Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2023 01:22:32 +0100 From: Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> To: Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org> Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Pinebook Pro? Message-ID: <CA%2B1FSiisNFkbR2MwNxJTMBFKs%2BT6og%2BWXLkugv73dH49g-7b2Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <865yb6kenb.fsf@bay.localnet> References: <865yb6kenb.fsf@bay.localnet>
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--000000000000b4de4905f6a8ff1f Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello. you could try to install linux natively on it and then virtualize freebsd with qemu + kvm on / for arm64. This is what I would like to do if I bought one of those. On Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 1:16=E2=80=AFAM Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org> wrote= : > Hello, > I recently bought a Pinebook Pro, but I haven't been able to get it > to run FreeBSD reliably. I can get it to boot, but usually the display > loses sync shortly after the kernel starts booting. The display is > sometimes readable enough for text so I have experimented with it a > little. It seemed to run well enough for a while but I have had it lock > up a couple of times. > > I have used the RockPro64 images with the u-boot-pinebookpro applied as > directed. I have tried FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE, 13.2-RC2, and 14.0-CURRENT > and all of them have the same problem. The Pinebook Pro works well with > the supplied Manjaro and with an Armbian version of Xubuntu. I also > tried NetBSD, and that works but runs the battery down much too fast. > > I assume others have run it since there is a u-boot for it, but maybe > recent versions are different than older versions. Has anybody else > gotten FreeBSD to work with recent versions of the Pinebook Pro? > > Thanks for any information. > -- > Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org > > --=20 Mario. --000000000000b4de4905f6a8ff1f Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Hello.</div><div><br></div><div>you could try to inst= all linux natively on it and then virtualize freebsd with qemu + kvm on / f= or=C2=A0 arm64. This is what <span lang=3D"en">I would like to do if I boug= ht one of those.<br></span></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div = dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 1:16=E2=80=AFAM Ca= rl Johnson <<a href=3D"mailto:carlj@peak.org" target=3D"_blank">carlj@pe= ak.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"m= argin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left= :1ex">Hello,<br> I recently bought a Pinebook Pro, but I haven't been able to get it<br> to run FreeBSD reliably.=C2=A0 I can get it to boot, but usually the displa= y<br> loses sync shortly after the kernel starts booting.=C2=A0 The display is<br= > sometimes readable enough for text so I have experimented with it a<br> little.=C2=A0 It seemed to run well enough for a while but I have had it lo= ck<br> up a couple of times.<br> <br> I have used the RockPro64 images with the u-boot-pinebookpro applied as<br> directed.=C2=A0 I have tried FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE, 13.2-RC2, and 14.0-CURRE= NT<br> and all of them have the same problem.=C2=A0 The Pinebook Pro works well wi= th<br> the supplied Manjaro and with an Armbian version of Xubuntu.=C2=A0 I also<b= r> tried NetBSD, and that works but runs the battery down much too fast.<br> <br> I assume others have run it since there is a u-boot for it, but maybe<br> recent versions are different than older versions.=C2=A0 Has anybody else<b= r> gotten FreeBSD to work with recent versions of the Pinebook Pro?<br> <br> Thanks for any information.<br> -- <br> Carl Johnson=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 <a href=3D"mailto:car= lj@peak.org" target=3D"_blank">carlj@peak.org</a><br> <br> </blockquote></div><br clear=3D"all"><br><span>-- </span><br><div dir=3D"lt= r">Mario.<br></div> --000000000000b4de4905f6a8ff1f--
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