Good evening Genodians,
in a couple of months I'll receive a number of Mixtile Blade 3 SBCs (based on the RK3588) https://www.crowdsupply.com/mixtile-limited/mixtile-blade-3 and would like to (at least) try to equip them with the Genode OS. What's necessary for my project, is clustering four such nodes with a PCIe switch (supplied by Mixtile; see their web page) as well as using single SBCs as storage nodes, which will be connected to a hard drive.
Is it possible to port Genode onto this platform, or is this impossible with the current version? I simply don't wanna start an infaust undertaking. Thank you.
Regards Jacek Rużyczka
Den sön 16 okt. 2022 00:58Jacek Rużyczka via users users@lists.genode.org skrev:
Good evening Genodians,
in a couple of months I'll receive a number of Mixtile Blade 3 SBCs (based on the RK3588) https://www.crowdsupply.com/mixtile-limited/mixtile-blade-3 and would like to (at least) try to equip them with the Genode OS. What's necessary for my project, is clustering four such nodes with a PCIe switch (supplied by Mixtile; see their web page) as well as using single SBCs as storage nodes, which will be connected to a hard drive.
Is it possible to port Genode onto this platform, or is this impossible with the current version? I simply don't wanna start an infaust undertaking. Thank
I have plans to start porting to rk3588 pretty soon and would be happy to collaborate. I have a different target, but most work is to get soc supported.
Br
Michael Grunditz
I'm returning to my original question as I've now got the chance to get a Mixtile board within a month or so. I've read a thread about Genode being ported to the Pinephone Explorer. Is it based on the RK3399S, not on the RK3588, right? I also wonder how the so-called U.2 interface /* in fact it's necessary to use an adapter board to attach a U.2 drive */ will work with Genode.
JR
Am So., 16. Okt. 2022 um 15:19 Uhr schrieb Michael Grunditz < michael.grunditz@gmail.com>:
Den sön 16 okt. 2022 00:58Jacek Rużyczka via users users@lists.genode.org skrev:
Good evening Genodians,
in a couple of months I'll receive a number of Mixtile Blade 3 SBCs (based on the RK3588) https://www.crowdsupply.com/mixtile-limited/mixtile-blade-3 and would like to (at least) try to equip them with the Genode OS. What's necessary for my project, is clustering four such nodes with a PCIe switch (supplied by Mixtile; see their web page) as well as using single SBCs as storage nodes, which will be connected to a hard drive.
Is it possible to port Genode onto this platform, or is this impossible with the current version? I simply don't wanna start an infaust undertaking. Thank
I have plans to start porting to rk3588 pretty soon and would be happy to collaborate. I have a different target, but most work is to get soc supported.
Br
Michael Grunditz
Den lör 6 maj 2023 00:46Jacek Rużyczka jacek.ruzyczka@googlemail.com skrev:
I'm returning to my original question as I've now got the chance to get a Mixtile board within a month or so. I've read a thread about Genode being ported to the Pinephone Explorer. Is it based on the RK3399S, not on the RK3588, right? I also wonder how the so-called U.2 interface /* in fact it's necessary to use an adapter board to attach a U.2 drive */ will work with Genode.
My RK3588 port probably works on your board. It requires that uboot sets
up the graphics chip and usb is not supported in my github repo. It is possible to get usb and I am happy to share how it can be done. However, it is a hack that never will end up on github.
U.2 would require working pcie ( I guess ).
Michael
OK, that's better than nothing. PCIe support will be necessary for my use case as the logic nodes will get attached to the backplane via U.2 / PCIe connector, and the storage nodes will use this connector to talk to the SSDs.
*It is possible to get usb and I am happy to share how it can be done. However, it is a hack that never will end up on github. *
Why shouldn't you publish your "hack" on Github? Just because it's not fit for production use yet?
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Michael Grunditz