[linux-sunxi] Re: Announcing Fedora 19 ARM remix for Allwinner SOCs release 1, now with A20 support

[Hans de Goede]

Hi,

On 11/11/2013 09:44 PM, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 08:43:48PM +0000, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
>> On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 08:11:35PM +0100, Hans de Goede wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On 11/11/2013 07:56 PM, Roman Mamedov wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 10:01:05 -0800 (PST)
>>>> deasy <ledesillusionniste at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Mele A1000G support ? Sure ? It's with an A31 right ?
>>>>> As someone asked on the channel linux-sunxi for linux distro on a1000g(a31)
>>>>> and we have answered there is no distro for it.
>>>>
>>>> There was Mele A1000G with A10 and 1GB of RAM:
>>>> http://dx.com/p/mele-a1000g-android-4-0-google-tv-player-w-wi-fi-sd-1gb-ram-8gb-rom-vga-black-161823
>>>
>>> Right, that is what the A1000G support is for.
>>>
>>>> The A31 one is called "A1000G Quad".
>>>> http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Quad-Core-Mele-A1000G-Quad-Mini-PC-Android-4-1-TV-Box-Allwinner-ARM-CortexA7-2GB/715968_818962879.html
>>>
>>> And not for this one.
>>
>> Aren't those two the same thing?
>
> Obviously I see they're not the same.
>
> How hackable is the A31-based box?

AFAIK it is similar to other allwinner devices and it is reasonable hack-able,
(ie not locked down, most source code available in the form of android kernels)
but no one really is working on it. AFAIK there is some rudimentary support
in the upstream kernel. Assuming this soc uses the same ip-blocks for mmc and
network as the A10 / A20 it could be that support for it will get better as those
get better support upstream.

Regards,

Hans