MK802III Ubuntu -> Besseres WiFi, CPU usw.!

[djgamma]

Heyhey ^^

habe gerade eine Meldung im Forum von Rikomagic gesehen, aus der hervorgeht, dass der Source-Code für Rk3066 in die Hände eines erfahrenen Programmierers rausgegeben wurde. Dieser hat bereits angefangen und schon mal eine Liste von Möglichkeiten rausgegeben!

I am happy to announce we are now working on a port of Ubuntu Linux 12.10 for the MK802III.

We are extremely lucky to have the very talented AndrewDB working on this and all developments will be posted here, as and when they happen. This is very exciting as we have already determined that the SOC used in the MK802III (the Rockchip RK3066) is an extremely powerful processor and it is much more suited to run a full desktop version of Ubuntu than the Allwinner A10.

I have copied AndrewDB's earlier post below:

Cheers,

Andy

Hi everybody,
I am the developer of Ubuntu Linux on the RK3066. I was contacted by Andy Kirby and he is kindly sending me a sample of the MK 802 III for development work. I expect to have an Alpha version of Ubuntu Linux 12.10 Quantal running on it in a few days and I'll publish a dual boot Android / Ubuntu Linux ROM as soon as possible (yes it's possible to dual boot Android and Linux on the RK3066).
Andy also sent me the kernel source for the RK3066. I had previously been working on a leaked version of the RK3066 kernel source (the "Edison" kernel) that was based on earlier code from Rockchip.

Based on my work on the kernel, I can already explain some of the issues users have encountered with the RK3066 devices:

Some TVs not supported / blank screen: this is due to poor coding of the EDID detection code in the HDMI driver in the RK3066 kernel. As soon as possible I am going to work on this.

1080p not fully supported / screen stretching issues: this is due to incorrect memory allocation and incorrect scaling parameters in the HDMI code. This I have already solved. The RK3066 is perfectly capable of full HD resolution (1080p) for normal Android/Linux use and movie playback.

Wifi issues (apart from antenna issues): the RTL8188 chip used in the MK802 III has many different options that can be set when the driver is loaded at runtime and these affect the stability of the wifi connections and the speed. There is work to be done to find the perfect combination of parameters.

Heat vs. max speed issues: the RK3066 has both clock and voltage scaling capabilities and the kernel has various cpufreq governors available, each one with parameters that can be changed to obtain the best results i.e. the best compromise between speed and heat. Again here some work is required but the code is there.

Sogar Dual-Boot!!!!


Leute - ich glaube es dauert nicht mehr lange bis das auch für den MK808 raus kommt ^^

 

[salundy]

Hervorragend, dann erwarte ich ja demnächst auch eine ordentliche Firmware für den MK808

 

[kalle72]

Ist dann wohl für alle Rockchip/Mali Gerätschaften.

 

[djgamma]

i hope so ^^ zwar wird ubuntu durch die 1GB ram limitiert, aber auf grund des guten proz. sollte es doch gut flüssig laufen, sobald die anwendung gestartet ist :=

 

[Simon.S]

1gb ram sollte für linus doch genug sein

 

[jfc87]

Und gibt es da schon Neuigkeiten?