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Sorry if this is a bit off-topic -- but I've only just heard about this via the Slackware ARM forum/youtube channel ...
Could anyone give me some pointers on where to find technical specs/docs for it? Ie. what docs are available for interfacing with the hardware.
I'm only familiar with the Raspberry Pi. There I know how to use the framebuffer, the sdhci, timers, uart, spi, dma, gpio, interrupts etc.
Is the Rock stuff potentially more open?
How does ARM Mali compare with Broadcom's VideoCore?
All available on the Pine64 web site. The very site you go to if you want to purchase or research the hardware or find links to OS images and instructions for installation. https://www.pine64.org
Check the WIKI and FORUMS, they have images of the board, well annotated, and even schematics of the circuits.
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