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Subject:    =?utf-8?q?=5Bfedora-arm=5D?= Re: 96Boards Enterprise Edition Cello
From:       Sean Omalley <omalley_s () rocketmail ! com>
Date:       2016-03-30 3:11:49
Message-ID: 574637417.2304201.1459307509224.JavaMail.yahoo () mail ! yahoo ! com
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----- Original Message -----
> From: Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>
> To: Jon Masters <jcm@redhat.com>
> Cc: Fedora ARM secondary architecture list <arm@lists.fedoraproject.org>
> 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 
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