IRC log for #arm-netbook on 20120531

00:06.19penguin42that's not bad money at all for an A9 and 1GB of RAM
00:33.08Turlsteev: adb root first
00:36.23penguin42http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/30/zte-athena-teased/  talk of an A15 phone - would be interesting
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00:49.26A0Shedspenguin42, it would be nice to have A15 soc's available
00:51.25penguin42yeh
00:56.17A0Shedshttp://www.stericsson.com/products/L9540-novathor.jsp  ARM® dual Cortex™- A9 processor clocked at up to 1.85Ghz  OWERVR™ SGX544 GPU
00:56.57A0Shedsthe 9600 by ST is a dual/quad a15, but not data sheets yet
00:58.16A0Shedshttp://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/minisite/Exynos/products5dual.html
00:58.57A0ShedsA-15 Dual Core mobile CPU, presented by Samsung Semiconductor. the 1.7/2GHz
00:59.21A0Shedshttp://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/file/product/Exynos_5_Dual-1.pdf
00:59.43A0Shedswith Mali
01:00.37A0Shedshttp://www.tomshardware.com/news/samsung-cortex-a15-soc-cpu-processor,15485.html  now for samples
01:00.53A0Shedswho knows how long
01:06.05A0Shedshttp://www.phonearena.com/news/ARM-announces-quad-core-Cortex-A15-chips_id29203
01:06.48penguin42right, time for bed
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06:41.45hipboihno: ping
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06:49.55hnomorning
06:52.37hnohipboi: pong
06:52.50hipboiabout the dram size in u-boot
06:53.08hipboiis there a better way to solve the problem?
06:53.13hnoyes
06:53.26hnobetter than what?
06:53.52hnobetter than probing?
06:53.58hipboibetter than try different paras to init the dram controller
06:55.10hipboilike try io width 16 to init dram, if failed try io width 32 to init dram
06:55.29hnofor sun4i trying the different known configurations might work, but to support sun5i more peremeters will be needed to tune i think.
06:55.45rell01hi
06:56.17rell01hipboi: thanks for your answer, hoping to find a way to get my mele ;-)
06:57.08hipboirell01: the one to German?
06:57.13rell01yep
06:58.20hnohipboi: i think i would prefer a configuration header similar to what is done for boot0. but if you think probing will work reliably then thats obviously easier to users.
06:59.14hipboiso put the config in the sun4.h?
06:59.38hnois the dram parameters also in script.bin? because if they are then a tool can be made to shadow them from there to the boot image.
07:00.02hipboiyes, dram paras are in script.bin
07:01.04hnois a13 using the same dram controller with only different settings?
07:01.19hipboia13 uses the same dram controller
07:01.22hipboii think
07:01.28hipboilet me confirm
07:02.33hipboiyes
07:02.45hipboia13 and a10 are the same dram controller
07:03.16hipboino software change needed
07:04.56hnoif you can add a couple of different dram setting to the header then me and mnemoc can work on making it easy. if you could crossreference them (comments) with system.bin parameters then even better
07:05.32hipboisystem.fex is commented
07:06.02hipboiok, i see
07:06.50hnoi meant how the parameters in the header relates to system.fex parameters, if not obvious (have not looked very closely at this yet)
07:07.08hipboiyes, i understand
07:10.15hipboibtw, can you add me to your github uboot-allwinner?
07:10.34hipboii can receive emails of issues
07:13.21hnoofcourse.
07:17.10hipboithanks
07:20.10hnodone
07:21.21hnohopefully there won't be much issues reported.
07:21.57hipboiyes
07:22.13hipboiany plan upstreaming?
07:26.51hnoyes there is thoughts on that.
07:27.25hnohowever,  but usb & nand code lacks a usable license and most users need at least nand support.
07:27.39hipboiyes
07:27.49hipboithe nand is a problem
07:28.23hipboilicense is not a problem
07:28.29hno"All rights reseved" as license do not quite work out..
07:29.19hipboiok
07:29.23hnoi being an outsider can not change the license text. only cpyright owner can.
07:29.33hipboilet me check the files
07:29.40hipboiand ask them to change
07:30.19hnosame problem for kernel as you probably are aware of already.
07:30.32hipboiyes
07:31.52mnemocZaEarl: ping
07:32.08mnemocmoin hipboi, hno
07:32.12ZaEarlmnemoc, hi
07:32.22mnemocZaEarl: can I /q you?
07:32.25ZaEarlsure
07:32.52hipboimy manager went to Linaro Connect this week
07:33.01ZaEarlI so wanted to go to that.
07:33.19hipboiArnd Bergmann from linaro told him
07:33.36hipboithat our kernel source do not follow linux stardard
07:33.42hipboi: )
07:33.59hnohipboi, usb code seems to build fine in current uboot, but need to add standard uboot interface to the code so uboot can use it proper.
07:34.16lkclhipboi: surpriiise! :)
07:34.17hnothe fastboot code is very hardwired
07:34.32hipboilkcl: me, too
07:35.41hipboihno: i think we can abandon the fastboot code
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07:36.36mnemochipboi: there are 1651 files in the patch saying "all right reserved"... which is totally against the linux license :p
07:39.07hipboimnemoc: so can "I" change it or i have to ask the owner of every file to change it
07:40.46mnemochipboi: if you can make a commit using your @allwinnertech account correcting all copyright headers to comply with the GPL it would be more than awesome
07:41.42hipboimnemoc: i see
07:42.14mnemoccan you? :)
07:43.17mnemoccopyright remains on allwinner, but the "licensing" needs to be explicit
07:43.56hipboimnemoc: yes, i can
07:44.14hipboibut i need to ask for permission
07:44.47mnemoc\o/
07:45.13hipboiafter my manager back from Hongkong, i think he will realise license matters
07:46.15mnemocin the same way you honor the license of ARM and your other IP partners, you have to honor the licenses of the open source code you enrich from
07:46.23mnemoc(you == allwinner)
07:47.52lkclhipboi: yes it does!  "all rights reserved" means quite literally "everyone including end-users must ask before doing *ANYTHING*!" even "lend it to their mum", or "watch a video"
07:48.19hipboilkcl: ...
07:48.36lkclthat's like... tens of millions of people all using their product illegally because they're not deluging allwinner with millions of emails :)
07:49.09lkclwhich is crazy
07:50.19mnemochipboi: it's a naive mistake (legal bug) which needs to be... corrected
07:52.13mnemoclkcl: don't scare him! we need Tom alive :)
07:52.44hipboimnemoc: )
07:53.10mnemoclkcl: but you are entitled to ask "your associates" to dissuade Allwinner's market and legal depts :p
07:54.36mnemochipboi: http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Enforcing-the-GPL-Kernel-hackers-join-the-fight-1586483.html <--- relevant, from yesterday
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07:59.37Tsvetanhi
07:59.41mnemocwb Tsvetan
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08:16.13mnemocI talk and everyone goes away... :(
08:17.06lundmanmaybe it's your accent
08:19.01mnemocor my breath
08:19.56lundmancurse this 21st century 4D irc network
08:36.55hipboiBrogrammer, i just heard it today
08:40.00mnemochipboi: refered to you?
08:40.08hipboino...
08:40.17hipboijust wondering if you guys are
08:40.44mnemocdoesn't even emit sounds to greet
08:41.09mnemocjust a movement of the head.... no idea why I can't speak anymore :|
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10:45.05mnemochipboi: which of the axp chips is used with the F20?
10:47.37hipboimnemoc: just back from dinner
10:47.49mnemocwb :)
10:53.29hipboii think apx202
10:53.42hipboiwith F20
10:54.17mnemoccool, so the same driver as sun4i and sun5i
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11:01.59mnemochipboi: btw, how's the shop going? worths the troubles?
11:02.10hipboiit's on the way
11:02.22hipboithe postman will pick up the package later
11:02.35mnemocno no... i don't mean my package
11:02.39mnemoci mean your new business
11:02.44hipboiok
11:02.56hipboiyou mean the cubies hacker shop
11:03.01mnemocyes
11:03.04hipboiit's not bad
11:03.07hipboistable now
11:03.32hipboii have some problem with the shipping before
11:03.53mnemocfor using sweden post to europe?
11:03.59hipboino
11:04.07hipboifor i can not ship in time
11:04.36mnemoci see
11:05.04hipboibecause i disappeared for a long time
11:05.25hipboiand the Spanish forum guys kept asking
11:05.40mnemocspaniards can be annoying :p
11:05.51hipboii am stressed for some time
11:06.34mnemocwives can have that effect ;-)
11:06.44hipboi: )
11:06.51hipboibut now everything is fine
11:06.58mnemocgreat to hear
11:07.01hipboi5 orders every day
11:07.34mnemocnice
11:07.43hipboii can make some money
11:08.04hipboiup to $1000 a month
11:08.08hipboii think
11:08.16mnemocnot bad
11:09.28hipboican $1000 make a living in Spain?
11:10.25mnemocfor a single person, yes
11:11.34mnemocthe minimal salary is ~$700, and someone fresh out of university gets around $1200
11:12.07mnemocwell... they used to, now the unemployment is awfully high
11:12.19mnemocsoon will reach 30% :-/
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11:14.56mnemocok, official stats say 25%.... but still huge
11:15.08hipboiwhy?
11:15.37hipboiwhy the unemployment is so high?
11:16.33hipboiin China, people work, make money and
11:16.41hipboibuy a house
11:17.10hipboia house is all they work for
11:17.37mnemochere buying a house is impossible for most people... the prices are absurd
11:18.03hipboihave you bought one?
11:18.24mnemocnope, I rent a flat
11:19.08hipboiin China, if you don't own a house, no girls will marry you
11:19.17mnemocfor $800/m .... which would cost me 500 months to pay
11:19.55mnemocthe rent of 500 month to buy I mean, without considering bank interests
11:20.22hipboi$800/m? come on, man. that's very cheap
11:20.42mnemocthe rent, yes. it's good
11:21.04hipboiif i can buy a house of $800/m, i will be very happy.
11:21.58mnemocme too
11:22.47hipboiin Shenzhen, normal house is 20000rmb/m
11:22.50mnemocbut that would mean a ~50y credit from a bank
11:23.35mnemochipboi: ouch
11:23.53hipboiin Zhuhai, it's better
11:24.04mnemoca rent of a flat in madrid (spain's capital) is around half of that
11:24.33mnemocbut buying is not really possible
11:24.59mnemocbank won't lend you money unless both of the couple have very good and stable jobs
11:27.02mnemocthey are the reason of the unemployment, if you don't have a large bag of money it's impossible to start anything here these days
11:27.13hipboiyes
11:27.25mnemocand those who have the money they invest it in china :p
11:28.34mnemochttp://www.dealextreme.com/p/mini-android-2-3-hd-1080p-network-media-player-w-wi-fi-hdmi-usb-av-tf-red-134678 <--- cute
11:35.07hp_mnemoc: fully little thing
11:35.26mnemoclooks nicer than your stick
11:35.37mnemocand has a real antenna
11:35.46hp_mnemoc: my stick is awsome!!! :)
11:36.08mnemocyour stick needs help to get connected :p
11:36.10hp_mnemoc: i can also put antenna on the stick.. but no need for now
11:36.54hp_mnemoc:  your mini thingy is it allwinner?
11:37.19mnemoci don't have any mini thingy...
11:37.30hp_that link you just posted :)
11:37.43mnemocyes, A10/512/4GB
11:38.58hp_nice
11:39.11mnemocprobably the same internals of your stick but arranged in an square
11:39.39hp_mnemoc: but does it have sd card?
11:39.55mnemocTF, tes
11:39.58mnemocyes
11:40.08mnemocbelow the IR
11:40.35hp_looks like yeah.. looks als very nice
11:42.22mnemochipboi: is your boss one of http://armdevices.net/2012/05/28/allwinner-boxchip-software-engineers-at-linaroconnect-linaro-connect/ ?
11:42.31hipboiyes
11:42.37hipboiarmdevices.net
11:42.43hipboii need to go home now
11:42.51hipboisee you later
11:42.57mnemocsee you
11:43.35hipboii even talked with the owner of armdevices.net on the phone today
11:43.51mnemoc:o
11:44.03hipboihe will visit allwinner in a few weeks
11:44.11mnemocamazing
11:44.47hipboiif allwinner pays the air tickets, would you like to visit?
11:45.06mnemocabsolutely
11:45.12hipboigood
11:45.22hipboii think maybe there be such chances
11:45.26hipboisee you
11:45.47mnemocoh.... see you!
11:46.56mnemocnow this is nice: http://www.dealextreme.com/p/otg-connection-kit-w-usb-sd-tf-card-reader-for-samsung-i9100-i9220-black-135480
11:47.39mnemocwonders if other devices can provide enough power over the microusb for that
11:54.50hp_:)
12:01.29hp_mnemoc: did you see this yet: http://armdevices.net/2012/05/28/74-boxchip-a10-hdmi-stick/
12:02.38mnemochp_: yes
12:02.47hp_:)
12:03.15mnemocI don't really like that stick
12:03.48mnemoci wouldn't feel confortable with the "mini pc" jumping around freely
12:04.04hp_mnemoc: comfortable? :
12:04.18mnemoctypo
12:05.22hp_mnemoc: what is your problem with it?
12:06.05mnemochttp://www.daskeyboard.com/images/products/mechanical_keyboard.jpg <--- easy to press an 'n' instead of an 'm' with my keyboard
12:06.32hp_:) time for dinner here
12:06.41mnemochp_: been light and connected to cables the device will be moving around... like a rat
12:06.44hp_i need to buy a special hdmi cable with a audio splitter
12:06.55hp_mnemoc: we have ducktape for that
12:06.56hp_hehe
12:07.01mnemoc:D
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12:45.38hnooh, lots of discussion today. to bad i have to work... more time tomorrow.
13:00.24hnowhat is going on? my ssh connection i opened home in morning is still active. 3g network usually not this stable..
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13:22.23mnemochno: you use 3G from home??
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13:39.14hnomnemoc no, but not at home. on my phone.
13:40.32hnoback to work this week..
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14:01.23zenitraMmnemoc: i've powered a card reader and a wireless mouse receiver with an adapter like that one
14:01.28zenitraMon my galaxy nexus
14:03.18mnemoczenitraM: great, I have the same phone, so I'll buy it
14:03.52zenitraMmnemoc: if you have a OTG adapter from any of your a10 tablets
14:04.00zenitraMyou can use it with a miniUSB -> microUSB adapter
14:13.09mnemocI think I have a normal female usb to microusb somewhere.... but carrying hubs, cables, card reader is too much... this thing is all in one
14:14.42mnemocif it doesn't require extra power, it's all i need
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14:29.45Turlmnemoc: my tablet can power a phone, but not a USB HDD
14:31.51Turlbtw, what clock speeds do your A10s run at?
14:32.05TurlI've seen them advertised as 1Ghz, 1.2Ghz, even 1.5Ghz
14:32.28mnemoceverything I see points to a max of 1Ghz
14:32.47mnemocspecially the documentation about the voltages
14:34.03Turlthe freq tables go near 1.5Ghz though
14:34.19mnemocurl?
14:34.34Turlsec
14:36.19Turlmnemoc: https://github.com/amery/linux-allwinner/blob/allwinner-v3.0-android-v2/arch/arm/mach-sun4i/cpu-freq/cpu-freq-table.c#L66
14:37.14mnemocinteresting... those over 1GHz weren't there when I ported the 2.6.36 sources
14:37.32TurlI actually tried them
14:37.46TurlI can go up to around 1.2Ghz and remain stable
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14:52.22mnemocTurl: how much does it impact the power drain?
14:57.35Turlmnemoc: I haven't run for long enough
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14:57.50Turlbut I don't suspect it's a big drain, considering it scales the freqs mnemoc
14:58.02Turl(unless you use performance governor on your devices, idk)
14:59.55traeakahh keyboards again.  I find a split keyboard is more important than a mechanical one.  I get wrist problems with straight keyboards.
15:00.12traeaki noticed a new a10 based tablet for sale in the US which advertised 1.2GHz
15:00.19traeaklisted the dsp as separate speed
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15:18.26steevgood morning
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15:20.46A0Shedshttp://www.calao-systems.com/articles.php?lng=en&pg=6186
15:21.30A0Shedshttp://shop.strato.com/epages/61428605.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/61428605/Products/905-00024-B01   322.57 €
15:21.46A0ShedsST-Ericsson Nova A9500 (Dual Cortex A9) @ 1GHz - ARM Mali 400 GPU & NEON CPU extensions
15:23.13mnemocand I thought the imx6 kit was expensive...
15:24.39steevnaw, mx6 kits are cheap
15:24.48mnemoc$300?
15:25.02steevcheap for a quad core arm ;)
15:25.34mnemocif you are a company even 1k is cheap, but for a normal programmer wanting to learn and play....
15:26.26mnemochow much is the panda? 180?
15:26.31steevnot sure
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15:26.39steevif you're wanting to *learn* though, rpi
15:27.54mnemocwell... for student-times budget, sure :p
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15:28.55A0Shedsthe nova http://www.stericsson.com/products/a9540-nova.jsp  is even more impressive
15:29.07A0ShedsARM® dual Cortex™- A9 processor clocked at up to 1.85Ghz
15:29.54A0Shedsthere's a snowball channel here, might be #snowball
15:29.57mnemocit's sad to think the devices that will come with those will be locked to run only microsoft software
15:31.38A0Sheds#igloo on OFTC.   http://www.oftc.net/
15:32.13A0Shedshttp://igloocommunity.org/
15:33.02A0Shedshttp://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/DK9500SNO10-STA/DK9500SNO10-STA-ND/2839229
15:33.20A0Sheds$265.38   for the standard vs the pro dev board
15:35.45A0Shedsmnemoc, but some of them allow you to at least install new versions M$ when the old version gets to fragmented
15:36.43A0Shedswe've been noticing how the M$ phones get flaky over time and require reformatting or re-installs
15:37.23A0Shedsself obsoleting/terminating phones that act like bad hardware after about a year
15:37.42A0Shedsbut work fine with a fresh install of the OS
15:38.03TurlA0Sheds: you mean microsoft?
15:38.13A0ShedsEvil Genius
15:38.14zenitraMi know someone who was sent a free w7 phone as part of a developer program
15:38.19Turlthat's not self obsoleting, that's just a crappy OS :)
15:38.34zenitraMand she had to return it after 3 hours to M$. it got bricked while it was updating itself
15:38.49TurlzenitraM: happened to a lot of people I read
15:38.51Turl:P
15:39.08zenitraMand that's how you earn developers... :P
15:39.23ZaEarlDoes anyone have the WITS board? It says it comes with source. http://www.wits-tech.com/pages/board-en.jsp
15:39.46TurlI think the olimex people were getting one
15:39.51A0Shedsthe ones we played with work need a reformat every few moths, then need a re-install to be stable
15:40.28TurlA0Sheds: just like desktop windows :)
15:40.57steevorange pcb :/
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15:41.24A0ShedsTurl: works great, we hear from people all the time about how their machine is 10-100x slower now and they want to buy a new one
15:41.47A0Shedsthe public doesn't seem to mind
15:42.07Turlit's not that they don't seem to mind
15:42.12Turlit's that they don't know better
15:42.23steevblah, android doesn't want to build today apparently, java keeps segging
15:43.16TurlA0Sheds: all the PCs they've ever seen need that done, so they assume it's the way things are and take it for granted
15:44.38A0Shedsfirst they got them used to Blue screens, then virus, now it's just the bad OS
15:45.52steevit's great for gaming!
15:47.01A0Shedsif you hack it enough, yeah it's great
15:48.50penguin42A0Sheds: Having said all that my dads moaning that his dbeian PC is now slow after an update a year or so ago - I've not quite figured out what it has done to it
15:49.18A0Shedsone of the devs here started reversing the W7/8 sound card drivers for gaming
15:50.40A0Shedsends up Creative labs and the actual chip makers don't have any low level devs
15:51.21A0Shedsit looks like they pay M$ to write their drivers
15:54.24A0ShedsI have to pick up my A10 netbook as bad as it looks
15:54.49TurlA10 netbook? heh :)
15:54.56penguin42A0Sheds: Maybe, but also maybe it was a case of MS redoing their driver interface and then writing the first few device drivers, and also they may not be able to persuade the chip guys to redo drivers for new OSs on old chips
15:55.49A0Shedsthey offered the dev here a job since they couldn't fix their own drivers
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15:56.27penguin42haha
15:56.38penguin42brb
16:00.57steevA0Sheds: gimme one
16:01.18steevA0Sheds: happen to know what LCD model is in use on it?
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16:03.27A0Shedssteev, get your own  :),  Do you want one? I can get it for you.
16:04.00A0Shedssteev, I haven't had the case open yet, I can ask someone to try to take a peek
16:05.14A0Shedshttp://www.cnx-software.com/2012/04/16/sunlike-umpc-1021-85-usd-allwinner-a10-based-10-2-android-4-0-netbook/
16:05.16steevA0Sheds: i'm debating it
16:05.24steevi'd want to install linux on there (obviously)
16:05.34steevandroid is a rather toy os to me
16:05.47A0Shedsit uses that really cheap aluminum case used for several of the Via 8505 arm11 netbooks
16:06.01steevinteresting
16:06.11steevyou should take some pictures
16:06.13A0Shedssure, what i am doing
16:06.18A0Shedsi have some
16:06.21steevthe ones on the website that i've seen all look like plastic
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16:06.26A0Shedsjust a sec
16:14.27A0Shedshttp://imagebin.org/214615
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16:17.37TurlA0Sheds: touchpad is too small
16:17.47A0Shedsplastic shell with formed aluminum keyboard and touchpad cover, the touchpad is the shell
16:18.10TurlI bet I'm spoiled by my 16" laptop :P
16:18.15A0Shedsthe indentation is the touchpad, it's not separate
16:18.43A0Shedsyeah, for a few $$ they could have a proper case and touchpad
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16:19.39A0Shedsthe camera and keyboard have android issues
16:20.27A0Shedsthey asked us to help fix it
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16:30.50steevA0Sheds: how about from the side?
16:43.13A0ShedsI need better pics but here...
16:43.32A0Shedshttp://imagebin.org/214620  tried to cut the glare from the USB area
16:44.17A0Shedssteev, ^^
16:48.28steevA0Sheds: how much to get one shipped to the US :D
16:53.53A0Shedssteev, in a suitcase just UPS US
16:54.08steevA0Sheds: oh hrm
16:54.23steevi do think i'd like one
16:54.36A0ShedsEMS is like $25
16:55.34A0Shedsi can usually take 2 or so extra back in a bag, after that it looks like you're importing  :)
16:57.54A0ShedsSD card slot is in the front
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17:36.24specingA0Sheds: WTF is the windoze key doing there?!
17:49.20HenrikNordstromA0Sheds, try to make a picture without flash.
17:49.51HenrikNordstromspecing, it's probably a standard keyboard. Hard to find any (cheap) without windows button..
17:51.21steevhmm
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17:55.57mnemocHenrikNordstrom: having an IRC meeting? :)
17:56.07naGtHi all. I'm having a problem when compiling my own u-boot for a mele a2000
17:56.19naGtI download the "sun4i" branch from git://github.com/hno/uboot-allwinner.git
17:56.28naGtI compile it
17:56.40mnemochow?
17:57.05naGt(make CROSS_COMPILE=arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi- -j4 sun4i)
17:57.14mnemocok
17:57.19naGtthen I put it in the SD card
17:57.30mnemochow? :)
17:57.43naGtmnemoc, :)
17:57.48naGtwith "dd if=spl/sunxi-spl.bin of=/dev/sdb bs=1024 seek=8"
17:58.04naGtand "dd if=u-boot.bin of=/dev/sdb bs=1024 seek=32"
17:58.32naGtBUT... when I try to boot it, I see nothing in the serial port (UART)
17:58.36traeakwhy oh why didn't they include that sata port?
17:59.29mnemocnaGt: the common problem there is to have the Rx and Tx swapped
17:59.30HenrikNordstrommnemoc, yes.
17:59.49naGtmnemoc, let me try it...
18:02.37mnemocjust for curiousty, from what part of .es are you?
18:03.08naGtmnemoc, I was born in Leon, but now I'm living in Madrid (just for work)
18:03.33mnemocnice
18:04.01naGtmnemoc, I've swapped Tx and Rx, but I'm getting the same: nothing
18:04.08mnemocuhm
18:04.56naGtI dont know what I'm making wrong
18:05.16mnemocand the device didn't boot it's stock OS, right?
18:05.49mnemocusing 115200 ?
18:06.10naGtnop, only If I remove the SD card or I clean it (dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb)
18:06.19naGtyes, 115200
18:06.37mnemocodd
18:07.19mnemocboot the device normally and confirm the uart adapter is working
18:07.44naGtmnemoc, ok, I'm going to swap Tx-Rx again..
18:08.18steevmnemoc: that's similar to what i run into (except that i haven't tried to connect serial :P )
18:08.41naGtmnemoc, ok, Now I see mele a2000 booting
18:09.29mnemocsteev: I would be desperated without been able to see
18:09.30naGtsteev, What was your problem?
18:09.51steevnaGt: my ly-f1 doesn't boot at all with custom uboot
18:11.16naGtYesterday I dd'd the Tom Cubie Ubuntu image to my sdcard, and then I leave the Tom Cubie's u-boot-SPL and I overwrite the u-boot by one I compiled
18:12.21naGtwithout problems, so I think there is something in the SPL that doesn't configure the serial output
18:13.01mnemocnaGt: wait until HenrikNordstrom renames himself back to hno
18:13.31naGtmnemoc, ok :)
18:13.51mnemocI've been using the same u-boot for too long to confirm sun4i's HEAD actually works
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18:15.08mnemocand I don't want to touch the only part that works on my system until 3.3 boots
18:17.37naGtmnemoc, :), If something is working... dont touch it!
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18:25.49mnemocnaGt: btw, did you use mksunxiboot on the spl to make it mmc?
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18:43.03naGtmnemoc, yes, the last hno u-boot version makes it automatically and the end of the "make sun4i"
18:44.56mnemocI'm out of ideas :<
18:46.42naGtmnemoc, no problem :) thanks for your help
18:46.55t0dbldLOL ill just leave this here https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-QGeo_UuWnxQ/T8evaVXTcUI/AAAAAAAAFe4/JvxTUBVnX4A/w497-h373/590150212.jpg
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19:02.07ZaEarlHappy Birthday libv
19:08.14steevt0dbld: thats awesome
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19:35.27Vaevictus_hey guys
19:36.15Vaevictus_finally got my mele a2000. I think someone walked across china to deliver it to me
19:36.30DonkeyHoteiZaEarl: i don't think he's on atm
19:37.24Vaevictus_what's the most stable linux image for the mele at the moment - reading conflicting stuff online
19:39.04mnemocimage I don't know, source branch, allwinner-v3.0-android-v2 at github.com/amery/linux-allwinner
19:39.33mnemocuh, happy birthday libv!
19:40.34Vaevictus_no not android - i would like to flash a ubuntu image that has working wifi and is quite stable
19:43.43mnemocVaevictus_: the kernel is the same
19:44.28mnemocVaevictus_: allwinner only does android, so it's quite difficult to remove the androidization without breaking it
19:44.43mnemocso the difference is only in .config
19:45.31Vaevictus_ok thanks
19:45.54Vaevictus_it's a shame really because using android with the mele remote is an absolute pain
19:47.09naGtinteresting to know that only the .config differs
19:48.53DonkeyHoteiVaevictus_: got a different UI in mind for it?
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19:54.32naGtmnemoc, oh! hno is here :)
19:55.55mnemocthe 3.3 branch is androidless, but still doesn't boot
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19:56.28hnonaGt, yes.
19:56.48hno3 meetings later..
19:59.46naGthno, at least I hope the meeting have been productive
20:01.17naGts/meeting/3xmeeting/
20:02.25naGtinteresting bot :D
20:02.52hnonaGt, steering board & general assembly meetings for the Swedish Linux Users Association.
20:03.32hnoonly 3 hours so it was quick this time.
20:04.24hnonaGt, so you have SPL problems?
20:04.39naGt0_o three hours...
20:05.06naGthno, yes, I'm not able to see nothing when I boot
20:05.15naGtin the UART interface
20:06.13hnowhich version are you using?
20:06.40naGtlast from your github repository (sun4i branch)
20:07.41naGtgit://github.com/hno/uboot-allwinner.git
20:09.23naGthno, mnemoc recomended me to swap Tx and Rx, but I got the same
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20:11.13hnoDo the image I have at http://www.henriknordstrom.net/code/A10/ work?
20:11.18mnemocnaGt: but you got output using Tom's u-boot, so don't touch teh cables!
20:11.31CIA-91rhombus-tech: NaeiKinDus master * r1c5e8fb2ed14 /allwinner_a10/orders/yargl.mdwn:
20:14.01naGthno, Do you mean u-boot-mmc-hno-201203.img? Let me try it...
20:15.15hnoyes
20:19.23naGthno, yes, it works
20:20.17mnemocit seems only hno can compile it correctly
20:21.04naGtmnemoc, perhaps using a magic key combo
20:22.31hnoOk. So it should work. But I will build the current one in a minute. Just need to fix the power to my mele after cleaning the desk earlier today..
20:24.38naGtI think I should clean my desk too. Cables are growing from anywhere
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20:51.54naGthno, could you finally fix the power to your mele?
20:53.57hnostill working on it.
20:54.28hnorewiring a bit to have it powered via usb uart instead of separate powersupply.
20:55.07traeakthere's enough power for that?
20:55.39hnoyes.
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20:58.07mnemoconce I made the mistake of connecting the 3.3V pin on the ttl adapter and the mele got powered up
21:01.05naGtmnemoc, is your mele still alive? You're very lucky
21:01.52DonkeyHoteithey die easily?
21:01.54naGtmnemoc, first time I connected the TTL to my mele I make a mistake, and my first USB->TTL connector is now in the trash
21:02.34DonkeyHoteibut not the mele, right?
21:02.52naGtnop
21:03.58naGtMy mele is working like a charm
21:04.05mnemocin my case both survived
21:13.28traeakmnemoc: i did the same, hooked up all the connections...blue light on, everything
21:13.58steevthat's just really weird
21:14.14steevmnemoc: can you think of a reason anyone would want 2 openvg units?
21:14.19traeakat the tiem i had the rx/tx swapped so i dunno if it booted :-
21:15.39mnemocsteev: wrong person.... I'm of those using the 24" displays with 4-6 terminals tilled
21:15.54steevmnemoc: openvg is 2d
21:16.31mnemocin that case... maybe one for each output?
21:16.57mnemoci really don't have a clue about that area
21:17.06steevah right, yeah it's 2 outputs, i thought there was only 1
21:17.31steevlooks like the mx6 uses the vivante gc200
21:17.34steevsorry 320
21:20.18CIA-91rhombus-tech: Owen master * r7b8f99a54109 /allwinner_a10/orders/rathalos.mdwn:
21:27.08hnonaGt, it's awfully silent.. wonder when that broke.
21:30.33mnemoc3.3 is awfully silent too :p
21:31.23steevhah
21:31.41mnemocbut now I need to sleep... too tired, see you tomorrow!
21:31.45steevso apparently they are limiting the gigabit ethernet to ~470Mbit
21:32.10mnemocimx6?
21:32.18steevyeah
21:32.37steevand 1.2 won't be out til 2h july
21:34.53mnemocwork harder! I want my quad imx6 laptop for xmas!
21:35.13mnemocgood night ;-)
21:40.52Turlgood night mnemoc :)
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22:46.49traeaki wonder how well a quad mx6 will compile
22:46.55traeakthat's what i want...reasonalbe compilation times
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