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Date:      Thu, 21 Mar 2019 13:42:55 -0500
From:      Jedi Tek'Unum <jedi@jeditekunum.com>
To:        Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-arm@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Options for FBSD support with LCD device - new project
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On Mar 20, 2019, at 9:56 AM, Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> wrote:
>=20
> The default pin assignments in the dts are completely controlled by
> linux, and I think effectively by the actual board vendors who create
> the dts and submit it to linux.  We (freebsd) are just a consumer of
> the dts info, we have to work with whatever they shove down our
> throats, and continually re-adapt ourselves whenever they change their
> minds and make arbitrary incompatible changes from one release to the
> next (which they definitely do).

The problem is =E2=80=9Clinux=E2=80=9D - which one?!

As far as I=E2=80=99ve been able to figure out, these boards have not =
been propagated into mainline linux. So if you are saying FBSD draws =
from mainline linux then you might not be getting the good stuff.

There is friendlyarm=E2=80=99s distribution =
/boot/sun50i-h5-nanopi-neo2.dtb that decompiled doesn=E2=80=99t look =
remotely like anything I=E2=80=99ve seen elsewhere. There is =
https://linux-sunxi.org/Main_Page <https://linux-sunxi.org/Main_Page>. =
There is armbian - some sun50i-h5-i2c*.dts overlays here: =
https://github.com/armbian/sunxi-DT-overlays/tree/master/sun50i-h5 =
<https://github.com/armbian/sunxi-DT-overlays/tree/master/sun50i-h5>. =
Given the moving target of what FDT is, who knows whether these are =
remotely useful.

Bottom line is we non-experts have next to zero chance getting these =
boards working for us with FBSD.




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