Topwise A721 (topwise-a721)

Topwise A721 is motherboard that can be found in multiple devices, including LY-F1, Tracer OVO 1.2 or Gooseberry Single Board Computer. As the device uses Allwinner A10 SOC, it is fully capable of booting from SD Card. Changes allowing it to run Mainline Linux kernel are currently queued for 5.13.

Contributors

 * Shanduur

Maintainer(s)

 * Shanduur

What works

 * Nothing

What does not work

 * Everything!

To test/do

 * Prepare Das U-Boot for the device.
 * Try to launch Linux Sunxi or Armbian to have a base.
 * Get everything else working.

Clock Work Mod
CWM for the device can be found on Shanduur's Google Drive To install it, firstly get Android Terminal Emulator (you will probably have to install it with ) or perform this action directly from. Those devices are rooted by default. In the terminal, copy the files from SD-Card to internal storage. Then run following:

Dev Log

 * [2021.05.31] Moved to Linux 5.13-rc4 kernel. Das U-Boot wasn't built yet.
 * [2021.02.07] Initial configuration for the device based on the Sunxi Linux 5.9 kernel, including DTS mailpatch. Does not boot.

Links

 * Topwise A721 - Linux Sunxi Wiki
 * Shanduur's Google Drive