Re: armel qualification for Wheezy
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 04:39:04PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> Then again, the imx53s are not as stable as I had hoped. Of the 9 I
> set up, 1 is just about dead and another is dying. They're also really
> unhappy with the pl2303 USB serial adapters I've got, which is a PITA.
Yes pl2303's are just crap. If possible find a FTDI based serial adapter.
Unfortunately most that are easy to find use the crappy pl2303 chip.
> They're in a bigger version of the mini-rack kit that the armhf
> machines live in; this was the inspiration for that setup. I didn't
> get a photo before I installed them, unfortunately. Imagine a
> double-height (i.e. 6U) version of what's in the photo at
> http://blog.einval.com/2011/09/05#armhf_buildds. It wouldn't be hard
> to set up something similar again, but almost definitely not worth it
> for just a single board.
>
> The new imx6 boards look like they might be helpful, but again they're
> designed as dev boards and I'm not sure of the exact specs for what we
> might be able to get hold of. Highbank is where I want to go, and I'm
> hoping to talk to some Calxeda folks next week in HK so I can pester
> them again for hardware... :-)
Do they have imx6 dev boards now?
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Len Sorensen
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