[MinnowBoard] Ask informations MinnowBoard max

[John Hawley]

We run stock Linux distros, and have support for Windows 8.1 (the full
and normal version).  Case in point the suggested gcc flags for our cpu
are -march=corei7 so that should explain to you how compatible we are.

- John

On 03/03/2015 02:37 PM, idealsim wrote:
> Thank's for your answer. About Qt, i already use on ubuntu 14.04 and
> digia give binary package for it (like installer.exe for windows) :
> http://www.qt.io/download-open-source/#. In fact, i just want to know if
> i can install on minnowboard max a software like a standard pc that have
> x86 processor like corei3 (word,excel ...on windows sure ...)
> 
> regards
> 
> Le Tue, 03 Mar 2015 22:50:04 +0100, John Hawley <john.hawley at intel.com>
> a écrit:
> 
>> Generally speaking the MinnowBoard supports a Linux kernel of 3.14 or
>> greater, many stock distributions have that as a base level of support
>> and as a result just work on the MinnowBoard MAX.  However, as you
>> pointed out, many of their kernels lack packages or support for things
>> like GPIO, SPI, I2C.  So to gain access to those low speed busses you
>> may need to compile drivers and/or a full kernel.
>>
>> With respect to QT 5.4, that is a very complex question that depends on
>> a number of things, the biggest being does your chosen Linux
>> distribution have binary packages for it, or if someone has created
>> binary packages for it.  Unfortunately that's not something I'm going to
>> be able to answer for you easily, as I am not an Ubuntu user generally.
>>  You may want to check with the Ubuntu community on that.
>>
>> With respect to direct access to registers - that's generally very
>> frowned upon to go poking registers on your own, mostly because it's
>> really easy to screw up.  That being said in the GPIO case you can set
>> the direction from sysfs easily, as well as read/write values.  You can
>> also change the pin-mux states either using a dsdt (in newer kernels) or
>> by changing their state in the firmware itself.
>>
>> - John 'Warthog9' Hawley
>>
>> On 03/03/2015 01:35 PM, idealsim wrote:
>>> Hi and thanks for your answer. ok, if i understand i can install the
>>> standard version of ubuntu 14.10 (x64) with no modification and i have
>>> access to the gpio ? Then i can download directly the binary of qt 5.4 ?
>>> Other question, can i access directly to the register of the gpio to
>>> modify a pin (direction, value ...) like another micro ?
>>>
>>> Modjo
>>>
>>> Le Tue, 03 Mar 2015 18:20:27 +0100, Bruce, Henry <henry.bruce at intel.com>
>>> a écrit:
>>>
>>>> I recommend Ubuntu 14.10 (x64) as its kernel includes GPIO and
>>>> Baytrail PWM drivers.
>>>>
>>>> Henry
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: elinux-MinnowBoard
>>>> [mailto:elinux-minnowboard-bounces at lists.elinux.org] On Behalf Of
>>>> idealsim
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2015 12:02 AM
>>>> To: elinux-minnowboard at lists.elinux.org
>>>> Subject: [MinnowBoard] Ask informations MinnowBoard max
>>>>
>>>> Hi, i just discovered this board last week and i have some questions.
>>>> For informations at this moment i also use card with arm (rpi2, udoo
>>>> quad, pcduino). This card works well but it can take many times to
>>>> build the software from source (to adapt it to arm processor).
>>>> If i understand, on minnowBoard, i can install a standard distribution
>>>> like ubuntu 14.10 64 bits (or windows 8) ? No need to make a special
>>>> build (i can take the binary file from
>>>> http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop
>>>> for installation ?). If it's ok, i suppose that i need a special
>>>> kernel to have access to the GPIO (the std ubuntu release don't have
>>>> this) or perhaps a patch (script) ? When this is done, can i install,
>>>> like on x86 pc, a software on it ? For example, for my project i need
>>>> to use Qt5.4, on arm platform i need to take the source and compile
>>>> it. For your board, can i download directly the binary and install it
>>>> http://www.qt.io/download-open-source/ ?
>>>> On your email archives, i saw that you plan to produce a quadcore
>>>> version, it's already in your plan ? Do you know when ?
>>>> How i can access to analog output audio (jack ...)
>>>>
>>>> regards,
>>>>
>>>> modjo
>>>>
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