----- Original Message ----- > From: Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: Jon Masters <jcm@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Fedora ARM secondary architecture list <arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2016 1:14 PM > Subject: [fedora-arm] Re: 96Boards Enterprise Edition Cello > > On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 07:18:23AM -0400, Jon Masters wrote: >> Hi Folks, >> >> I wanted to just drop a quick note that we're making *great* progress >> toward having early 96Boards "Cello" boards for Fedora enablement >> purposes. These are (AArch64) AMD Seattle based boards: >> >> http://www.lenovator.com/product/103.html >> >> These are SBSA/SBBR compliant boards that (from a software point of >> view) look just like ARM servers. They're also low-ish cost (for a >> server - $300+the cost of RAM and disk, etc.). Yes, they're not in a >> standard ATX form factor. We know this. Before you rant about that, >> consider that the goal here is to give developers a tiny board on their >> desk that happens to meet the software requirements for server - we all >> hope there will be many more server platforms that are ATX size soon. >> >> We ought to be in a very solid position to be able to support these >> quickly in Fedora. I've got plans in place to get some early boards to >> key folks needed to make that happen. I've also previously booted > Fedora >> on an early board with a couple of tweaks that need cleanup. I'll >> followup with details, and with the individuals who are getting early >> boards (they know who they are) to help get this moving. > > This is good news, especially that they are non-junk SBSA/SBBR- > compliant boards[1]. > > I ordered one of these the day they were announced. Any idea when > they'll be delivered :-? > I think these are great!! It is what I have been waiting to see. I put one on my wishlist. It will be a while.. Hopefully, we get some good reports in the meantime! :) Sean _______________________________________________ arm mailing list arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
