[LLVMdev] Build times on ARM

[Alexei Starovoitov]

On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 11:26 PM, Renato Golin <renato.golin at linaro.org> wrote:
>
> IFC 6410 - ARMv7 Quad-Krait 2GB
> http://www.inforcecomputing.com/products/single-board-computers/6410-single-board-computer-sbc
> Available, $150
> (*) Kernel needs fixing, hopefully soon (months)
>
> Chromebook2 - ARMv7 Quad-Exynos5 2GB
> http://www.samsung.com/us/computer/chrome-os-devices/XE503C32-K01US
> Available, $380
>
> ARM Juno - AArch64 Hexa-A53/A57 up-to 8GB
> http://www.arm.com/products/tools/development-boards/versatile-express/juno-arm-development-platform.php
> Hard to get, $100s to $1000s
>
> APM X-Gene - AArch64 Octa-A57, lots of RAM
> https://www.apm.com/products/data-center/x-gene-family/x-gene/
> Hard to get, $100s to $1000s
>
> AMD Seattle - AArch64 Quad~Octa, lots of RAM
> http://www.amd.com/en-us/press-releases/Pages/64-bit-developer-kit-2014jul30.aspx
> Not available, likely many $1000s
>
> Cavium Thunder-X - AArch64 48/96 cores, lots of RAM
> http://www.cavium.com/ThunderX_ARM_Processors.html
> Not available, likely many many $1000s
>

For aarch64 testing I'm using hikey board:
https://www.96boards.org/products/ce/hikey/
~$100, Cortex-A53 64-bit SoC running at 1.2GHz,
but 1GB of memory is not usable for on-host compilation.

I was lucky to get it from the first batch back in Feb.
Right now it's still backordered and the next batch coming in Aug.