I'm posting this is Noobs since I am one to the Pine64 boards - although I've worked a bit with RaspPi. 

I'm curious about the usage and benefits of eMMC memory. My current task involves installing Android on a Pine64 512k board. This device will run a single app (voice to text), and my goal is to run this single app with as much performance as possible.

Questions:
- Can eMMC BE USED with the Pine64 512K - or is it only for the new MM boards?

- If so, I know eMMC is generally for storing video data with high speed. Can eMMC be used for...
  - The OS? (eg. as a replacement for the SDCard)?
  - As general data storage (eg. for app and app-database storage...but at a higher access speed)? 
  - As a replacement for RAM?

- Since one of the bennies of eMMC is the controller is integrated, and takes the load off the CPU. Would using it as OS or app data storage significantly improve the apps performance?

Thanks!

We will have a dinner gathering during FOSDEM 2018 at Brussels. This place same as last year and also having same location as Sunxi team.

Venue:
Amadeo Brussels
Sint-Katelijnestraat 26
1000 Brussels



http://amadeus-resto.be/en/amadeo-brussel/

If you plan to participate, please reply with person count so that we can book the reservation.

... TL Lim

I'm working many hours on terminal.
I need normal keyboard on pinebook. normal PgUp/Down, Home,End without any switch of function keys.
I need altgr for my Polish language chars
all functions keys (and esc for vi ;-) )
or meybe some other f13-f16 some for japanese chars " ' o

I need in new version scroller or torus analog switc for volume control. no only keys for example alt+30 decress right = 30% volume increase.
ctr+30 degres change brightes. etc. 

If i would like to play with tempes ;-) i can use it.

Keyboard and terminal mode is very important for programers, tex or other normal users. I learn unices from 30 yeasrs. Please give me back my normal keyboard.

Any chances of this will becoming Open source ?

｢carl9170.ko｣は、｢xenial-minimal-rock64-0.5.15-136-arm64.img.xz｣のどこにあるのですか?
もしくは、どうすれば、ビルドできるのでしょうか?
Google Translate : 
Where are "carl9170.ko" and "carl9170.fw" in "xenial-minimal-rock64-0.5.15-136-arm64.img.xz"?
Or, how can I build it?

I’m about to order my third SBC from Pine64, but at this point I really think as a repeat customer I should be able to get some sort of discount — even if it is free shipping.  So how about it?  Can I get the hoookup?  I’m not going to place an order without one.

Is there an archive of past community Rock64 Linux images?   Current releases of Ayufan seem to have incomplete audio support with no apparent way to direct audio output from the internal 3.5 mm headphone (A/V) jack.   There was a community SD card Linux image that I don't believe was Ayufan, that did support audio from the headphone jack dating back to the late October or November 2017 time frame.

Current Ayufan images do produce HDMI audio but nothing from the 3.5 mm A/V (headphone) jack.   I would appreciate any help with gaining access to back archives or help to configure audio on the headphone jack.

Thank you,

Bill, WA8WG

Hello,

I assume this is up-to-date: ROCK64_Schematic_v2.0_20170704.pdf

Is it true that the following "dedicated signals" could be re-purposed as regular IO as they only go the 40-pin header?

CLK32KOUT_M1
UART2_TX
UART2_RX


Also, why does SPI_CSN0_M2 appear on this header? It is dedicated as a chip select on SPI flash IC U1 (the GD25Q128CS).

Any use of this pin as either SPI or GPIO will cause U1 to drive the MISO pin (pin 21 on the 40 pin header).

Also, the graphic that shows the 40-pin header (ROCK64_Pi-2 _and_Pi_P5+_Bus.pdf) states the the SDMMC0_xxxx pins can be used as GPIO as long as no MicroSD is used.

How do these pins operate during boot? If they are intended to be used as GPIO by an application, the boot process may inadvertently cause a daughterboard to react because the application hasn't booted yet.

Any guidance would be appreciated.

Hello?

I found how to compile compile pine64 android 5.1.1 from https://gitlab.com/pine64-android/manifest/wikis/home.

I modified some parameters (LPDDR3 define from uboot) and I made sun50iw1p1_android_Baomi-db1000_uart0.img and write to sdcard using Phoenix program(Start Up Option).

Then finally confirmed the boot screen.

But Strangely, system.img was not mounted.

console output is

  30.041548] fs_mgr: __mount(source=/dev/block/by-name/system,target=/system,type=ext4)=-1
[   30.050642] fs_mgr: Failed to mount an un-encryptable or wiped partition on/dev/block/by-name/system at /system options: (null) error: No such file or directory
[   49.727478] fs_mgr: check_fs(): mount(/dev/block/by-name/cache,/cache,ext4)=-1
[   49.735547] fs_mgr: begin to format ext4 buffer : /dev/block/mmcblk0p10[   49.743178] fs_mgr: Not running /system/bin/e2fsck on /dev/block/by-name/cache (executable not in system


And Kernel Parameters
[    0.000000] Kernel command line: enforcing=1 earlyprintk=sunxi-uart,0x01c28000 initcall_debug=0 console=ttyS0,115200 loglevel=8 root=/dev/mmcblk0p7 init=/init partitions=bootloader@mmcblk0p2:env@mmcblk0p5:boot@mmcblk0p6ystem@mmcblk0p7:misc@mmcblk0p8:recovery@mmcblk0p9:cache@mmcblk0p10:metadata@mmcblk0p11:private@mmcblk0p12:alog@mmcblk0p13:UDISK@mmcblk0p1 cma=384M androidboot.selinux=permissive androidboot.serialno=74005034440c080b038e androidboot.hardware=sun50iw1p1

And I found problem log from kernel message.
As Image from offical site "http://files.pine64.org/os/SOPINE/android/android-ver5.1.1-20160630-sopine-8GB.img.gz", 
Linux Kernel found "mmcblk0".
Log is 
==========================================
9.929729] mmc0: new high speed SDHC card at address 59b4
9.930831] mmcblk0: mmc0:59b4 USD00 29.5 GiB
==========================================
But compiled linux kernel can not found SDHC card.

I tried 8GB SDHC Card but it same.
What do I modify bootloader config or kernel ??
How do I fix this problem?

SD Card Init Log is below from kernel and no detect SDHC card 
=======================================
[    8.730445] sunxi-mmc 1c0f000.sdmmc: SD/MMC/SDIO Host Controller Driver(v0.20 2015-7-13 16:28) Compiled in Jan  3 2018 at 09:36:58
[    8.743342] sunxi-mmc 1c0f000.sdmmc: regulator prop vmmc,str none
[    8.750009] sunxi-mmc 1c0f000.sdmmc: regulator prop vqmmc,str none
[    8.756760] sunxi-mmc 1c0f000.sdmmc: regulator prop vdmmc,str vcc-sdc
[    8.763920] sunxi-mmc 1c0f000.sdmmc: No vmmc regulator found
[    8.770110] sunxi-mmc 1c0f000.sdmmc: No vqmmc regulator found
[    8.776929] sunxi-mmc 1c0f000.sdmmc: Got CD GPIO #166.
[    8.782910] sunxi-mmc 1c0f000.sdmmc: sdc set ios: clk 0Hz bm PP pm UP vdd 21 width 1 timing LEGACY(SDR12) dt B
[    8.793861] sunxi-mmc 1c0f000.sdmmc: no vqmmc,Check if there is regulator
[    8.816982] sunxi-mmc 1c0f000.sdmmc: sdc set ios: clk 400000Hz bm PP pm ON vdd 21 width 1 timing LEGACY(SDR12) dt B
[    8.846524] sunxi-mmc 1c0f000.sdmmc: base:0xffffff80000ba000 irq:92
[    8.853803] sunxi-mmc 1c10000.sdmmc: SD/MMC/SDIO Host Controller Driver(v0.20 2015-7-13 16:28) Compiled in Jan  3 2018 at 09:36:58
[    8.866672] sunxi-mmc 1c10000.sdmmc: Can't get vmmc regulator string
[    8.873611] sunxi-mmc 1c10000.sdmmc: Can't get vqmmc regulator string
[    8.880656] sunxi-mmc 1c10000.sdmmc: Can't get vdmmc regulator string
[    8.887695] get() with no identifier
[    8.891594] get() with no identifier
[    8.895491] get() with no identifier

私は、WL300NU-GというWifiデバイスをROCK64に接続しました。
しかし、ifconfigを見てもデバイスが表示されませんでした。
どうすればよいのですか?
ちなみに、使用イメージは、
xenial-minimal-rock64-0.5.15-136-arm64.img.xz
です。

Google Translate : 
I connected a Wifi device called WL 300 NU - G to ROCK 64.
However, when you look at ifconfig, the device was not displayed.
What should I do?
By the way,
xenial-minimal-rock64-0.5.15-136-arm64.img.xz