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It claims to run on mainline Linux but mainline Linux does not yet support CPUFreq, hardware crypto, HDMI, nor the GPU for the Allwinner H5. http://linux-sunxi

by madez 9y ago

It claims to run on mainline Linux but mainline Linux does not yet support CPUFreq, hardware crypto, HDMI, nor the GPU for the Allwinner H5. http://linux-sunxi.org/Linux_mainlining_effort http://linux-sunxi.org/Linux_mainlining_effort

beagle3 9y ago
It says "based on mainline linux", not "running on mainline linux". They probably have non-upstreamed patches.
- wryun 9y ago
  But by that definition, what linux isn't 'based on mainline linux'? Unless they're offering some guarantee that they'll keep their patches up-to-date...
  - beagle3 9y ago
    There some boards out there still running on 2.6.x series, and many running 3.0 - those would not qualify as “mainline linux״ at this time. Some boards can boot a kernel.org kernel without patches; those run “mainline Linux”, not something “based” on it.
    - madez 9y ago
      Do you know of any board that can run mainline Linux with support for all components?
      - subway 9y ago
        The closest you're likely gonna get is an i.MX6 based board.
- jononor 9y ago
  Everything is based on mainline Linux so that's a rather empty statement. Question is how far away is it, and what is the track record for getting changes upstream.
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