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1. minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2024 04:43:52 JST minute

   I did a lot of gardening today on some MNT Reform USB device/firmware code and related CI:
   —Keyboard V4 fw builds are now in CI: https://source.mnt.re/reform/reform/-/jobs/6301/artifacts/browse
   —Charger soft-start workaround merged for motherboard 2.5 system controller
   —USB vendor and product IDs updated for all keyboard, trackball and trackpad variants (to the ones we got from https://pid.codes)
   —Meaningful USB product names per build variant, like "MNT Reform Keyboard 4.0 Intl/LT" (i.e. non-US layout, laptop mode)

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2024 04:52:24 JST minute

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     • Richard Hughes

     this is also prep work for supporting firmware updates via fwupd (cc @hughsie)

   • C-Tyoim (ctyoim@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2024 07:06:04 JST C-Tyoim

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     @mntmn It's annoying that you didn't make video ports to use the mnt reform as an external screen, I'm going to have to tinker with a modification but otherwise, wow, I don't have the money yet but it's crazy. The product is just magnificent, I'm really in love, it allows so many things, and the principle of a laptop PC can really be improved, I'm 100% in it. Just to know, is it possible to connect an egpu?

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2024 07:13:31 JST minute

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     • C-Tyoim

     @ctyoim eGPU: it might be possible @ rk3588 but i don't know the current state of supported/stable PCIe GPUs for the platform. i will look into it at some point though. we had some success with GPUs on the LS1028A module, but it doesn't have a lot of processing power.

   • C-Tyoim (ctyoim@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2024 07:34:37 JST C-Tyoim

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     @mntmn that's the whole problem of a dedicated gpu inside the mnt reform, excluding consumption, barely released it's already obsolete 🥲 But thank you for the answer 🙏, I hope that an external egpu is possible, the cpu is good enough on the rk3588 to maintain a constant 60fps in 1080p in theory, that finally allows the video stream to be done, then to make AI training would be nice

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2024 07:47:22 JST minute

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     • C-Tyoim

     @ctyoim i have never felt the need to do "AI training" on my laptop

   • C-Tyoim (ctyoim@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2024 07:51:52 JST C-Tyoim

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     @mntmn (I have the budget for just one device, and it has to be portable+reparable)

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2024 07:53:05 JST minute

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     • C-Tyoim

     @ctyoim and why do you need "AI training"? i personally don't understand what it is useful for

   • C-Tyoim (ctyoim@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2024 08:07:18 JST C-Tyoim

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     @mntmn I am a data scientist and security tester, npu and other perf ia are extremely useful for understanding and summarizing architectures

     then quite simply to summarize large groups of data, do precise research in systems, or optimize architectures it is essential. since I work remotely and I don't even have space for a PC at home, a laptop is my only option, a modular PC being perfect in view of my possibility of adapting the modules and internal system allowing to adapt to each operation