Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 10:15:05 +0100 From: Balanga Bar <balanga.bar@gmail.com> To: Ronald Klop <ronald-lists@klop.ws> Cc: Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org>, Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>, freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Marvell Kirkwood - anyone? Message-ID: <CADocevBWvRvUNDCZG9-y1kT9aLfryJt=HSk=ZOHH0bhLdsXx1g@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1995497096.1.1556098457731@localhost> References: <693425711bdc5e7fbff22bb4056c33326fca8c4d.camel@freebsd.org> <CADocevC8LpuxuFd9rpo3VPn1Otwws3qRr2rY6c2VuMyTGqF8Cw@mail.gmail.com> <7a36b81cb2c29293296bac9ae1764f0091281408.camel@freebsd.org> <CADocevDMpnbts5KFmX0AUPS2_QxEF4dTQo-fQgKbkqn5%2B%2Bm_Pw@mail.gmail.com> <c0e5a207ea7146424e2ada73bdaf050bd39417d8.camel@freebsd.org> <CADocevDEjc8RvX5g1M10zGmsVf%2B7x5xR4uaEAeKfom3CmTg15g@mail.gmail.com> <dec1ab4afe66061b44e8fe96ed85412c9f746ee2.camel@freebsd.org> <CADocevCu6eeGm8tB8TdjoJZuxsbZ8iGmEWzQKfzsiMZdXcWFYw@mail.gmail.com> <20190423075411.GA18137@lonesome.com> <CADocevCLBFYTH=8GZZP90xjDHjpaGPao%2By8gCfTLKZKPz8Kt7Q@mail.gmail.com> <20190423165731.GB10587@lonesome.com> <CADocevBJgcjJ=CECi1j5rBXMOYijy9fEnSPZ2sVKM6OGosExyQ@mail.gmail.com> <1995497096.1.1556098457731@localhost>
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It's nice to know that someone has 11.2 working on armv5. Could you let me know how you built it? I installed portsnap under 11.0 but was unable to build anything - will try again with 11.2 to see if I can iron out the problems I've had as I now know someone has it working. On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 10:34 AM Ronald Klop <ronald-lists@klop.ws> wrote: > Dear Balanga, > > I run 11.2 on my Sheevaplug (armv5 also). > > uname -a > FreeBSD sheeva2.klop.ws 11.2-RELEASE-p4 FreeBSD 11.2-RELEASE-p4 #4 > r339336M: Sat Oct 13 23:31:51 CEST 2018 builder@rpi3:/data/src/obj-11.2/arm.arm/data/src/11.2/sys/SHEEVAPLUG > arm > > It has a ports checkout using portsnap. And that works pretty well. > Just do: > portsnap auto > cd /usr/ports/shells/bash (or whatever port you wish to install) > make install > make clean > > I think that is the most simple approach for you to go forward. > > Regards, > Ronald. > > PS: Sorry for top-posting, my current mail client does not help in this > very well. > > > *Van:* Balanga Bar <balanga.bar@gmail.com> > *Datum:* dinsdag, 23 april 2019 20:08 > *Aan:* Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> > *CC:* freebsd-arm@freebsd.org, Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> > *Onderwerp:* Re: Marvell Kirkwood - anyone? > > Actually I have managed to build FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE on ARM and it has not > exhibited any problems on my GoFlexHome apart from being unable install > pkgs. That is the current focus at the moment. > > On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 5:57 PM Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 03:19:15PM +0100, Balanga Bar wrote: > > > Is it possible to get a version of portsnap from that point? > > > > I don't know enough to answer that question. I think it would be fair > > to assume "no". > > > > IIUC you seem to be looking for an _easy_ way to get Kirkwood back up > > and working. I'm going to be honest and say there isn't one. > > > > Here are the approaches I think you can take: > > > > - stay on 8.x; bring individual port updates to it from ports-head and > > build your own ports. Difficulty: hard. > > > > - figure out what src changes after 8.x regressed Kirkwood; check > > out src 12-STABLE, build your own src, and use FreeBSD.org packages. > > Difficulty: expert. > > > > - stay on 8.x; attempt to bring a modern ports tree to it and build > > your own ports. Difficulty: challenging. > > > > The difficulty level of the first approach depends on which ports you > > are going to try to use. shells/bash? Probably not too hard. Anything > > GUI-related? Very hard. > > > > None of these approaches are achievable within hours; they will take > > days, or, in the case of the third approach, weeks. > > > > fwiw, the second approach is the only one where your fixes could be > > merged back into FreeBSD. If I were personally determined to run > > Kirkwoord, that's the approach I would take. (I gave my GuruPlug > > away some time ago.) > > > > I'm sorry that I can't be more encouraging. > > > > mcl > > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > ------------------------------ > >
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