To make clear what Allwinner did to U-Boot I started a Git repository forked from mainline.

See https://github.com/longsleep/u-boot-pine64 

Branch pine64-hacks has applied the BSP changes on top of mainline 2014.07 tag and contains various required backports and fixes for Pine64 on top.

Disk image test releases for Pine64

I publish disk images which combine U-Boot, Kernel with a minimal initrd as base image for Linux distributions and for testing. **These images are for developers** and  are build with my set of Pine64 image building tools from here.

Download images: https://www.stdin.xyz/downloads/people/l...64-images/

Boot log for comparison: https://www.stdin.xyz/downloads/people/l...OOTLOG.txt

Release history:

**20160207-1**
- Initial public release with patched mainline Kernel

**20160221-3**
- Linux Kernel 3.10 based on BSP (see here)
- HDMI support
- MMC support
- USB support
- Ethernet support (with hack to force 100M)
- Wifi suport
- Enabled various Kernel settings for distribution and software support

**20160221-4**
- Updated initrd so it can boot /sbin/init on the second partition if found and executable

**20160227-1**
- Linux Kernel 3.10 based on BSP 1.2 (see here)
- ATF was cleaned up and Kernel is now entered in EL2 (see here)
- Device tree was updated to reflect changes in BSP 1.2 based Android builds
- Ethernet 1000M works
- Virtualization works (see KVM)

**20160304-1**
- Linux Kernel 3.10 security fixes CVE-2013-7446, CVE-2015-8543, CVE-2016-0728 backported (thanks to @janjwerner)
- Linux Kernel now has a tag (3.10.65-2-pine64)
- Added NFS support to Kernel
- Enabled GPIO via sysfs
- Enabled tun, loop and nbd devices
- Device tree was updated to improve thermal throttling situation
- Device tree was updated to get better 1000M Ethernet speeds and compatibility

**20160306-1**
- U-Boot now supports booti arm64 booting (enabled by default)
- Updated U-Boot defaults to boot with booti + Kernel Image and initrd (deprecating Android boot)
- Changed default locations of Kernel and Initrd to match what latest Linux distributions expect
- U-Boot now has a tag (v2014.07-1-pine64)
- U-Boot now loads initrd.img in default environment
- U-Boot now supports additional bootargs in default environment
- U-Boot now passes ethernet mac address to Kernel if found in environment

**20160311-1**
- Additional CPU frequencies were added to device tree

**20160319-1**
- Added Pine64 model detection. Will now boot with different device trees for Pine64 / Pine64 plus by default
- U-Boot updated to v2014.07-3-pine64
- Kernel and device trees updated to 3.10.65-3-pine64

**20160403-2**
- Kernel updated to 3.10.65-4-pine64

**20160423-1**
- U-Boot updated to  v2014.07-4-pine64
- U-Boot built-in default environment now supports boot.scr from first mmc partition
- Enable UART2, UART3, UART4 (Thanks to Martin Ayotte)
- Kernel updated to 3.10.65-7-pine64

**20160618-1**
- U-Boot updated to v2014.07-6-pine64
- Kernel updated to 3.10.102-0-pine64
- ATF updated to 1.0-0-pine64
- U-Boot and ATF are now compiled with gcc 5.3
- Initrd has been updated

**20170311-1**
- U-Boot updated to v2014.07-7-pine64
- Kernel updated to 3.10.105-0-pine64
- Initrd has been updated
- U-Boot now exposes sunxi_flash as USB mass storage device (via sunxi_ums cmd, thanks to Kamil Trzcinski)
- U-Boot now detects Pinebook based based on the boot disk (emmc, thanks to Kamil Trzcinski)
- U-Boot now exposes the boot key status as boot_key variable (thanks to Kamil Trzcinski)

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Hello,

Last night I was testing Android out on the Pine64 1GB of RAM model,
and it was working alright. I think there might be a few things to tweak.
I was having a bit of problems with trying to get a headset to work with the 3.5MM jack.
But that's something to try for tomorrow.
I was playing The Social Network, and The Internet's Own Boy at 1080p Native, and did not have to much hiccups.
When the mouse was being moved around I notice the video would get out of sync with the audio until you stopped.
So not a big deal but something to note, and for me to play around more with.

We have a 4K TV here so I think we'll test that out tomorrow too.
To see how well the image holds up ect. 
Any suggestions on the 4K Movies / TV Shows to try?
Also before I go; I will be looking into Debian, and Fedora in the next couple days.

Take care,
~ B

I just ordered a +. 

When, where  and how can I get an SD card with the correct version of Ubuntu?

I saw a way to order one for Android, but not Ubuntu.

Thanks for your help.

Please tell me this isn't yet ANOTHER potentially brilliant ARM board that has been horribly disabled by the incredible short sightedness of it's developers in not including some kind of fast storage.

SD cards make absolutely awful hard drives, no matter how fast they are rated. And USB 2.0 is also an incredibly slow method for accessing hard drives of any sort.

So you end up with a fantastic processor with great potential but a horrible user experience because the fast processor is hobbled by stupidly slow storage.

I just don't understand why board developers keep doing this over and over and over again??

Please check out link below on steps to create a Android bootable micro-SD card for Pine A64 board.

 http://wiki.pine64.org/index.php/PhoenixCard

The latest Android image can be download at,

 http://wiki.pine64.org/index.php/Main_Pa...e_Download


Regards.

Below is the list of Peripheral and devices along with Pine A64 board.

http://wiki.pine64.org/index.php/POT

Please check it out and feel free to comment on it.

Regards.

I would like to know as much as possible regarding hardware decoding on the Pine A64+

For example does it have Mpeg2 and H.265 hardware decoding ??

Hi there.

If the pine 64 is compatible with android, will it be with android tv? Is there extra steps to make an android tv system image?

Thanks!

Hey guys,

My questions is about Camera Serial Interface (CSI) and Display Serial Interface (DSI).

1. Will the Camera and Display from others SCB be compatible with Pine64+?
2. Will the Camera and Display from Pine64+ be compatible with others SCB?





Thanks

Are there any supported module for GPS and 4G LTE ?