06-27-2019, 09:43 PM
Some ARM systems do have management controllers such as that (mostly the server-oriented ones).
In the case of Pine64 boards though, there's not really anything like Intel ME or AMD's counterpart for it. The closest thing is the AR100 core in the A64 SoC, but all that it does is power management. Even that is only when you are running a system based on Allwinner's closed-source BSP. When running mainline Linux, it's sitting there doing nothing. It could theoretically be programmed to do anything you want, and there's even an open-source alternative to the BSP firmware for it.
As for the Rockchip based boards, I'm not aware of any management core inside those SoCs.
In the case of Pine64 boards though, there's not really anything like Intel ME or AMD's counterpart for it. The closest thing is the AR100 core in the A64 SoC, but all that it does is power management. Even that is only when you are running a system based on Allwinner's closed-source BSP. When running mainline Linux, it's sitting there doing nothing. It could theoretically be programmed to do anything you want, and there's even an open-source alternative to the BSP firmware for it.
As for the Rockchip based boards, I'm not aware of any management core inside those SoCs.
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