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Re:DFI GHF51: AMD Ryzen R1000 on a Raspberry Pi Sized Board by Havoc on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @01:02PM (#22618797)
>therefore specialized distros are required for full support.

Once the 5.5 kernel gets wider support I suspect this won't be an issue anymore. Ubuntu already supports ARM and with kernel support on the way it's only a matter of time.

>in RPis, the GPU is actually the main processor.

huh?

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Re:DFI GHF51: AMD Ryzen R1000 on a Raspberry Pi Sized Board by ZiiS on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @01:21PM (#22618978)
The VideoCore boots first and has low level control of the SoC. It then turns on the ARM core. I think it is fair to view it as the main processor.
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Re:DFI GHF51: AMD Ryzen R1000 on a Raspberry Pi Sized Board by Arelius on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @01:47PM (#22619289)
While I see what you mean, Isn't it common even in x86 for other cores to boot before and be involved in start-up of the primary CPU?

While that might be a fair view, I think it deserves further qualification as to not just cause extra confusion.

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