| 10:04 | Exaga> | jnettlet: morning! is the honeycomb's hardware already suppored in the latest 4.14.x kernel? or how muchof it, do you know? |
| 10:05 | jnettlet> | Exaga: no it is supported by NXPs 4.14 kernel fork. They are working on mainlining support for it in Linux and U-Boot |
| 10:06 | Exaga> | ok thanks :> |
| 10:06 | jnettlet> | it already boots Linux 5.1 just without full functionality |
| 10:06 | Exaga> | gotcha |
| 10:17 | jnettlet> | Running it overclocked to 2.5Ghz now. Not sure there is much benefit over 2.4Ghz...that seems to be the sweet spot. |
| 10:19 | jnettlet> | actually nope, still a 5% improvement on that blender run |
| 10:21 | Exaga> | lol cool |
| 10:24 | Exaga> | and will the 64-bit hardware support 32-bit ARM? |
| 10:24 | jnettlet> | yes. |
| 10:25 | Exaga> | excellent. thank you for the info |
| 10:25 | jnettlet> | you can either use 32-bit containers, a dual-lib OS install, or run a full 32-bit VM with a 64-bit kernel |
| 10:26 | Exaga> | yep it seems well thought out |
| 10:40 | vpeter> | SolidRun is busy with i.MX 8 devices too :) https://www.cnx-software.com/2019/06/04/solidrun-i-mx-8m-mini-som-includes-gyrfalcon-lightspeeur-2803s-ai-accelerator/ |
| 10:40 | Exaga> | https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-marvell-divestiture/nxp-to-buy-marvells-wifi-bluetooth-business-for-1-76-billion-idUKKCN1SZ1K0 :> |
| 10:54 | jnettlet> | vpeter: Yep. sometimes I feel too busy :) |
| 10:55 | jnettlet> | Exaga: yeah I just heard about that last night. Interesting to see where that goeos |
| 10:55 | jnettlet> | goes |
| 10:55 | Exaga> | very much so |
| 11:09 | jnettlet> | Wow. Super interesting benchmarks running over-clocked at 2.5Ghz. Especially for those who believe that ARM cores are inherently slower than x86_64. In most benchmarks that don't take advantage of single-core boost frequency, or are super optimized for Intel instructions the HoneyComb is going toe to toe with Amazons m5a.4xlarge Gravitron instance, which is an AMD Epyc 16-Vcore clocked at 2.5Ghz |
| 11:11 | Exaga> | thats good news |
| 11:12 | Exaga> | so it'll run a Minecraft server no problems then :P |
| 11:15 | jnettlet> | think it can manage. Of course there is no guarantee every chip will be able to overclock this much, but we will leave it unlocked for developers to play around with. |
| 11:16 | Exaga> | jnettlet: i was joking and being facetious about the Minecraft server :P |
| 11:17 | jnettlet> | well...you know. Java |
| 11:17 | Exaga> | a delibrate attempt at inappropriate humour |
| 11:17 | Exaga> | as *IF* any sane human being would use the illustrious clearfog-itx for playing Minecraft |
| 11:18 | Exaga> | i might try it though, just to see :> |
| 11:18 | jnettlet> | HoneyComb LX2K now :) |
| 11:18 | Exaga> | ja |
| 11:18 | suihkulokki> | I've run minecraft on dragonboard 410c and synquacer arm boxes |
| 11:19 | jnettlet> | ah, so you could just throw that in a VM and let it go |
| 11:20 | suihkulokki> | https://www.96boards.org/blog/minecraft-dragonboard/ <- this should work on arm/gnu linux box |
| 11:20 | suihkulokki> | ...with a gpu, that is |
| 11:21 | Exaga> | honeycomb has x8 PCIe slot |
| 11:21 | Exaga> | could shove a cool gfx card in it |
| 11:22 | Exaga> | or, in my case, a T4 gigabit LAN card |
| 11:22 | Exaga> | think they run at x4 |
| 11:22 | Exaga> | but for a minecraft server you do not need a display |
| 11:23 | Exaga> | you just install java on the OS and type the run command |
| 11:23 | suihkulokki> | right, that instruction was for playing minecraft, server is simpler |
| 11:23 | Exaga> | java blah-blah-options -jar minecraft_.jar -nogui |
| 11:24 | Exaga> | it's about as simple as it gets |
| 11:26 | Exaga> | we run a server and a website - minecraft.fatdog.nl |
| 11:26 | Exaga> | have done for years :> |
| 18:55 | jnettlet> | Here is my inspirational diatribe on phoronix if anyone is interested in some sneak preview comparisons. https://bit.ly/2WaKF0M |