NVMe support for Sam460 Uboot - how about X5000?!

It was just announced that the newest UBoot update for Sam460-line includes support for NVMe SSDs (https://www.acube-systems.biz/index.php?page=news&id=163).

How about X5000? Will A-Eon offer the same improvement for X5000 UBoot?

@Gregor

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Would be nice to have any public update to the X5000 UBoot, for that matter.

It's a great enhancement and it's free for both 460ex and 440ep platforms.
In these days seems an incredible thing..
ACube rocks!

@trixie

Yeah a PUBLIC X5000 firmware update announced and released by A-EON
to the people who bought cards/computers and supported A-EON wouldn't hurt.

2 more weeks. I'm all good.


5 weeks today since I ordered my X5000/40, did I get it yet? NO!

Edit: Recieved the X5000/40 today :) , 5 weeks and 5 days.

Cough cough I believe X1000 owners should be first in line for firmware updates right A-Eon

@328gts

Yeah I forgot they neglected you first..
Wish I could had my hands on an X1000 when they was for sale.

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As I know, there are some problem with X1000 firmware sources.
But of course, it will be nice.

X5000 and A1222+ sources are i A-Eon ownership, so there changes are possible.
For A1222+ have no sense NVME or SATA2 3132 support. But some still can be done:
- enable Rank ( Chip select ) interleaving for DDR3 which speeds a little RAM access
- upgrade integrated display ( DIU ) support: allocate more VRAM and enable it together with PCIe graphics card ( now is disabled if card is inserted ). That way it can be used for dualboot AmigaOS + RX card and Linux + DIU.

So big thanks to ACube - imagine my little Sam460ep with NVME!

@all
Adding NVMe support to the X5000 & A1222 would probably be easier then the X1000, because they use UBoot (just like the Sam4x0).

The X1000 uses CFE, and I'm not aware of any NVMe code for CFE.

Hans

@Hans

Neither the X5K/A1222 U-boot or X1000 CFE code is available publicly, which is a shame. Given where CFE is typically used, I doubt Broadcom or any of their customers would be adding NVMe support.

Of course if A-EON would like to make the source available, maybe someone here could play with it? Hintedy hint hint....

-- eliyahu

As posted: https://forum.amigaone.pl/amigaos-f3/e ... e-jeszcze-zyje-t1877.html

In the latest issue of Amiga Future, Trevor Dickinson reports on the Enhancer update to version 2.3 . This update will be free for owners of version 2.2.

Here's what's new:

Warp3D Nova update
Warp3D CGN
update Warp3D SI
update Radeon HD driver
update Radeon RX driver update
Full support for Radeon RX580 cards on A1222, X5000/20 and X5000/40
Added Harald Kanning's (Geennaam) NVMe driver (at around 2 GB/s on PCIe 4x port)
Added Harald Kanning's (Geennaam) HD Audio driver (Soundblaster FX and FXv2, Terratec Aureon 7.1, X100 audio chip)

So NVME and Audiodrivers will be available again

@Skateman

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You shouldn't put much stock in it Enhancer Software 2.3 was already announced at AmiWest 2022.

@Skateman
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Any idea what's been added for those of us on X5000? As far as I was aware the only thing we were missing was warm boot and Hans had said it wasn't possible / wouldn't happen. Given how often the system needs rebooting that would be real nice! Anything else?

So: NVMe on Sam460 needs a (paid) driver?

But using Silicon Image SATA2 3131/3132/3124 in the PCIe 1x slot is plug n play as usual (with the latest Uboot 2015.d)?

@arfcarl

ACube-Systems have created other drivers.

@LiveForIt

Do you mean integrated in the Uboot, or for adding a module to the Kicklayout?