Re: EOMA68-A20 preproduction unit for dev work

[Eric Bavier]

Hello Adam,

On Fri, 10 Nov 2017 17:01:36 +0700
Adam Van Ymeren <address@hidden> wrote:

> On 10 November 2017 07:35:50 GMT+07:00, Eric Bavier <address@hidden> wrote:
> >Hello Guix,
> >
> >There may be an opportunity to get a preproduction EOMA68-A20 unit from
> >lkcl.  He'd like them to be used for either hardware or software
> >development.  I'm not sure that I have the time or necessary experience
> >to help in that way myself, but I'd like to still support the project
> >and I'd really like to see Guix(SD) up and running there.
> >
> >I know we already have a few people here who have been working on
> >arm/aarch64 things.  If anyone is interested in working towards
> >Guix(SD) on the EOMA68-A20, I'd be willing to sponsor the cost of the
> >preproduction hardware.  Please let me know so that we can discuss with
> >lkcl and arrange it.
> >
> >`~Eric  
> 
> Hey Eric, always exciting to see posts in in the lists for one
> project you're interested in about other projects you're interested
> in.

Indeed :)

> 
> For what its worth I will be receiving a preproduction unit from
> lkcl.

Very cool!

>  I will prioritize whatever Luke needs first, but I would like
> to work on porting GuixSD as it is my preferred distro and the best
> path forward for GNU.

Sounds like a good plan.  I also think they're both important projects,
so thank you for your help already.

> That being said I'd encourage anyone else interested to peruse it as
> well as I have no idea how long it may take me.

We may have a small team of people working on it then. :)

`~Eric