Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2015 23:02:42 -0700 From: Russell Haley <russ.haley@gmail.com> To: Tom Pusateri <pusateri@bangj.com>, freebsd-arm <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: IMX6 SOM and Cortex M RTOS Message-ID: <CABx9NuTRo_%2BohO-KFGeCYLe4CuukuG64qHuvYrzXdPcdpREyMQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <31913A2F-C1C5-4082-9E22-ECDE4467F6B9@bangj.com> References: <CABx9NuTV7G32seS1D%2BL7dXH9gO2oAnBdqk_=Jej7LYNOA7yU1g@mail.gmail.com> <31913A2F-C1C5-4082-9E22-ECDE4467F6B9@bangj.com>
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Thanks Tom, It was confusing because they seem to have an SBC called a Hummingbird i2ex, as well as a Hummingboard Pro i2ex that seem to have different specs? Anyway, I just picked up a dual core pro board (yay!). Thanks, Russ On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 5:49 AM, Tom Pusateri <pusateri@bangj.com> wrote: > >> On Jun 20, 2015, at 1:49 AM, Russell Haley <russ.haley@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hello again, >> >> I am looking to replace my IMX53 SOM with an IMX6. I saw on the wiki >> that the Wandboard and the Hummingbird SBC/CuBox are supported as well >> as a nebulous "others". Is there currently a preferred IMX6 SOM or one >> with better driver support? What about, say, Varsite, Digi or Phytec >> (which may have some level of support from other boards)? I am >> preferably looking for a IMX6 SBC based on a SOM that has eMMC as well >> as a microSD card and to which I can add a M.2 3G or 4g broadband >> modem (i.e. Sierra Wireless, Huaweii etc). > > FreeBSD just started creating images for the hummingboard/cubox-i devices= from solid-run.com > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/arm/armv6/ISO-IMAGES/11.0//Fr= eeBSD-11.0-CURRENT-arm-armv6-CUBOX-HUMMINGBOARD-20150618-r284544.img.xz > > The hummingboards have mPCIE options (half and full size). The hummingboa= rd 2 is just out and may not yet be supported. > > See http://www.solid-run.com/products/hummingboard/linux-sbc-specificatio= ns/ > > The Cubox-i is a great package but without any mPCIE options. > >> 2) Is there any advantage to using an Intel Atom or AMD (or Via >> anyone?)based SOM over an Arm based SOM? I can see that some of the >> higher end Atom processors have more performance but also use more >> power, however I am looking for possibilities like better driver or >> package support. The Advantech and ADI Engineering boards have caught >> my eye... > > > Undoubtedly, an intel platform is going to be hugely better for driver an= d package support. ARM will be a Tier 1 supported platform for FreeBSD with= 11.0 but that=E2=80=99s not released for another year. > > Tom
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