DHL sent me a TXT to my mobile that a delivery from SYABAS TECHNOLO is to be expected Thursday. and that I will have to sign and pay. But not how much and, honestly, I will be working. The question is... will it be the Pinebook? If so, I hope I can divert that into the office....

Hello all,
Rockpro64 has MidGard Mali-T860, Graphics Card,
It has support at least for OpenCl 1.2 FULL_PROFILE( I don't know about OpenCL2.0?! )

For those wanting to try it, in Lua,
There are a project mooncl( which are the Lua Bindings for the Official Khronos OpenCL™ API , by stetre )

It supports Lua >= 5.3 and OpenCL >= 1.2, ... so Rockpro64 is there too!!

You will need:

1. The last stable release of  ARM OpenCLComputeLibrary
   as root(Compile it for example during the night...it will take hours..)
   
   
2. After compile it,
   Check if ARM opencl icd is ok:
   
   Code:

   cat /etc/OpenCL/vendors/mali.icd
libMaliOpenCL.so
   
   
3. Run a test, on ARM OpenCLCompute Library:
   
   Code:

   cd /opt/ComputeLibrary && LD_LIBRARY_PATH=build/ ./build/examples/cl_convolution
(...)
Test passed
   
   
4. The mooncl Bindings for the Official Khronos OpenCL™ API
   as normal user ( ie: rock64 )
   
   Code:

   cd /home/rock64/Desktop && git clone https://github.com/stetre/mooncl.git && cd mooncl
make
sudo make install
   
   It installed the shared library and headers in /usr/local( has expected )
   
   
5. 1st test :
   
   Code:

   lua examples/platforminfo.lua

   Found 1 platform.
  
   platform no. 1:
   - name: ARM Platform
   - vendor: ARM
   - version: OpenCL 1.2 v1.r14p0-01rel0-git(966ed26).f44c85cb3d2ceb87e8be88e7592755c3
   - profile: FULL_PROFILE
   - extensions: 
      cl_khr_global_int32_base_atomics
      cl_khr_global_int32_extended_atomics
      cl_khr_local_int32_base_atomics
      cl_khr_local_int32_extended_atomics
      cl_khr_byte_addressable_store
      cl_khr_3d_image_writes
      cl_khr_fp64
      cl_khr_int64_base_atomics
      cl_khr_int64_extended_atomics
      cl_khr_fp16
      cl_khr_gl_sharing
      cl_khr_icd
      cl_khr_egl_event
      cl_khr_egl_image
      cl_khr_image2d_from_buffer
      cl_arm_core_id
      cl_arm_printf
      cl_arm_thread_limit_hint
      cl_arm_non_uniform_work_group_size
      cl_arm_import_memory
   - devices: 
      1: Mali-T860 (OpenCL 1.2 v1.r14p0-01rel0-git(966ed26).f44c85cb3d2ceb87e8be88e7592755c3 - FULL_PROFILE)
   Mali-T860 is detected and in OpenCL 1.2 FULL_PROFILE!!! 
   
   
6. 2nd test( sum 20 + 30 in OpenCl):
   
   Code:

   lua examples/hello.lua
20 + 30 = 50
   Nice!!
   

Hello all,

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Howdy, people of the Pine64 Forums!

I'm having a problem with the RTL8188eu wifi adapter sold on Pine64's site. www.pine64.org/?product=usb-wifi-802-11bgn-rtl8188eu-for-rock64

I am getting 50 kb a second with it. I'm using Armbian based on Ubuntu 16.04 with the Mate desktop but I've tried Ubuntu 16.04/18.04/LXDE and both Armbian based on Debian and based on Ubuntu 18.04.

I'm now using another wifi adapter that works for between 800 kb and 1.5 mb a second but I want to use the official Pine64 wifi adapter.

Thanks to anyone who can help me. 

Do you guys had any success installing Arch Linux ARM on Rockpro64? Ayufan's debian is working fine for me but for Arch Linux ARM, it didn't even boot the OS.
I followed installation instructions on this page, but hadn't got any luck.

Hello,
I ordered a 11.6” pinebook on September 6, order #73075. I have not received a shipping number. Wondering what’s happening with my order, thanks.

I recently contacted c4labs (https://www.c4labs.com/) to see how much a case for a ClusterBoard fully populated with SOPINE modules and cooling fans would cost. The development costs were very high but they were willing to try a crowd-sourced route.

They are willing to build one if they get 100 orders before 25th January 2018 or they will refund orders. The case will cost $64.99.

The link is:

hxxps://www.c4labs.com/product/presale-pine64-cluster-case-pine64-clusterboard-with-7-sopine-compute-module-slots/

You should c&p the link and replace "xx" with "tt" because they have an issue with their website whereby externally redirected links (as opposed to direct links) end up being sent to a fake advertising site (they are aware of this and trying to fix it but they are case manufacturers not web developers…). Alternatively the link is also straight off their front page as "PINE64 Cluster Case PRESALE" which is also safe.

Note: I did ask PINE64 for permission to post, I am not affiliated with c4labs, I just wanted a custom case for my ClusterBoard and was shopping around as I don't have the skills to make one myself. I am interested in other ClusterBoard cases which take care of optimal airflow for the fully-populated board.

Arrigo

(@cynicalsecurity on Twitter)

I've been looking at the Wiki and through the threads here and have a couple of questions on the ClusterBoard I have just received:

1) the eMMC slot maps to the SOPINE module in slot 0, correct? The other slots cannot be connected to the eMMC?

2) where does one connect the serial console for the SOPINE modules? I bought the serial console "PINE64 USB SERIAL CONSOLE/PROGRAMMER" but where should I connect it to access the consoles of the SOPINEs?

3) reading the threads it seems that heat is an issue: I bought my three SOPINE modules without heatsinks - is the ROCK64 / PINE A64 / PINE H64 Heatsink OK for the SOPINE?

4) are there pins on the ClusterBoard where one can connect fans (see 3 above)? Should they be powered independently or is there somewhere to pick up a 5V supply off the main PSU?

I plan to run my ClusterBoard as the "CPU cluster" off a Rock64Pro NAS providing disk space so thermal issues are important for me.

Thanks,

Arrigo

(@cynicalsecurity on Twitter)

Hi everybody,

I just tried my new rockpro64 4GB board and I installed the 30mm tall heatsink to see how it performs (no fan).

After about 5-10 minutes of stress test using sbc-bench.sh -T 80 I found it to reach 75 °C.
At idle it is sitting at about 43 °C (still passively cooling 15 minutes after the end of the stress test)

The heatsink was installed using some NOCTUA NH-H1 thermal compound I had laying around (I didn't use the thermal pad since I thought that heat transfer would be more effective using standard CPU thermal compound). A very thin layer of thermal paste was applied on all the middle ("raised") surface of the chip.

Do these temps look normal to you? I just did a basic Debian 0.7.9 SD card install.

Thanks 

Which flavor of Linux comes preinstalled on the Pinebook?