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1. minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 19-Jan-2024 22:14:30 JST minute

   There crystallizes a path to make a QCM6490 CPU module (with 8GB RAM) for MNT Reform... what do you think? If I'm not mistaken this SoC is also used in the Fairphone 5 so there are some synergies in terms of support. Also (some experts please correct me) this would mean quite up-to-date OpenGL and Vulkan support, could we finally run Blender?

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 19-Jan-2024 22:18:46 JST minute

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     • Manawyrm | Sarah

     @manawyrm heh, it would be more affordable than the thundercomm devkit but not sure if ideal in terms of interfaces :D

   • Manawyrm | Sarah (manawyrm@chaos.social)'s status on Friday, 19-Jan-2024 22:18:47 JST Manawyrm | Sarah

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     @mntmn pmOS wiki is a good resource for mainline Linux support status: https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Fairphone_5_(fairphone-fp5)

     This looks pretty exciting, indeed. Missing audio support could be a platform or device thing, not quite sure. Otherwise looking pretty nice.

     Maybe just get a Fairphone 5 and install Linux and give it a shot? :D

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 19-Jan-2024 22:23:57 JST minute

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     • Simon Kowalewski

     @deBaer sure, I don't see no reason why not Pocket, too.

   • Simon Kowalewski (debaer@chaos.social)'s status on Friday, 19-Jan-2024 22:23:59 JST Simon Kowalewski

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     @mntmn Just the big Reform, or also the Pocket?

   • Pelle Wessman (voxpelli@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 19-Jan-2024 22:24:10 JST Pelle Wessman

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     • Framework

     @mntmn Sounds like an intriguing possibility – have you talked to Fairphone? Netherlands is not that far from Berlin I'm thinking :)

     Would love for Fairphone, MNT and @frameworkcomputer to be cooperating on modular open setups

     Eg. the Framework 16 inch uses a similar setup for the keyboard as MNT does I think? With an onboard RPi Pico chip to handle communication and keyboard logic

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 19-Jan-2024 22:40:33 JST minute

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     • Simon Kowalewski

     @deBaer doesn't look like the modem is working https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Fairphone_5_(fairphone-fp5)

   • Simon Kowalewski (debaer@chaos.social)'s status on Friday, 19-Jan-2024 22:40:35 JST Simon Kowalewski

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     @mntmn Oh, but would it be possible to use the included 5G modem, instead of a miniPCI one? Even if just with an eSIM if the SIM slot is hardwired to the WWAN interface?

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 19-Jan-2024 22:49:37 JST minute

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     • gkrnours

     @gkrnours we do have a prototype of Rack Reform but demand for it seemed very low. we also pitched a multi module ITX board to nlnet for funding but it was rejected. i'm thinking to make a more compact case based on the pocket reform motherboard perhaps.

   • gkrnours (gkrnours@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Friday, 19-Jan-2024 22:49:38 JST gkrnours

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     @mntmn with the multiplication of CPU module, I think some solution to reuse old one would be nice. I'm thinking maybe a rackable enclosure where you can plug like up to 8 modules, providing them with power+network. A cloud in a box.

   • Adam Honse (calcprogrammer1@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 19-Jan-2024 23:45:57 JST Adam Honse

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     @mntmn Not sure about that particular SoC, but the SDM845 has full OpenGL and Vulkan support in postmarketOS! Blender runs pretty well on my OnePlus 6T. That chip is newer but if Freedreno supports its variant of the Adreno GPU I see no reason it wouldn't run Blender well. Side note, I really want a Fairphone 5 but they're not sold in the US :( I may have to pay the exorbitant import cost, having a new, modern pmOS supported phone would be excellent.

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 19-Jan-2024 23:47:24 JST minute

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     • Adam Honse

     @CalcProgrammer1 awesome, thanks for confirming blender!

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 06:57:30 JST minute

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     • as400 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🐧
     • josch
     • Caleb

     @josch @as400 @caleb do you know if this really applies to the qcs6490?

   • josch (josch@floss.social)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 06:57:33 JST josch

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     • as400 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🐧

     @as400 @mntmn Oh thank you for that info! No kvm is a dealbreaker for me as I use qemu+kvm every day on my a311d reform (and the imx8mq in the past). Should the qcm6490 become part of the reform family, I'd appreciate another row in the table on https://mntre.com/modularity.html which indicates whether the platform can do kvm acceleration or not (in the same way as the table also lists opengl capabilities of the board).

   • as400 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🐧 (as400@mas.to)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 06:57:34 JST as400 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🐧

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     @mntmn

     Just remember one thing when dealing with Qualcomm chips. They don't have el2. And this means no kvm...

     And instead you sometimes get that awkward qc hypervisor in el2.

     My vote - don't do it. Just don't.

   • FrostBeast (frostchild@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jan-2024 10:30:34 JST FrostBeast

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     @mntmn I wonder if that requires any firmware blobs whether remote or not, though remote especially.