[zen_1]

At least with the rockchip-based designs you can get the TRMs for the SOC.

https://github.com/Hao-boyan/rk3588-TRM-and-Datasheet https://opensource.rock-chips.com/wiki_Main_Page

For the raspberry Pi 4b, the publicly available documentation for the BCM2711 SoC is laughable, barely 160-odd pages long and missing key details (such as which timers are accessible from the ARM core, and which are accessible from the GPU).

P.S. if anyone knows where to find the full TRM for the broadcom BCM2711, I'd be really grateful if you got in touch or sent me the pdf.

[shaunsingh0207]

I've switched to using the pine64 boards for exactly that reason. All of the RPI model <X> boards feel like they're targeting hobbyists who want to build a retropi setup or school project and just need working software.

The pine boards are far more open, and the whole company is just "we give you the hardware, you self serve the software". They have a few good "pi alternatives", and some more "exotic" stuff. I've been playing around with their ox64 board and am enjoying it so far

[sitzkrieg]

good luck. not to mention not even full schematics of rpis.. being in broadcoms bed and not even being able to buy standalone chips. and making hobbists think its an open platform when its one of the furthest away from that, ugh.

the effort is better spent on nearly any other arm soc