Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2016 21:56:33 -0700 From: Mark Millard <markmi@dsl-only.net> To: freebsd-arm <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org> Subject: Odroid C2 unable to boot Message-ID: <F00EBEE7-CCDC-487F-A165-F8E549469B14@dsl-only.net>
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FYI for Hardkernel's serial cable: See. . . http://odroid.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=3Den:usb_uart_kit for instructions for more than just Windows 7: Linux too. For me the forum's Mac OS X material that is referenced did not work for = Mac OS X 10.11.4 but the cable worked fine in basic tests with: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/serial/id877615577?mt=3D12 (not free) (and its built-in drivers) when I set 115200 baud, 8 bit, no parity, one = stop bit, flow control being just XON/XOFF based. [The official drivers from = http://www.silabs.com/Support%20Documents/Software/ did not work and = caused hangs of the process involved under Mac OS X 10.11.4 . I = uninstalled those drivers before buying and trying Serial.] As for booting FreeBSD: (I'm not a FreeBSD developer so take my guesses as no more than = guesses.) As far as I know no work has been done to enable ODROID-C2 FreeBSD = support and as its ARMv8 environment is without UEFI or the like the = "tier 1" status for it likely does not apply for FreeBSD-11.0. Even if = someone knew just what to do and got it booted today it might be = considered a bit late to tier-1 something that was completely untested = before this point. And the FreeBSD developers probably have there hands full with things = started well before now. While I hope to use my ODROID-C2 with FreeBSD someday I'm not expecting = it to be soon and bootstrapping kernels and such is not familiar = material for me so I'm not much help on that issue (at least not on a = reasonable time frame). I also expect that if any ARMv7/ARMv6/. . . are given tier-1 status it = will only specific SOCs/boards that get such a status: no claim of = general tier-1 support. So even if, say, RPI2B gets such a status, it = may well be that at least for a time even the RPI3B might not. Many = SOC's/boards may never get such a status. Some may only get partial = coverage and no official support. It likely is mostly tied to who has = the knowledge and spends the time and would likely be around for = continued support for a notable time. In various respects ODROID-C2 is more like ARMv7/ARMv6/. . . relative to = its likely, eventual support status as far as I can tell. =3D=3D=3D Mark Millard markmi at dsl-only.net
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