RISC OS Open: Forum: HummingBoard

Jul 6, 2014 9:27am

GavinWraith (26) 1563 posts

http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/03/hummingboard-solid-run/

Is this riscosifiable?

Jul 6, 2014 11:23am

Steve Pampling (1551) 8172 posts

Is this riscosifiable?

First create/obtain a FreeScale HAL¹. Modify to match board specifics.

¹Which may be the biggest hurdle

Jul 8, 2014 9:35am

Richard Walker (2090) 431 posts

Isn’t that an iMX-6 based system?

Someone went to the trouble of defining an iMX6 product a couple of months ago:
https://www.riscosopen.org/viewer/view/Products/

Jul 9, 2014 7:17am

Trevor Johnson (329) 1645 posts

Presumably that was Michael Grunditz.

Jul 9, 2014 6:47pm

Steve Pampling (1551) 8172 posts

As I recall the code submission was from a J. Ballance.
Dig through the source references and check my memory.

Jul 9, 2014 9:36pm

Chris Evans (457) 1614 posts

Steve your memory matches mine!

Jul 10, 2014 9:01am

Steve Revill (20) 1361 posts

https://www.riscosopen.org/viewer/view/Products/iMx6/modules

Jul 10, 2014 9:48am

Dave Higton (1515) 3534 posts

Does that mean that we have a version of RISC OS for iMx6 that is ready to run, albeit buggy?

Jul 10, 2014 2:12pm

Steve Revill (20) 1361 posts

Does that mean that we have a version of RISC OS for iMx6 that is ready to run, albeit buggy?

It means that it looks from CVS as though John may be or was working on that.

Jul 10, 2014 3:23pm

Steve Pampling (1551) 8172 posts

It means that it looks from CVS as though John may be or was working on that.

Might be a logical step to ask him, and also whether he wants to share a little. Perhaps an interested party has the skills to work on bits he hasn’t found time to do.

Jul 10, 2014 5:07pm

Dave Higton (1515) 3534 posts

Well, the iMx6 dual/quad Reference Manual has 5827 pages and is a download of about 52 MB. It looks both promising and daunting.

But at least it’s available to the general public. Three cheers for Freescale!

Jul 10, 2014 5:07pm

Steve Pampling (1551) 8172 posts

Steve your memory matches mine!

Oh dear. You can’t remember your wedding anniversary without electronic diary help and forget her birthday too?

Jul 10, 2014 8:56pm

Chris Evans (457) 1614 posts

Steve P: Yes Correct on all points:-)

Jul 11, 2014 9:06am

Colin (478) 2433 posts

Re products/imx6/modules.

At a quick glance it seems odd that the product file uses the OHCI driver but the imx6 has EHCI hardware.

Aug 10, 2014 1:13pm

Craig Lynch (1859) 33 posts

I’ve just received one of the i2ex variants of the Hummingboard. Its a great piece of kit and having that similar setup to the Pi proved useful to me as I could swap the Pi on my fairywren for the hummingboard. Three plugs, a socket and done. ^_

I’ve mostly been mucking about with the Linux side of things – the official Android build and XBMC build.
With dedicated Ethernet, mSATA, miniPCI-e and generally more RAM on board this thing screams along.
Would be great to see RISC OS running on this.

Any takers on a prospective ROM build? Will happily test out builds and would put forward some cash to help a developer buy said device,

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Jul 6, 2014 9:27am GavinWraith (26) 1563 posts	http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/03/hummingboard-solid-run/ Is this riscosifiable?

Jul 6, 2014 11:23am Steve Pampling (1551) 8172 posts	Is this riscosifiable? First create/obtain a FreeScale HAL¹. Modify to match board specifics. ¹Which may be the biggest hurdle

Jul 8, 2014 9:35am Richard Walker (2090) 431 posts	Isn’t that an iMX-6 based system? Someone went to the trouble of defining an iMX6 product a couple of months ago: https://www.riscosopen.org/viewer/view/Products/

Jul 9, 2014 7:17am Trevor Johnson (329) 1645 posts	Presumably that was Michael Grunditz.

Jul 9, 2014 6:47pm Steve Pampling (1551) 8172 posts	As I recall the code submission was from a J. Ballance. Dig through the source references and check my memory.

Jul 9, 2014 9:36pm Chris Evans (457) 1614 posts	Steve your memory matches mine!

Jul 10, 2014 9:01am Steve Revill (20) 1361 posts	https://www.riscosopen.org/viewer/view/Products/iMx6/modules

Jul 10, 2014 9:48am Dave Higton (1515) 3534 posts	Does that mean that we have a version of RISC OS for iMx6 that is ready to run, albeit buggy?

Jul 10, 2014 2:12pm Steve Revill (20) 1361 posts	Does that mean that we have a version of RISC OS for iMx6 that is ready to run, albeit buggy? It means that it looks from CVS as though John may be or was working on that.

Jul 10, 2014 3:23pm Steve Pampling (1551) 8172 posts	It means that it looks from CVS as though John may be or was working on that. Might be a logical step to ask him, and also whether he wants to share a little. Perhaps an interested party has the skills to work on bits he hasn’t found time to do.

Jul 10, 2014 5:07pm Dave Higton (1515) 3534 posts	Well, the iMx6 dual/quad Reference Manual has 5827 pages and is a download of about 52 MB. It looks both promising and daunting. But at least it’s available to the general public. Three cheers for Freescale!

Jul 10, 2014 5:07pm Steve Pampling (1551) 8172 posts	Steve your memory matches mine! Oh dear. You can’t remember your wedding anniversary without electronic diary help and forget her birthday too?

Jul 10, 2014 8:56pm Chris Evans (457) 1614 posts	Steve P: Yes Correct on all points:-)

Jul 11, 2014 9:06am Colin (478) 2433 posts	Re products/imx6/modules. At a quick glance it seems odd that the product file uses the OHCI driver but the imx6 has EHCI hardware.

Aug 10, 2014 1:13pm Craig Lynch (1859) 33 posts	I’ve just received one of the i2ex variants of the Hummingboard. Its a great piece of kit and having that similar setup to the Pi proved useful to me as I could swap the Pi on my fairywren for the hummingboard. Three plugs, a socket and done. ^_ I’ve mostly been mucking about with the Linux side of things – the official Android build and XBMC build. With dedicated Ethernet, mSATA, miniPCI-e and generally more RAM on board this thing screams along. Would be great to see RISC OS running on this. Any takers on a prospective ROM build? Will happily test out builds and would put forward some cash to help a developer buy said device,