Bosbeetle
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Pyra Firy Fluctuations
Sane version numbering?
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Since this topic is still relevant, there's no reason not to dig it up...
I suggest the following:
<mainboard version> / <SOCboard version> <variant identifier>
Using two integers and a character.
I suggest:
A = no 3G or GPS
B = 3G
C = 4G
X = weird, prototype, modified, partially broken or otherwise non-standard boards
So currently, ED has Pyra 1/1 X hardware lying around
In Two Months' TM time, the Pyra 1/1 A and 1/1 B will be released
Then, sometime afterwards, the Pyra 1/1 C
A bug or two is spotted in the mainboard. New revision: the Pyra 2/ series
The 4G module becomes very cheap, so no more Pyra B models
Maybe an upgrade to a fancy big.little SOC or something, creating the /2 family ( Pyra 2/2 A and Pyra 2/2 C)
Some people may, through upgrades, end up with Pyra 1/2 B units, although, in this hypothetical chain of events, would never be sold officially
Maybe a bunch of unrepairable units are sent in under warranty, or GC mess up. Dragonbox would then sell a bunch of Pyra X units. The X would indicate that you should read the full description to find out exactly what the unit does or does not do.
I suggest the following:
<mainboard version> / <SOCboard version> <variant identifier>
Using two integers and a character.
I suggest:
A = no 3G or GPS
B = 3G
C = 4G
X = weird, prototype, modified, partially broken or otherwise non-standard boards
So currently, ED has Pyra 1/1 X hardware lying around
In Two Months' TM time, the Pyra 1/1 A and 1/1 B will be released
Then, sometime afterwards, the Pyra 1/1 C
A bug or two is spotted in the mainboard. New revision: the Pyra 2/ series
The 4G module becomes very cheap, so no more Pyra B models
Maybe an upgrade to a fancy big.little SOC or something, creating the /2 family ( Pyra 2/2 A and Pyra 2/2 C)
Some people may, through upgrades, end up with Pyra 1/2 B units, although, in this hypothetical chain of events, would never be sold officially
Maybe a bunch of unrepairable units are sent in under warranty, or GC mess up. Dragonbox would then sell a bunch of Pyra X units. The X would indicate that you should read the full description to find out exactly what the unit does or does not do.
WizardStan
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But for cost reasons the OMAP5 is still being produced, and then a longstanding bug is fixed, how do you distinguish the fixed OMAP5 from the new fancy and expensive big.LITTLE SoC? This would be more relevant if there's ever an x86 SoC, then it makes perfect sense to maintain an ARM and a x86 version simultaneously, but which version number is which? Or do they just get interwoven, first OMAP5 is 1, second revision is 2, x86 is 3, third OMAP5 revision if 4, second x86 revision is 5, etc...
