(S922x, S905x3) Odroid N2 vs Khadas VIM 3 vs ...?

  • I have a VIM4 and currently see no sensible route to an LE image that runs on it due to zero upstream kernel support and a long (and not guaranteed to ever happen) time-gap until that happens. It's not simply a new iteration of the A311D (VIM3) chip, it's an all new SoC with some non-trivial IP changes (new USB, new HDMI driver, etc.) that need all-new drivers. CE can probably handle this device better since they work with vendor kernels that bundle those drivers, but even for them it's not so straightforward as Amlogic has dropped amcodec and most traces of older hardware from their latest iteration of codebase.

  • seems like coreelec wants to support that.

    Status about the future of CoreELEC
    Status about the future of CoreELEC With the launch of the last few Amlogic SoCs like SC2 (S905X4) and the upcoming T7 (A311D2), the support of open source…
    discourse.coreelec.org


    I am interested how they managed to get access to the closed part of the SOC

    Edited once, last by tavoc (May 25, 2022 at 6:33 PM).