Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 10:27:15 +0200 From: Jakob Alvermark <jakob@alvermark.net> To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net>, Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> Cc: "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" <arm@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: De-orbit Allwinner A10/A20/A31 for 12.0 Message-ID: <f0d671dc-daad-3d2f-5761-e06b5508a90e@alvermark.net> In-Reply-To: <201806200451.w5K4peq1072812@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> References: <201806200451.w5K4peq1072812@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net>
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On 06/20/18 06:51, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: >> So now that Kyle has volunteered to look after A20, I'd like to >> continue this thread: >> >> On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 10:32:48PM +0200, Emmanuel Vadot wrote: >>> I want to remove A31 support for FreeBSD 12: >>> - My A31 board (BananapiM1) just died today after a long time of being >>> my arm32 reference board. >> Is someone willing to pick up A31, or should we still phase it out? >> >>> - I don't want the code to stay like the old 32 bits rockchip or >>> amlogic code that can't even boot nowadays. >> I think this would be a good time to drop support for things that have >> gotten into this state. Do you have a complete list? Does anyone else >> have any objections? >> >> fwiw, I've updated the wiki to note that A20 will continue to be >> supported, and A10 probably will be. > Kyle Evans who stepped up to do the A20 has agreed to take on > the A10 if I get him an appropriate board. We (Kyle and I) have > come to the decision that this should be a CubieBoard 1. I > am presently hunting the back dark corners for one, they are > avaliable on ebay here and there for not too much money still > as well. Maybe this could be an alternative? https://www.olimex.com/Products/OLinuXino/A10/A10-OLinuXino-LIME-n4GB/open-source-hardware From their FAQ: How long this board will be available? This board will be available forever Jakob
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