<f15h>
ok thanks - i get an error fatal: reference is not a tree: 44b53fd3928f15c34993ec8c6b8c2efcb79769ee
<atsampson>
are you sure it's the right kind of ID? (e.g. if you're looking at a repo in some web viewers, you'll see an ID for the commit and a different one)
<atsampson>
and that you've cloned the right repo?
<f15h>
ok - I try again ..
* atsampson
googles the ID and gets a reference to u-boot's next branch -- so that ID may not exist any more
<f15h>
my mistake should be e37d760b363888f3a65cd6455c99a75cac70a7b8 (i was looking at uboot and wanted the kernel) - thanks @ atsampson
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<vishnup>
okie, I'll rename all to AWXXXX and send the patch
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<leviathancn>
ok folks
<leviathancn>
the reason why there is so few interaction from Allwinner with the sunxi folks is:
<leviathancn>
a) only a hand full of people there can actually understand English
<leviathancn>
and b) google groups and any google ips aren't routet into China mainland
<leviathancn>
I just have been to their place
<leviathancn>
and we decided onto a full cooperation with the sunxi project
<leviathancn>
including all documentation
<leviathancn>
btw, they are planning to get rid of most of the binary blobs
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<leviathancn>
sorry
<leviathancn>
internet here is buggy
<leviathancn>
great firewall
<leviathancn>
anyway
<leviathancn>
the folks from Allwinner are all nice
<leviathancn>
I was out with the chip designers as well
<leviathancn>
and we discussed some changes on the register layout of the A80 and A64
<leviathancn>
traditional Chinese food is delicious btw ^^
<linkmauve1>
That’s quite awesome. :)
<leviathancn>
they are at the decision phase right now I think whether they should actually employ me or not
<leviathancn>
but since I've shown willingness to learn their language and had some ground breaking ideas for them
<leviathancn>
I think they will give me some satisfying agreement
<leviathancn>
hmm
<leviathancn>
anyway
<leviathancn>
we should allocate a non-google-ip-ed way of communication
<leviathancn>
on which the sunxi project members and I and the Allwinner folks can communicate
<leviathancn>
but remember
<leviathancn>
among 50 people
<leviathancn>
I met exactly 4 people who know English
<leviathancn>
one of them actually talks it fluently
<WarheadsSE>
leviathancn: :)
<leviathancn>
we decided onto a mix of Chinese and English so that he isn't like panicing "oh god! I don't know this word!"
<WarheadsSE>
I might suggest investing in a $5 USD instance @ DigitalOcean in Singapore 1 DC. That has no routing issues.
<leviathancn>
hehe
<WarheadsSE>
I have partnerships with Lenovo
<WarheadsSE>
Sometimes hoops have to be jumped.
<leviathancn>
yes
<leviathancn>
it's like totally just miscommunication... just because folks there just don't understand right what people are writing...
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<leviathancn>
I stepped forward to fill this gap between sunxi and Allwinner
<leviathancn>
actually everything which has being critized, after explaining it was totally accepted
<leviathancn>
so yes, sunxi project will recieve more cooperation
<leviathancn>
and we can do a community tablet with full support
<WarheadsSE>
Spectacular
<WarheadsSE>
I know the pains of the communications barrier all too well.
<WarheadsSE>
This will help distributions like mine very much.
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<hramrach>
is linux-sunxi.org hosted on google ip?
<DagoRed>
Oh dear leviathancn. I've been in similiar shoes before. Kudos for going through the hoops you have been jumping through and awesome job finding the root cause of communication issues (google IP I assume is the big issue)
<hramrach>
and there is alternative interface to the mailinig list which is not google groups, right?
<leviathancn>
hmm
<leviathancn>
hramrach: can you post it?
<leviathancn>
but it's only one of the issues
<leviathancn>
the other one is
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<leviathancn>
many of the developers have issues with the language
<leviathancn>
language barrier and reduced possibilities of search engines
<leviathancn>
most likely it's just such a simple but relevant problem as that they haven't found the alternative interface on baidu
<leviathancn>
and that they are overworked
<leviathancn>
anyhow
<leviathancn>
I will receive all the documentation
<wens>
big reason why the gfw screws china on internet industries
<hramrach>
ok, there is no non-google interface for the mailing list I can find
<leviathancn>
it's actually a stunningly big enterprise building
<leviathancn>
they have it for a month now
<hramrach>
the thing is that communication *is* possible. Tom Cubie was able to communicate when working on sunxi hardware, from China
<nove>
leviathancn: please write to maillist telling about this, not everyone keep track of what happens in irc
<WarheadsSE>
:)
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<leviathancn>
ok
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<WarheadsSE>
That would indeed by much appreciated
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<WarheadsSE>
But do take your time in the wording, so there is no confusion. I have a feeling some media outlets might take up the story.,
<leviathancn>
I will write an email, but first I need some sleep, it's already 5.a.m. here,
<leviathancn>
just wanted to present the good news
<leviathancn>
just was rolling around in my bed because I had to
<leviathancn>
^^
<leviathancn>
ok
<WarheadsSE>
:) and we much appreciate it
<leviathancn>
well, they are totally into building a community tablet
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<hramrach>
what would they build it of?
<wens>
great... maybe i should start writing bilingual mails as well
<leviathancn>
"太棒,不是?"-"是"
<vovcia>
leviathancn: thats really great news :)))
<leviathancn>
^^
<leviathancn>
wens: jep, will help a lot
<wens>
leviathancn: a lot of phrases are still different though
<leviathancn>
especially, it already starts at simple daily life words
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<leviathancn>
like "refrigerator"... I had to get the dictionary for the Chinese word (Chocolat I brought for a presen... tropic climate...)
<wens>
leviathancn: quite a few computer related phrases are completely different
<leviathancn>
yes
<leviathancn>
wens: bi lingual helps
<leviathancn>
many words they just don't know and they are just too shy to admit
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<wens>
chinese people are big on saving face
<leviathancn>
just make phrases simple, make sure it can be found in a chinese-english dictionary
<leviathancn>
and if needed add a chinese explenation about what you mean exactly
<leviathancn>
then you can be sure to be understood
<leviathancn>
I will send an email to the sunxi group
<leviathancn>
but first I will sleep a round
<hramrach>
good night :)
<leviathancn>
thx ^^
<leviathancn>
ah, and btw
<leviathancn>
we decided today that the register layout of the MMC controller within A80 and A64 will be adapted
<leviathancn>
so that we can use the generic mmc driver in the future
<leviathancn>
*dang*
<hramrach>
btw, what would they make a community of? I don't see any attractive chip from their current offer
<hramrach>
*community tablet
<leviathancn>
wait for it, a lot of changes are comming
<mripard_>
leviathancn: I'm not sure changing a controller halfway through the life of a chip is such a bright idea
<hramrach>
a13 is cheap and perfect for device you can hack on without worrying too much about breaking it but there are parts of the tablet that have really poor drivers like the touchscreen
<hramrach>
a23 is about the same except support for the SoC is poor so far
<leviathancn>
hramrach: yes... I know
<leviathancn>
I had a long talk with them today
<leviathancn>
and the A64 isn't done yet
<hramrach>
a31 is supposed to perform slightly better but support is non-existent and it has odd graphics
<leviathancn>
that I had to explain even to them
<hramrach>
a80 is very powerful but quite expensive and again has weird graphics
<leviathancn>
that's hardware
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<leviathancn>
power vr IS buggy
<leviathancn>
is architectural
<leviathancn>
it actually crashes and reboots
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<leviathancn>
well, at least to some of the engineers
<leviathancn>
the gpu ones of course knew it ^^
<leviathancn>
anyway
<hramrach>
and still make chips with it :/
<leviathancn>
we are talking about the hardware aspects
<leviathancn>
hmm
<leviathancn>
hramrach: yes, because it has a lot of power
<leviathancn>
we aren't talking about software side
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<hramrach>
power that breaks your device is worthless
<leviathancn>
we decided to use a GNU/Linux on the tablet
<leviathancn>
pack all the blobs (like power vr driver) into RPMs
<leviathancn>
and the kernel drivers will be provided in mainline
<leviathancn>
everyone can ask questions
<leviathancn>
and if needed I help translate
<leviathancn>
anyway
<hramrach>
ok, let's see what the next chip is like
<leviathancn>
hramrach: a lot better
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<leviathancn>
A64
<hramrach>
good night :)
<leviathancn>
gn8 ^^
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<ssvb>
leviathancn: what does "Supports Trusted Firmware security architecture from ARM" mean for A64?
<ssvb>
leviathancn: are we going to have signed and locked bootloaders? or is this optional and can be disabled?
<wens>
what generic mmc driver is there?
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<mripard_>
wens: sdhci
<mripard_>
I guess it's what he meant
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<wens>
wouldn't the behavior have to be changed as well?
<wens>
anyway kind of doesn't make a difference with linux, since we already have a driver
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<mripard_>
wens: well, we would need to use the sdhci driver instead yeah
<mripard_>
just like ahci, echi, ohci and the like, it's a standard register layout
<mripard_>
the IP behind it might change, but the interface is always the same
<mripard_>
so it would be quite easy to support
<mripard_>
and it makes sense from a software point of view
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<alatnet>
so i have a problem trying to compile uboot
<alatnet>
this is what im getting: alatnet@alatnet-VirtualBox:~/Sunxi/u-boot-sunxi$ make CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf-sun4i_config Makefile:479: *** "System not configured - see README". Stop.
<alatnet>
anyone know why this is happening?
<Turl>
alatnet: looks like your spacebar is not working right :)
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<alatnet>
so... there's suppose to be a space between "hf-" and the target?
<alatnet>
what... the... hell...
<Turl>
leviathancn: hramrach: you can use dev@linux-sunxi.org to mail, that is bounced on a non-googly place. And the wiki is on .de, no google involved
<Turl>
hramrach: leviathancn and you can read the list via gmane or such
<Turl>
alatnet: yeah
<Turl>
alatnet: also, what ancient uboot are you using that you're building sun4i_config?