Lots Of New ARM Hardware To Be Supported By Linux 3.17 The Rockchip RK3288 SoC is now supported. The Rockchip RK3288 is based upon a quad-core Cortex-A17 design with Mali-T764 GPU. The SoC claims to be the first to support real 4Kx2K video decoding and the first SoC with total HDCP 2.x security. The Rockchip RK3288 is also supported by Linux 3.17.
But before you rush to buy the device, understand that Rockchip RK3288 devices are still not really ready, more like beta devices, even Android TV boxes which are expected to come before HDMI sticks had to have their PCB re-laid out to fix some hardware bugs, and the firmware needs more work based on various reports.
The Rockchip RK3288 SoC is now supported. The Rockchip RK3288 is based upon a quad-core Cortex-A17 design with Mali-T764 GPU. The SoC claims to be the first to support real 4Kx2K video decoding and the first SoC with total HDCP 2.x security. T he Rockchip RK3288 is also supported by Linux 3.17.
Linux 3.17 Released http://www.cnx-software.com/2014/10/09/linux-3-17-released/ New features and improvements specific to the ARM architecture include: AllWinner A10/A20 – IR driver A31 – PIO/R_PIO external interrupts, DMAengine, GMAC A23: Timers, UARTs, initial bringup, Basic clocks, PIO/R_PIO drivers New boards: ba10-tvbox; Merrii A31 Hummingbird; pcDuino V3
Rockchip Enabled RK3288 SoC support Added RK3xxx I2S controller, RK3288 clock controller, RK3066 and RK3188 clock driver. Added RK3288 evaluation boards Added basic support for Mediatek MT6589 SoCs NEON implementation of crypto algorithms (SHA1; SHA512). Marvell Kirkwood now fully “device tree-ified”, mach-kirkwood directory deleted Added APM X-Gene SoC ethernet driver support. Various changes for Broadcom BCM7xxx STB SoCs, Fresscale i.MX, Samsung Exynos & S5PV210, Nvidia Tegra, Renesas SH and TI AM43xx SoCs. ARM64 / ARMv8 – Added 48-bit adress space, CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR (GCC’s -fstack-protector), audit support, and context tracking