01-05-2016, 04:05 PM
(01-05-2016, 02:35 PM)o9guy Wrote: To make this product work more with linux in a meaningful way, Allwinner needs to cooperate with the community and share some vital information. Until they do, this board will ONLY be useful under Android. In some ways, I don't think the product oragnizers fully realized the state of linux on these chips or they never would have litsted linux as an option. While it will run linux, the lack of a current linux kernel coupled with nonexistent video acceleration will be a deal-breaker.
The situation is not so bad. You can still use the board for IoT projects. Video acceleration is a problem with ARM Holdings that make the GPU.
Most other boards have closed-source GPU drivers, either the Mali GPU or the PowerVR GPU.