Date: Tue, 30 May 2023 10:06:26 -0700 From: Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> To: Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Off list reply] PinePhone Pro Boots On CURRENT Message-ID: <502D9A6C-B2E4-4346-9BE4-FF4955A6F581@yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2B1FSiiROQP-Ab=T6jrqWtQ09Xu0rrJYLsJsE8TwKGhjESx23g@mail.gmail.com> References: <7E754298-372B-4E38-A6BA-C01A7FFAD9BD.ref@yahoo.com> <7E754298-372B-4E38-A6BA-C01A7FFAD9BD@yahoo.com> <CA%2B1FSiiROQP-Ab=T6jrqWtQ09Xu0rrJYLsJsE8TwKGhjESx23g@mail.gmail.com>
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On May 30, 2023, at 09:43, Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> = wrote: > My curiosity was if the frost and lime drivers may be compatible or = not with the mali gpu of the samsung Galaxy A6 even it is a little = different. Thanks. >=20 >> Il mar 30 mag 2023, 18:03 Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> ha = scritto: >>> > Mario Marietto <marietto2008_at_gmail.com> >>> > Date: Tue, 30 May 2023 13:02:38 UTC=20 >>> > That's interesting. As I have already said,I haven't bought the = pinephone >>> > pro,because it is expensive for me. So I'm working on a parallel = project. >>> > I've bought this phone,instead : >>> >=20 >>> > https://www.hdblog.it/schede-tecniche/samsung-galaxy-a6_i3655/ >>> >=20 >>> > That's cheaper. Between the specs I read that it has a mali = gpu,too : >>> > Mali-T830MP2 >>> >=20 >>> > so,eventually,I can use the Lima and the PanFrost driver even for = my >>> > samsung galaxy A6 ? I've started planning to install FreeBSD on = top of the >>> > Android Kernel,using a specific patch,but now I'm thinking that = maybe,I can >>> > install FreeBSD there natively. Can someone tell me if it is = doable,giving >>> > a look at the specs of that phone model ? thanks. >>>=20 >>> The subject of this thread is about "PinePhone Pro Boots On = CURRENT", >>> so about the PinePhone Pro, not about the samsung-galaxy-a6_i3655 . >>>=20 >>> > Mario Marietto <marietto2008_at_gmail.com> >>> > Date: Tue, 30 May 2023 14:49:26 UTC=20 >>> > Someone is reading what I'm writing ? I'm not sure because it = seems that my >>> > messages are totally ignored. >>>=20 >>> Any reply to the list to your material would be off >>> subject for the thread. That may make it less likely >>> that you would get a reply. >>>=20 >>> You might want your own thread with samsung-galaxy-a6_i3655 >>> in the subject for the thread. It would not guarantee any >>> activity but it would be less confusing than messing up >>> a thread about the PinePhone Pro. Actually, naming the SOC in the phone in the subject, instead of naming the phone itself, would probably be more technically direct. Exynos 7870 Octa ? >>> I will note that I do not remember any prior discussion >>> about booting FreeBSD on a samsung-galaxy (any model). It >>> could be that no one has any experience with the phone that >>> you picked or the SOC in the phone. A hint might be if there >>> is a sysutils/u-boot-* port for the SOC involved vs. not. If >>> not, then it is less likely that anyone will have any >>> experience with what all is actually involved. (But it would >>> not be a guarantee of the status.) >=20 =3D=3D=3D Mark Millard marklmi at yahoo.com
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