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Date:      Sun, 25 Nov 2012 09:32:08 -0800
From:      Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org>
To:        Oleksandr Tymoshenko <gonzo@bluezbox.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@freebsd.org>, Alexander Yerenkow <yerenkow@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD on RaspberryPi
Message-ID:  <EBE2570F-E57F-42F7-A7A5-5291E8CD81F1@freebsd.org>
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On Nov 24, 2012, at 8:01 PM, Oleksandr Tymoshenko wrote:

>=20
> On 2012-11-24, at 4:47 PM, Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org> wrote:
>=20
>>=20
>> On Nov 24, 2012, at 11:13 AM, Alexander Yerenkow wrote:
>>=20
>>>=20
>>>=20
>>> 2012/11/24 Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org>
>>> On Nov 7, 2012, at 8:09 AM, Alexander Yerenkow wrote:
>>>=20
>>>>> Such experiments was tried by me and others in August; I got =
framebuffer worked in rca/hdmi; =85
>>>=20
>>> On Nov 8, 2012, at 11:12 PM, Alexander Yerenkow wrote:
>>>=20
>>>> It was plain current with plain RPIB kernel config, and for graphic =
you should uncomment there partition about sysconsole; serial then =
disabled;
>>>> Also, if you want ethernet - it's ue device, which also worked, but =
produced hangs for me in past (Hans IIRC already fixed.this).
>>>> I'll have some time this weekend, feel free to contact me by gtalk =
or else, I will play around with my rpi with both serials and vide =
modes.
>>>=20
>>> Alexander,
>>>=20
>>> I tried uncommenting the 'sc' entries in the RPI-B kernel
>>> config that's in -CURRENT right now.
>>>=20
>>> All entries, right?
>>=20
>> Yes, I uncommented all entries.
>>=20
>>> And how do you booting, via usb-flash, or via SD card?
>>=20
>> Via SD-card.  I'm using the image from here:
>> =
http://people.freebsd.org/~kientzle/FreeBSD-RPI-B-r242362-2012-10-30.img.x=
z
>> and swapping out the kernel.
>>=20
>>> I'll build now CURRENT, will look if I got same.=20
>>=20
>> Thanks.  I'd appreciate knowing whether it works for you.
>>=20
>> If you can get it to work, I'd appreciate any details you can give.
>=20
> Tim,
>=20
> I'm almost done with getting kernel working with latest raspberry Pi =
firmware. Just need
> to figure out how to make ubldr pass FDT pointer from u-boot to kernel =
and handle=20
> /reserve/ information in ARM machdep code.=20

Let me know if you need help with this.  I've worked with
the ubldr FDT code recently.

> Meanwhile I suggest editing .dts file manually. Fill out "display" =
node properties with proper
> display resolution and depth. Also add ukbd driver. That should get =
you working console.

I'll try that.

I'm curious:  why is this information coming from the DTS?
That seems pretty complex; I thought that the
console code would query this information via the mailbox
interface.

Tim
=20=



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