Qualify the Arndale board

Registered by Michael Hope

We want to switch to the Cortex-A15 as our standard build and benchmark configuration. The Arndale board with the Exynos 5250 CPU is now available. Test the stability and performance to see about being our baseline.

Blueprint information

Status:
Complete
Approver:
Michael Hope
Priority:
High
Drafter:
Michael Hope
Direction:
Approved
Assignee:
Michael Hope
Definition:
Approved
Series goal:
Accepted for trunk
Implementation:
Informational Informational
Milestone target:
None
Started by
Michael Hope
Completed by
Matthew Gretton-Dann

Related branches

Sprints

Whiteboard

[1] http://git.linaro.org/gitweb?p=people/ronynandy/linux_stable.git;a=summary
[2] http://git.linaro.org/gitweb?p=people/ronynandy/u-boot-arndale.git;a=summary
[3] USB OTG with a powered hub, Apple USB adapter, and flash drive works. The onboard eMMC is very fast but only 4 GB. We avoid rootfs on SD by default.

Kernel support:
 * eMMC, SD OK
 * 2 GB of RAM OK
 * 1.4 GHz of 1.7 GHz. Runs too hot.
 * Bus/memory speed is unknown
 * USB 2.0 OTG as a host OK
 * No USB 2.0 host
 * No USB 3.0 host
 * SATA not tested

[2013-05-29 matthew-gretton-dann] Moved to Jira: http://cards.linaro.org/browse/TCWG-148

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Work Items

Work items:
Find kernel[1]: DONE
Find support such as SPL and u-boot[2]: DONE
Try mass storage and network options[3]: INPROGRESS
Build and document kernel: INPROGRESS
Test board and kernel for reliability in building GCC and running benchmarks: TODO
Check benchmark consistency: TODO
Log the configuration under cbuild/hardware: TODO
Get Dave to reproduce in the lab: TODO

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