Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2017 18:42:59 +0200 From: Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com> To: Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com> Cc: Johnny Sorocil <jsorocil@gmail.com>, freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Orange Pi Zero support Message-ID: <20170624184259.d2b7d2e6fbe6120cde572a33@bidouilliste.com> In-Reply-To: <20170624171539.3b6a73b245b05e649a62933c@bidouilliste.com> References: <CADxA8SoTM2WWUhGZ=B-7Y7QthyaWRU2Si94Cw41ccCyQHA846w@mail.gmail.com> <20170624171539.3b6a73b245b05e649a62933c@bidouilliste.com>
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On Sat, 24 Jun 2017 17:15:39 +0200 Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com> wrote: > On Sat, 24 Jun 2017 13:13:40 +0200 > Johnny Sorocil <jsorocil@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi all! > > > > I am trying to run FreeBSD on Orange Pi Zero board (Allwinner H2+ SoC). > > > > I have few questions: > > 1) How to build vanilla u-boot which will be capable booting FreeBSD > > kernel? I have managed to load ubldr, but not the kernel. > > The easiest way is to use my github fork > (https://github.com/evadot/u-boot/tree/freebsd) This have all the > patches for FreeBSD that haven't made upstream yet. > As soon as U-Boot 2017.07 is out (it should be out on July 10th) I'll > create a new branch on the FreeBSD fork > (https://github.com/freebsd/u-boot). > > Step to compile U-Boot: > > export CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-eabi- > gmake board_defconfig > gmake menuconfig (and select "Enable FreeBSD boot") > gmake > > > 2) How to use newer Linux dts/dtb files? > > For Allwinner it's straight forward, with a few exception we use the > Linux DTS untouched. > > > 1) u-boot > > This is how I built u-boot: > > git clone git://git.denx.de/u-boot.git > > cd u-boot > > git checkout v2017.05 > > # apply patch so it can be built on FreeBSD (tested on FreeBSD 11.1-BETA1) > > (in the attachment) > > gmake ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-eabi- orangepi_zero_defconfig > > gmake -j4 ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-eabi- > > dd if=u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin conv=notrunc,sync of=/dev/mmcsd0 bs=1024 > > seek=8 > > > > In the u-boot prompt: > > fatload mmc 0 0x42000000 ubldr.bin > > setenv fdtfile sun8i-h3-orangepi-one.dtb > > go 0x4200000 > > ubldr will work as expected, but kernel will hang at the start. > > If I use > > /usr/local/share/u-boot/u-boot-orangepi-one/u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin then > > the kernel and userland will boot normally. > > This is tested booting -CURRENT from Jul 22 (git: 57e30b47aab) > > > > 2) newer DTS/DTB > > If I use sun8i-h3-orangepi-one.dtb from FreeBSD source tree then the board > > will boot fine, but I don't have network. > > I can also boot normally if the dtb file is rebuilt manually: > > cd /usr/src/sys/gnu/dts/arm > > cpp -P -x assembler-with-cpp -I /usr/src/sys/gnu/dts/include -include > > sun8i-h3-orangepi-plus.dts /dev/null | dtc -O dtb -o ./sun8i-h3-rebuilt.dtb > > ls -lh sun8i-h3-rebuilt.dtb > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 15K Jun 24 13:02 sun8i-h3-rebuilt.dtb > > But, if dtb files from Armbian (Linux 4.11) are used, kernel will hang: > > Using DTB from loaded file > > 'boot/dtb-4.11.3-sun8i/sun8i-h2-plus-orangepi-zero.dtb'. > > Kernel entry at 0x42200100... > > Kernel args: -v > > The same file boots Linux without problems. > > > > I don't know why newer dtb files won't work because there is no output on > > serial console. > > Any ideas how to make it work? > > There is nothing on the serial console because we miss the h2 > definition in aw_machdep.c > I've started to add proper support for it today but there is some > problems with some old clocks drivers. I'm currently patching them and > hope to commit H2Plus support today or tomorow. > > Cheers, > > -- > Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com> <manu@freebsd.org> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-arm@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arm > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arm-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Sometime I'm just stupid and find problem where there is none. H2+ support has been commited in r320315. Ethernet and Wifi isn't supported yet. Let me know if you have any problems. -- Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com> <manu@freebsd.org>
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