+++ Konstantinos Margaritis [2013-10-31 23:03 +0200]:
you forgot the most important component, the kernel! is the
SoC/platform supported in mainline kernel? I guess not, but is the
vendor provided kernel based off a newer one (like 3.8, 3.10, etc?) or
an ancient 3.0.x? The former obviously makes things easier but the
latter is not a show-stopper in the end. But if kernel is
The kernel is supported at sunxi.com. Mainlining is currently in
progress, and co-operation is reasonably good. You can already boot to a
serial port using a mainline kernel (A couple of months back - not sure
how much further things have got). There is still a pile of work to get
everything properly mailined. But there are a pile of Allwiner
A10/A20-based boards so this will help a lot of people.