[MinnowBoard] Ask informations MinnowBoard max

Tue Mar 3 23:45:35 UTC 2015

I'm using 15.04 [beta] on my max.  It ships with Qt 5.4.  14.10 still has
5.3 if I recall correctly.

On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 2:42 PM, John Hawley <john.hawley at intel.com> wrote:

> 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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