Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2023 23:04:45 +0200 From: Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> To: Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org>, freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pinephone Pro Message-ID: <CA%2B1FSij1tBsrW0fiLaL8nM07uurpk%2BAxfvo5SNgUbWbX8-3b%2Bw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <66fee230-24eb-c7d8-fa30-4530409c0f5c@nomadlogic.org> References: <66fee230-24eb-c7d8-fa30-4530409c0f5c@nomadlogic.org>
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--00000000000008586405f84cafab Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello. you could try to install qemu and kvm and then virtualize FreeBSD for arm64 on the pine phone :P ; this is what I would do. How many ram and cores does the pine phone have ? On Fri, Mar 31, 2023 at 11:20=E2=80=AFPM Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org> = wrote: > Hey there folks - I recently acquired a Pinephone Pro as well as the > Keyboard/Battery case option they sell: > > https://www.pine64.org/pinephonepro/ > https://pine64.com/product/pinephone-pinephone-pro-keyboard-case/ > > I especially like the Keyboard as it will probably make my on call > rotations easier while I'm out running errands. That's the theory at > least. > > I've gotten Linux (postmarketOS) up on it, and it seems OK and will > probably be my daily driver OS. It certainly has quite a few warts to > be honest, which is surprising because I assumed things would be a bit > more polished with all the attention linux gets. > > Regardless, I would be keen to test out and help if possible getting > FreeBSD support on it. My plan is to start with the PINE64 image on a > flashed memory card and see how it goes. Hopefully by finding what the > quirks are on Linux will be helpful resolving issues on the FreeBSD > side. Not expecting a fully featured device out of the gate, but will > probably focus first on getting the keyboard and wifi stack up first if > possible. There even a userspace keyboard driver here which may be > better than the linux-kernel driver: > https://xff.cz/git/pinephone-keyboard/about/ > > So my question is - is the PINE64 the right image to use? Anyone else > tried this and able to share tweaks or docs they used to get things movin= g? > > Cheers! > -Pete > > -- > Pete Wright > pete@nomadlogic.org > @nomadlogicLA > > > --=20 Mario. --00000000000008586405f84cafab 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 qemu and kvm and then virtualize FreeBSD for arm64 on the pine phone :P= ; this is what I would do. How many ram and cores does the pine phone have= ? <br></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D= "gmail_attr">On Fri, Mar 31, 2023 at 11:20=E2=80=AFPM Pete Wright <<a hr= ef=3D"mailto:pete@nomadlogic.org" target=3D"_blank">pete@nomadlogic.org</a>= > wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px = 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hey = there folks - I recently acquired a Pinephone Pro as well as the <br> Keyboard/Battery case option they sell:<br> <br> <a href=3D"https://www.pine64.org/pinephonepro/" rel=3D"noreferrer" target= =3D"_blank">https://www.pine64.org/pinephonepro/</a><br>; <a href=3D"https://pine64.com/product/pinephone-pinephone-pro-keyboard-case= /" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://pine64.com/product/pinephon= e-pinephone-pro-keyboard-case/</a><br> <br> I especially like the Keyboard as it will probably make my on call <br> rotations easier while I'm out running errands.=C2=A0 That's the th= eory at least.<br> <br> I've gotten Linux (postmarketOS) up on it, and it seems OK and will <br= > probably be my daily driver OS.=C2=A0 It certainly has quite a few warts to= <br> be honest, which is surprising because I assumed things would be a bit <br> more polished with all the attention linux gets.<br> <br> Regardless, I would be keen to test out and help if possible getting <br> FreeBSD support on it.=C2=A0 My plan is to start with the PINE64 image on a= <br> flashed memory card and see how it goes. Hopefully by finding what the <br> quirks are on Linux will be helpful resolving issues on the FreeBSD <br> side.=C2=A0 Not expecting a fully featured device out of the gate, but will= <br> probably focus first on getting the keyboard and wifi stack up first if <br= > possible.=C2=A0 There even a userspace keyboard driver here which may be <b= r> better than the linux-kernel driver:<br> <a href=3D"https://xff.cz/git/pinephone-keyboard/about/" rel=3D"noreferrer"= target=3D"_blank">https://xff.cz/git/pinephone-keyboard/about/</a><br>; <br> So my question is - is the PINE64 the right image to use?=C2=A0 Anyone else= <br> tried this and able to share tweaks or docs they used to get things moving?= <br> <br> Cheers!<br> -Pete<br> <br> -- <br> Pete Wright<br> <a href=3D"mailto:pete@nomadlogic.org" target=3D"_blank">pete@nomadlogic.or= g</a><br> @nomadlogicLA<br> <br> <br> </blockquote></div><br clear=3D"all"><br><span>-- </span><br><div dir=3D"lt= r">Mario.<br></div> --00000000000008586405f84cafab--
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