RISC-V BeagleV Ahead Single Board Computer To See Working HDMI With Linux 7.1
The BeagleV Ahead is an open-source RISC-V single board computer S(BC) built around the quad-core TH1520 SoC. With the Linux 7.1 mainline kernel there is HDMI display support coming now that the Device Tree bits have been added.
The T-Head TH1520 SoC features four Xuantie C910 processors running at 2GHz. This SoC also has an NPU rated for a basic 4 TOPS @ INT8 plus an Imagination BXM-4-64 GPU. The BeagleV Ahead sports 4GB of LPDDR4 system memory and 16GB eMMC. The specs aren't too interesting for the BeagleV Ahead but does make for a low-cost option for playing with RISC-V hardware at around $150 USD.
With Linux 7.1 the TH1520 video out support via HDMI is being enabled for the mainline kernel builds. The T-HEAD Device Tree updates were recently sent out for queuing ahead of the imminent Linux 7.1 merge window. That pull enables the display pipeline for the BeagleV Ahead and adds the necessary HDMI connector node and activating the DPU and HDMI nodes. So if you have a BeagleV Ahead or considering one, at least the mainline Linux 7.1 kernel will get the HDMI support in order.
The T-Head TH1520 SoC features four Xuantie C910 processors running at 2GHz. This SoC also has an NPU rated for a basic 4 TOPS @ INT8 plus an Imagination BXM-4-64 GPU. The BeagleV Ahead sports 4GB of LPDDR4 system memory and 16GB eMMC. The specs aren't too interesting for the BeagleV Ahead but does make for a low-cost option for playing with RISC-V hardware at around $150 USD.
With Linux 7.1 the TH1520 video out support via HDMI is being enabled for the mainline kernel builds. The T-HEAD Device Tree updates were recently sent out for queuing ahead of the imminent Linux 7.1 merge window. That pull enables the display pipeline for the BeagleV Ahead and adds the necessary HDMI connector node and activating the DPU and HDMI nodes. So if you have a BeagleV Ahead or considering one, at least the mainline Linux 7.1 kernel will get the HDMI support in order.