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| The HiKey is based on a HiSilicon Kirin processor. There are two variants of the HiKey: the [[http://www.96boards.org/products/ce/hikey-circuitco/|original from CircuitCo]] and a new version in 1GB and 2GB [[http://www.96boards.org/products/ce/hikey/|variants from LeMaker]]. | The !HiKey is based on a !HiSilicon Kirin processor. There are two variants of the !HiKey: the [[http://www.96boards.org/products/ce/hikey-circuitco/|original from CircuitCo]] and a new version in 1GB and 2GB [[http://www.96boards.org/products/ce/hikey/|variants from LeMaker]]. |
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| || CPU || HiSilicon Kirin 620 1.2 GHz || | || CPU || !HiSilicon Kirin 620 1.2 GHz || |
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| || RAM || 1GB (CircuitCo or LeMaker) or 2GB (LeMaker) || || Storage || 4GB (CircuitCo) or 8GB (LeMaker) eMMC flash || |
|| RAM || 1GB (!CircuitCo or !LeMaker) or 2GB (!LeMaker) || || Storage || 4GB (!CircuitCo) or 8GB (!LeMaker) eMMC flash || |
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| The HiKey uses UEFI, so Debian should work out of the box once there's a kernel. | The !HiKey uses UEFI, so Debian should work out of the box once there's a kernel. |
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| Kilian Krause [[http://bugs.debian.org/812540|requested ARCH_HISI to be enabled in the kernel]] recently. However, it seems that HiSilicon Kirin support in the kernel is still very basic (e.g. no USB support). | Kilian Krause [[http://bugs.debian.org/812540|requested ARCH_HISI to be enabled in the kernel]] recently. However, it seems that !HiSilicon Kirin support in the kernel is still very basic (e.g. no USB support). Current bug list associated with the !HiKey support: * Bug [[http://bugs.debian.org/bug=816350|816350]]: missing firmware for wlan support |
HiKey
The HiKey is based on a HiSilicon Kirin processor. There are two variants of the HiKey: the original from CircuitCo and a new version in 1GB and 2GB variants from LeMaker.
Technical specification
CPU |
HiSilicon Kirin 620 1.2 GHz |
GPU |
Mali 450-MP4 |
RAM |
1GB (CircuitCo or LeMaker) or 2GB (LeMaker) |
Storage |
4GB (CircuitCo) or 8GB (LeMaker) eMMC flash |
WIFI |
yes |
Audio |
yes |
Bluetooth |
yes |
Connectors |
micro SD, USB (2 standard, 1 micro), HDMI |
Other |
96Boards 40-pin low speed and 60-pin high speed expansion connector |
Debian support
The HiKey uses UEFI, so Debian should work out of the box once there's a kernel.
Kilian Krause requested ARCH_HISI to be enabled in the kernel recently. However, it seems that HiSilicon Kirin support in the kernel is still very basic (e.g. no USB support).
Current bug list associated with the HiKey support:
Bug 816350: missing firmware for wlan support