[fedora-arm] Re: 96Boards Enterprise Edition Cello

----- Original Message -----
> From: Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>
> To: Jon Masters <jcm@redhat.com>
> Cc: Fedora ARM secondary architecture list <arm@lists.fedoraproject.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2016 1:14 PM
> Subject: [fedora-arm] Re: 96Boards Enterprise Edition Cello
>
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 07:18:23AM -0400, Jon Masters wrote:
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> I wanted to just drop a quick note that we're making *great* progress
>> toward having early 96Boards "Cello" boards for Fedora enablement
>> purposes. These are (AArch64) AMD Seattle based boards:
>>
>> http://www.lenovator.com/product/103.html
>>
>> These are SBSA/SBBR compliant boards that (from a software point of
>> view) look just like ARM servers. They're also low-ish cost (for a
>> server - $300+the cost of RAM and disk, etc.). Yes, they're not in a
>> standard ATX form factor. We know this. Before you rant about that,
>> consider that the goal here is to give developers a tiny board on their
>> desk that happens to meet the software requirements for server - we all
>> hope there will be many more server platforms that are ATX size soon.
>>
>> We ought to be in a very solid position to be able to support these
>> quickly in Fedora. I've got plans in place to get some early boards to
>> key folks needed to make that happen. I've also previously booted
> Fedora
>> on an early board with a couple of tweaks that need cleanup. I'll
>> followup with details, and with the individuals who are getting early
>> boards (they know who they are) to help get this moving.
>
> This is good news, especially that they are non-junk SBSA/SBBR-
> compliant boards[1].
>
> I ordered one of these the day they were announced. Any idea when
> they'll be delivered :-?

>

I think these are great!! It is what I have been waiting to see. I put one on my wishlist. It will be a while.. Hopefully, we get some good reports in the meantime! :)

Sean
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