Nice!


Asking money for firmware update is unusual, but improvements seem to be geat, so probably worth the money.

But is the source available for customers? I don't have a problem with paying for this, as long as the source is provided. After all UBoot is GPL.

Last edited by strim on 18-May-2015 at 03:32 PM.

I have heard that the speed of the internal SD slot is greatly improved in this version of U-Boot. If you could use a SD card instead of a hard drive you could remove your SATA controller and use full size graphics cards. To use a SD card as a hard drive a minimum size would be 64 GB. Only SDHX cards are that big. Does anyone know if the internal slot on a SAM 460 supports SDHX cards?

Nice job!!!

@strim

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But is the source available for customers? I don't have a problem with paying for this, as long as the source is provided. After all UBoot is GPL.

Yes, source code is available from the Sam460ex / Sam460cr pages on our website:

http://www.acube-systems.biz/download/u-boot-2015.a_prod.tar.gz

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I wanted to buy the binary with express paypal checkout, but after logging to paypal and confirming there, it redirects back to your shop, which only displays a blank page. Could you look into it? I sent you PM with URL.

Last edited by strim on 18-May-2015 at 06:17 PM.

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I've waited a long time for a uboot update. My A1-500 has a big problem detecting many SATA hard drives and DVD drives. Hopefully this situation has been improved, although there is no mention of it. I'd gladly pay for the update.

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How are you connectimg drives to Sam460?. I have 4 drives connected via Sii3114 card. It seems order of drives is important for sii based cards.

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What's the limit for SDXC cards? 64 GB or even greater?

The size can range from 32GB to 2TB using the exFAT file system. I don't know if a different file system can be used.

Updated, thank you!

So when do we get a similar update for the X1000?
I want faster boot times. It's painfully slow :( Both the CFE initialization wait and the kickstart loading. Total boot takes over a minute, like the A1200 with all patches. Very frustrating when it locks up 20 times a day during some debugging sessions.

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So this will not work on an AmigaOne 1000? I'll get it anyway, since I have an AmigaOne 500 also, but I want to use it on the AmigaOne 1000 also if possible. If not possible, that's OK, but I'd rather be told "no" than find out the hard way.

Hi, I know Max (or who is in charge of new updated UBoot) is quite busy.
But any ETA when a fix for new/latest/updated UBoot's USB keyboards not working?

TIA

m4x, any plans for a bug fixed version regarding USB keyboards?

Some help for you:
Logitech K360: working in both Uboot and AmigaOS 4.1.8
ACE CUB101: working in both Uboot and AmigaOS 4.1.8
Logitech UltraX Keyboard, Model Name Y-BL49, P/N 867510-0106: DOES NOT work in Uboot, but is working in AmigaOS 4.1.8.

Writing this with the UltraX keyboard connected to a Sam460ex running AmigaOS 4.1.8 (FE Update 1).

The K360 and CUB101 are both missing the right Windows key which is (ironically) a big no no for an Amiga.