From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 29 08:18:25 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5C46F569 for ; Thu, 29 Jan 2015 08:18:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ie0-f177.google.com (mail-ie0-f177.google.com [209.85.223.177]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1F535199 for ; Thu, 29 Jan 2015 08:18:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ie0-f177.google.com with SMTP id vy18so30658905iec.8 for ; Thu, 29 Jan 2015 00:18:24 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=awXFMSZLtjvB8uP+rLfmTX6AUtihxFqiT8585iJSY9s=; b=iUcAdtnN3CZmPvE9q6NIBtNOKrHG0Cnxx31hFeEHrL8HTOxDMkIKDNoTFAUIl4lo23 pEbRQm+Gr5OghuIcw2Tk1z7OwdmY1msWoZaAWlbuRUWSK5WQUlVCjwUp4oMNfQipHXJd Fba2CbugWPnd90fWGyoeI0ffe5cntbGismhLnRJzqu7spGdkBy6wa7DnTGlM4LyX9f8u Aw3AmoWwj7xhwzg/M+xw0AvVSOeEw/xpppLLUC9X/NBpA2qnl/sCPju3DQ0R5VXpAXbe tvjGXDxDBAtW65vW161Zc1sqZueL2bBlBvBLOofJlBfUxGGgvH/yyWsKNNVnWfqUsRho dpeg== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnMe67F18OpYe7g1X3NaRkoX8jc5qIAacHjQT7gsyCP2FehFooxC3sXkddoBme3HRJD5tUZMHJSJOmxGvYUw7ou6XCq7wXMoou3/8FE1knmOJQBtE9ee3mTzX8+HWYK1XSIpiR5 X-Received: by 10.50.142.99 with SMTP id rv3mr908601igb.11.1422519503954; Thu, 29 Jan 2015 00:18:23 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.43.5.136 with HTTP; Thu, 29 Jan 2015 00:18:08 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20150129023314.GH73589@cicely7.cicely.de> References: <20150128183231.GI58886@cicely7.cicely.de> <1422473251.15718.70.camel@freebsd.org> <20150128201440.GA73589@cicely7.cicely.de> <1422490013.15718.79.camel@freebsd.org> <1422491760.15718.97.camel@freebsd.org> <20150129023314.GH73589@cicely7.cicely.de> From: "Lundberg, Johannes" Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 17:18:08 +0900 Message-ID: Subject: Re: System-On-Module To: ticso@cicely.de Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" , FreeBSD Current , Ian Lepore , "freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 08:18:25 -0000 Hi All Thanks again for all the replies. How is the support for A15 and how is Qualcomm to work with when it comes to porting? Thinking about this guy which is closer to what I want spec-wise.. http://www.variscite.com/products/system-on-module-som/cortex-a15-krait/var= -som-sd600-cpu-qualcomm-snapdragon600 -- Johannes Lundberg BRILLIANTSERVICE CO., LTD. On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 11:33 AM, Bernd Walter wrote: > On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 05:36:00PM -0700, Ian Lepore wrote: > > On Thu, 2015-01-29 at 09:12 +0900, Lundberg, Johannes wrote: > > > Ah now I see it has EDM connection. I didn't look carefully enough. > All the > > > images are with the expansion board attached.. > > > > > > Spec-wise and portability-wise it seems like a good option but my > hardware > > > guy keeps warning me about Freescale that they often have hardware > bugs and > > > rather than fixing the bugs they pretend they are not there.. In othe= r > > > words, Freescale is good for software developers because of open > > > documentation but not so for hardware manufactures. Any experiences > with > > > this? > > > > The imx6 manuals include an errata list, so it would be good to check > > that for anything specific that would matter to your projects. > > If you use a prebuild module then you don't get much in touch with > the freescale chip fropm the hardware side. > On the other hand, there are countless iMX6 boards out there with > schematics online. > My recently bought Novena even came with printed schematics and they > open sourced the HW design files as well. > I don't think there are hidden surprises on the hardware side. > > > For the devices we use in our products everything is good so far with > > the hardware. That's emmc, sdcard, ethernet, i2c, uarts, usb, and lots > > of gpio (inputs and outputs). The ethernet is gigabit but has a known > > limitation of 40MB/s due to the bus it's connected to in the chip. (Bu= t > > hey, it's documented so it's not a problem, right? :) > > > > You mentioned video, and we don't have that working on freebsd imx6 yet= , > > but there's not a ton of work to do. There's a framebuffer driver for > > imx5 and it has pretty much the same framebuffer hardware. Getting > > video output to a TTL LCD is probably just hours of work. Getting it t= o > > an LVDS LCD or HDMI probably needs days of work (entire drivers written= , > > potentially, I haven't looked into it). > > Sounds interesting for my Novena. > The one I already got are board only (with some FPGA breakout, ...). > They have HDMI though. > But I'm also awaiting for the one with case and LCD panel. > Not to forget that I have a fairy EDM carrier with LCD already. > That said I'v always wondered how much work is it to get the camera > interface running, since the Hummingboards can connect to the RPi > camera modules. > > > Some audio support was recently committed, but I don't know much about > > it yet. > > > > -- Ian > > > > > > -- > B.Walter http://www.bwct.de > Modbus/TCP Ethernet I/O Baugruppen, ARM basierte FreeBSD Rechner uvm. > --=20 =3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D= -=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D- =E7=A7=98=E5=AF=86=E4=BF=9D=E6=8C=81=E3=81=AB=E3=81=A4=E3=81=84=E3=81=A6=EF= =BC=9A=E3=81=93=E3=81=AE=E9=9B=BB=E5=AD=90=E3=83=A1=E3=83=BC=E3=83=AB=E3=81= =AF=E3=80=81=E5=90=8D=E5=AE=9B=E4=BA=BA=E3=81=AB=E9=80=81=E4=BF=A1=E3=81=97= =E3=81=9F=E3=82=82=E3=81=AE=E3=81=A7=E3=81=82=E3=82=8A=E3=80=81=E7=A7=98=E5= =8C=BF=E7=89=B9=E6=A8=A9=E3=81=AE=E5=AF=BE=E8=B1=A1=E3=81=A8=E3=81=AA=E3=82= =8B=E6=83=85=E5=A0=B1=E3=82=92=E5=90=AB=E3=82=93=E3=81=A7=E3=81=84=E3=81=BE= =E3=81=99=E3=80=82 =E3=82=82=E3=81=97=E3=80=81=E5=90=8D=E5=AE=9B=E4=BA=BA=E4=BB=A5=E5=A4=96=E3= =81=AE=E6=96=B9=E3=81=8C=E5=8F=97=E4=BF=A1=E3=81=95=E3=82=8C=E3=81=9F=E5=A0= =B4=E5=90=88=E3=80=81=E3=81=93=E3=81=AE=E3=83=A1=E3=83=BC=E3=83=AB=E3=81=AE= =E7=A0=B4=E6=A3=84=E3=80=81=E3=81=8A=E3=82=88=E3=81=B3=E3=81=93=E3=81=AE=E3= =83=A1=E3=83=BC=E3=83=AB=E3=81=AB=E9=96=A2=E3=81=99=E3=82=8B=E4=B8=80=E5=88= =87=E3=81=AE=E9=96=8B=E7=A4=BA=E3=80=81 =E8=A4=87=E5=86=99=E3=80=81=E9=85=8D=E5=B8=83=E3=80=81=E3=81=9D=E3=81=AE=E4= =BB=96=E3=81=AE=E5=88=A9=E7=94=A8=E3=80=81=E3=81=BE=E3=81=9F=E3=81=AF=E8=A8= =98=E8=BC=89=E5=86=85=E5=AE=B9=E3=81=AB=E5=9F=BA=E3=81=A5=E3=81=8F=E3=81=84= =E3=81=8B=E3=81=AA=E3=82=8B=E8=A1=8C=E5=8B=95=E3=82=82=E3=81=95=E3=82=8C=E3= =81=AA=E3=81=84=E3=82=88=E3=81=86=E3=81=8A=E9=A1=98=E3=81=84=E7=94=B3=E3=81= =97=E4=B8=8A=E3=81=92=E3=81=BE=E3=81=99=E3=80=82 --- CONFIDENTIALITY NOTE: The information in this email is confidential and intended solely for the addressee. 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