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> the Odroid HC2 could also - still - be considered Even don't think about it - shitty support from vendor. They don't care about updates in general.

steevdave 7y ago
Are you sure? I've worked with a myriad of ARM devices, and I would say that despite their small size, Hardkernel are one of the most responsive companies when I have had issues. I say that as both a Gentoo and Kali ARM dev
- paulcarroty 7y ago
  I'm sure, just check available OS images for their old boards.
  - squarefoot 7y ago
    Hardware vendors hardly are the best sources for OS images, except maybe for very new boards. When I shop for a board I always look if it is supported by community driven projects such as Armbian, DietPI or even plain Debian. Take a look here if your board is supported. https://www.armbian.com/download/ https://www.armbian.com/download/ https://dietpi.com/#download https://dietpi.com/#download
- pizzazzaro 7y ago
  Im excited to look at the wifi on the RP4! Any word on the chipset used for that? On a more personal note - thank you for your service. You got any advice for pulling the aircrack_ng/rtl8812au driver from github and making it into a patch for building in-kernel? I really like having signed-module verification, but I also really want this driver.
  - jack12 7y ago
    The credits at the end of the post thank folks who worked on the CYW43455 integration, which matchs up with the raspberry expectation of being a (former) Broadcom part.
pizza234 7y ago
They do update their repositories for officially supported SBCs. Of couse, such SBCs have an expiry date (which is also official), but this applies to any vendor, not only to them. Additionally, they're one of the most engaging companies when it comes to community - just check their forums and see for yourself.
- pizzazzaro 7y ago
  Anybody done some "diff - u [vanilla] [vendor] > patch" work for these SBCs to fork their kernel? Maybe keep it up to mainline?
  - pizza234 7y ago
    I've performed a `git cherry -v` out of curiosity a month ago, and there were a few dozen commits (even reverts!). While I think pretty much any programmer could reapply them, my guess is that in the long term, one needs to know how device drivers development works, in order to adapt to the kernel changes. But I'm not a kernel dev, so the maintenance could be easier.
ekianjo 7y ago
Not from hardkernel. They have decent support.

steevdave 7y ago

Are you sure? I've worked with a myriad of ARM devices, and I would say that despite their small size, Hardkernel are one of the most responsive companies when I have had issues. I say that as both a Gentoo and Kali ARM dev

paulcarroty 7y ago
I'm sure, just check available OS images for their old boards.
- squarefoot 7y ago
  Hardware vendors hardly are the best sources for OS images, except maybe for very new boards. When I shop for a board I always look if it is supported by community driven projects such as Armbian, DietPI or even plain Debian. Take a look here if your board is supported. https://www.armbian.com/download/ https://www.armbian.com/download/ https://dietpi.com/#download https://dietpi.com/#download
pizzazzaro 7y ago
Im excited to look at the wifi on the RP4! Any word on the chipset used for that? On a more personal note - thank you for your service. You got any advice for pulling the aircrack_ng/rtl8812au driver from github and making it into a patch for building in-kernel? I really like having signed-module verification, but I also really want this driver.
- jack12 7y ago
  The credits at the end of the post thank folks who worked on the CYW43455 integration, which matchs up with the raspberry expectation of being a (former) Broadcom part.

pizza234 7y ago

They do update their repositories for officially supported SBCs. Of couse, such SBCs have an expiry date (which is also official), but this applies to any vendor, not only to them. Additionally, they're one of the most engaging companies when it comes to community - just check their forums and see for yourself.

pizzazzaro 7y ago
Anybody done some "diff - u [vanilla] [vendor] > patch" work for these SBCs to fork their kernel? Maybe keep it up to mainline?
- pizza234 7y ago
  I've performed a `git cherry -v` out of curiosity a month ago, and there were a few dozen commits (even reverts!). While I think pretty much any programmer could reapply them, my guess is that in the long term, one needs to know how device drivers development works, in order to adapt to the kernel changes. But I'm not a kernel dev, so the maintenance could be easier.

ekianjo 7y ago

Not from hardkernel. They have decent support.