[Letux-kernel] X1600 upstreaming efforts

[H. Nikolaus Schaller]

> Am 25.04.2025 um 11:42 schrieb Paul Boddie <paul at boddie.org.uk>:
> 
> On Friday, 25 April 2025 09:16:46 CEST H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote:
>>> 
>>> https://thingino.com/
>> 
>> Really interesting!
> 
> There was another site for IP camera firmware that covered Ingenic-based 
> devices, too:
> 
> https://openipc.org/
> 
> [...]
> 
>> Generally I think (after all the years of "opening" commercial products)
>> that the better strategy is to support already open development boards
>> and/or develop your own commercial product based on it... Reverse
>> Engineering third party products is running against walls and daily risk of
>> end of life of the product so the user-base will drain out.
> 
> I also think that the open development approach is better. But I thought it 
> was encouraging that various MIPS-based and Ingenic-based products are still 
> being made, probably in substantial volumes. It suggests that there should be 
> some kind of market for the devices you are making.

Indeed!

BTW: I can now start U-Boot on one of both LX20 boards. It needs some more tweaks of
config of course (remove Ethernet drivers, fix up bootcmd etc.) until it tries to
load a kernel. The other one likely has a hardware issue with DRAM power supply.

BR,
Nikolaus