From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <408829c228f71cb5618e805b29547bd4@hamnavoe.com> From: Skip Tavakkolian Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2015 20:54:02 +0000 Message-ID: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a1139b3fe833ca8050e212723 Subject: Re: [9fans] Raspberry Pi 2 Model B Topicbox-Message-UUID: 3f471438-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --001a1139b3fe833ca8050e212723 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 hardkernel's odroid-c1 is similar and slightly better performance for the same price; any sense which port might be easier? http://www.hardkernel.com/main/products/prdt_info.php?g_code=G141578608433 On Mon Feb 02 2015 at 5:15:34 AM Richard Miller <9fans@hamnavoe.com> wrote: > > Noted it *should* be backwards compatible with previous software. Does a > > 9fan wish to vet the 9pi release against this new hardware? > > Compatible with user level software, yes. But it will need a new kernel, > because it has 4 x cortex-a7 cores compared with 1 x arm11 on the older pi. > > > --001a1139b3fe833ca8050e212723 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable hardkernel's odroid-c1 is similar and slightly better performance for t= he same price; any sense which port might be easier?

http://www.hardkernel.com/main/products/prdt_info.php?g_code=3DG= 141578608433


On= Mon Feb 02 2015 at 5:15:34 AM Richard Miller <9fans@hamnavoe.com> wrote:
> Noted it *should* be backwards compatible with previous software= . Does a
> 9fan wish to vet the 9pi release against this new hardware?

Compatible with user level software, yes. But it will need a new kernel, because it has 4 x cortex-a7 cores compared with 1 x arm11 on the older pi.=


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