[U-Boot] [PATCH 5/5] sun6i: Add new CSQ_CS908 board

Ian Campbell ijc at hellion.org.uk
Tue Nov 18 15:10:00 CET 2014


On Tue, 2014-11-18 at 13:47 +0100, Hans de Goede wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 11/17/2014 08:03 PM, Ian Campbell wrote:
> > On Sun, 2014-11-16 at 17:16 +0100, Hans de Goede wrote:
> >> The CSQ CS908 is an A31s based top-set box, with 1G RAM, 8G NAND,
> >> rtl8188etv usb wifi, 2 USB A receptacles (1 connected through the OTG
> >> controller), ethernet, 3.5 mm jack with a/v out and hdmi out:
> >>
> >> http://www.geekbuying.com/item/CS908-Allwinner-A31S-Quad-Core-1-2GHz-Android-4-4-Mini-TV-Box-HDMI-HDD-Player-1G-8G-WIFI-Miracast---Black-333395.html
> >>
> >> Note it has no sdcard slot!
> > 
> > What are the implications of that?
> 
> That we can only fel-boot it. This is mostly a warning to end users
> to avoid this box if they want a box on which they can easily run
> Linux.

Ah, right. Probably best to end the sentence with "and therefore can
only be fel booted" or something then.

Presumably In The Fullness Of Time(tm) it'll be possible to boot from
NAND too, but lets not muddy those waters here...

> This does mean I got to use make foo_felconfig, works like a charm :)

Oh good ;-)

Ian.



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