, Paul Burton wrote: > >> Hi Luke :) > > hii paul, nice to meet you > >> That all sounds very interesting! I would definitely be interested in >> getting involved & helping out, and I imagine others at Imagination >> may be too! > Indeed! >> Did you have anything concrete in mind that would be helpful at this >> stage, or are you more judging interest? > > bit of both. background: with 4 CPU cards coming out (ICubeCorp > IC1T, Allwinner A20, Allwinner A33 and Ingenic JZ4775) in the next few > months and an upcoming (first) crowdfunding campaign i simply won't > have time to get everything done myself, so i will kinda need some > help. That's an ambitious list of CPU cards.. > > so it's a "yes let people know the project exists, see who's out > there, who'd like some cool early hardware" and also a "these are the > things that need doing, who'd like to help" enquiry. Hello from me as well. :) > > and on that list, getting *a* kernel and OS installed is right at the > top! literally this will be a bare board, direct from the prototyping > company. then begins the task of working out if the hardware's good > by learning at the same time how to get an OS onto the card *at all* > :) > > so that's at the micro-level: at the larger level, to give some > perspective, the goal of the rhombus tech project is to create > desirable mass-volume affordable environmentally-conscious computing > appliances, and inviting software libre developers to be involved with > that process at every step of the way. > > it's quite an ambitious long-term project and the EOMA68 standard is a > key part of that, being designed to last at least a decade. Ambitious indeed. Hope it kicks off. ZubairLK From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailapp01.imgtec.com ([195.59.15.196]:47280 "EHLO mailapp01.imgtec.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by eddie.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S27007170AbaH1InhpuOXF (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Aug 2014 10:43:37 +0200 Message-ID: <53FEEBA3.9010705@imgtec.com> Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 09:43:15 +0100 From: Zubair Lutfullah Kakakhel MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: rhombus tech eoma68 ingenic jz4775 cpu card References: <20140827114854.GC25985@pburton-laptop> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-Path: Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org List-help: List-unsubscribe: List-software: Ecartis version 1.0.0 List-subscribe: List-owner: List-post: List-archive: To: "lkcl ." , Paul Burton Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Message-ID: <20140828084315.eQLS0BIj0KC6d2uBaLqnW5gWrn6RElmmN_AHRcKJzu8@z> On 27/08/14 13:05, lkcl . wrote: > On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 12:48 PM, Paul Burton wrote: > >> Hi Luke :) > > hii paul, nice to meet you > >> That all sounds very interesting! I would definitely be interested in >> getting involved & helping out, and I imagine others at Imagination >> may be too! > Indeed! >> Did you have anything concrete in mind that would be helpful at this >> stage, or are you more judging interest? > > bit of both. background: with 4 CPU cards coming out (ICubeCorp > IC1T, Allwinner A20, Allwinner A33 and Ingenic JZ4775) in the next few > months and an upcoming (first) crowdfunding campaign i simply won't > have time to get everything done myself, so i will kinda need some > help. That's an ambitious list of CPU cards.. > > so it's a "yes let people know the project exists, see who's out > there, who'd like some cool early hardware" and also a "these are the > things that need doing, who'd like to help" enquiry. Hello from me as well. :) > > and on that list, getting *a* kernel and OS installed is right at the > top! literally this will be a bare board, direct from the prototyping > company. then begins the task of working out if the hardware's good > by learning at the same time how to get an OS onto the card *at all* > :) > > so that's at the micro-level: at the larger level, to give some > perspective, the goal of the rhombus tech project is to create > desirable mass-volume affordable environmentally-conscious computing > appliances, and inviting software libre developers to be involved with > that process at every step of the way. > > it's quite an ambitious long-term project and the EOMA68 standard is a > key part of that, being designed to last at least a decade. Ambitious indeed. Hope it kicks off. ZubairLK