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List:       gentoo-user
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-user] Parallella supercomputer
From:       Anton Shumskyi <efsinua () gmail ! com>
Date:       2013-07-27 11:34:14
Message-ID: CAOpXewP2WTN6ArfUN=vBS1zA2tF13pyvE0znW91rh3AG5NNSyQ () mail ! gmail ! com
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Hi=) as far as i heard Parallella runs linux kernel on Zynq ARM core ONLY
and Parallella cores act as a co-processor. So you can't get all its fancy
cores out of box=(( you'll probably need to make some extreme kernel +
openjdk hacks (and may be a lot of others).
The main problem is that system runs on ARM core and Parallella cores are
actually OpenRISC cores and i think that linux is not ready for such
multiarch system, but I hope someday it will.
I wanted to get some Parallella boards too, but for my needs maybe couple
of Beagle Bone Black are more appropriate=) It's an ARM Cortex-A8 dev board
with 2 1GHz cores, some 3d accelerator, 512MB DDR3 RAM, 2GB integrated eMMC
storage + microSD slot, LAN, USB host and micro USB client for power and
external PC control, microHDMI and audio through that HDMI, and a lot of
GPIO and other pins. Doesn't have so many cores but 45$ only and it may run
gentoo=) Perfect for scalable OSGi/JEE home cloud.

http://beagleboard.org/Products/BeagleBone%20Black
http://circuitco.com/support/index.php?title=BeagleBoneBlack

(sorry for bad grammar, not my native language xD)

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<div dir="ltr">Hi=) as far as i heard Parallella runs linux kernel on Zynq ARM core \
ONLY and Parallella cores act as a co-processor. So you can&#39;t get all its fancy \
cores out of box=(( you&#39;ll probably need to make some extreme kernel + openjdk \
hacks (and may be a lot of others).  <br> The main problem is that system runs on ARM \
core and Parallella cores are actually OpenRISC cores and i think that linux is not \
ready for such multiarch system, but I hope someday it will. <br>I wanted to get some \
Parallella boards too, but for my needs maybe couple of Beagle Bone Black are more \
appropriate=) It&#39;s an ARM Cortex-A8 dev board with 2 1GHz cores, some 3d \
accelerator, 512MB DDR3 RAM, 2GB integrated eMMC storage + microSD slot, LAN, USB \
host and micro USB client for power and external PC control, microHDMI and audio \
through that HDMI, and a lot of GPIO and other pins. Doesn&#39;t have so many cores \
but 45$ only and it may run gentoo=) Perfect for scalable OSGi/JEE home cloud.<br> \
<br><div class="gmail_extra"><a \
href="http://beagleboard.org/Products/BeagleBone%20Black">http://beagleboard.org/Products/BeagleBone%20Black</a><br><a \
href="http://circuitco.com/support/index.php?title=BeagleBoneBlack">http://circuitco.com/support/index.php?title=BeagleBoneBlack</a><br>
 <br>(sorry for bad grammar, not my native language xD)</div></div>



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