Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2017 08:48:58 +0200 From: Marcin Wojtas <mw@semihalf.com> To: Jim Thompson <jim@netgate.com> Cc: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.net>, Russell Haley <russ.haley@gmail.com>, freebsd-arm <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org>, Glen Barber <gjb@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ARM board recommendations with true GigE ports Message-ID: <CAPv3WKd=1G6EV3W9KgT9ABvB84ekT9Ygs5CFi9RhrWi8TLb1Ow@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAKAfi7zjEW9ft4hYGTRN74J5xJmCp=24%2BcH4e=TDrk_Sf4gqGA@mail.gmail.com> References: <201709222206.QAA21968@mail.lariat.net> <07D27DD7-2434-4A2E-91CE-A05D12BBAC2A@netgate.com> <CABx9NuQf1iE0_Y=vX0fC_o61t0-iku1vYmTAcFWSCEqsnw0H8w@mail.gmail.com> <201709230004.SAA22590@mail.lariat.net> <4E771B56-D588-468E-AB60-35DB4DB31318@netgate.com> <CAPv3WKdX-SA2iQZFmfi0fY8g=rahL0v2kx_znL3RoFzT3c0H_w@mail.gmail.com> <CABx9NuRSDN%2B-1GNab_VR7gWy9_-DA8Udqky0oA22Gffhwu0OGA@mail.gmail.com> <CABx9NuSJ=UXm5on5XTJUdw4iMYOerUUtp6e7YyvNuPWJNPpsOQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAPv3WKcvEFya2TP-E9T9LXoPHaSa==U3HHdkSdaDKpTESAOo3w@mail.gmail.com> <201709242207.QAA05638@mail.lariat.net> <CAKAfi7zjEW9ft4hYGTRN74J5xJmCp=24%2BcH4e=TDrk_Sf4gqGA@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Jim, 2017-10-13 20:57 GMT+02:00 Jim Thompson <jim@netgate.com>: > > On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 5:06 PM, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.net> wrote: >> >> So, how would I obtain an image for the Solidrun "ClearFog" board (whose >> specs say it uses the Marvell ARMADA 88F628 SoC)? Is it supported by >> any of the snapshots of 11.1-RELEASE or 12.0-CURRENT? Or would I have to >> set up >> a development system to cross-compile? If there's no SD/MMC driver (as >> suggested >> by some of the messages earlier in the thread), what media would I use to >> boot >> the system and as mass storage? Is there better support for the >> "Macchiatobin" >> board, whose specs say it uses a "Marvell AMADA 8040"? >> >> --Brett Glass > > > I don't see where anyone has responded to Brett, (I was in Europe starting > with EuroBSDcon for two weeks, so I didn't notice that the thread had gone > stale without answering Brett's question.) > Apologies if I missed someone else answering. > > Solid-Run has some documentation specific to FreeBSD on the ClearFog, > including build instructions for FreeBSD > https://wiki.solid-run.com/doku.php?id=products:a38x:software:os:freebsd > That URL above has a link to pre-built images that Solid-Run has made if > that's what you're after. > http://images.solid-build.xyz/A38X/freebsd/ I pointed Brett same URL's on September 25th, now I see it was off the lists. > > I booted pfSense 2.4.1 (not released, but based on FreeBSD 11.1) from USB on > a ClearFog Base (with eMMC) yesterday. ClearFog Pro works as well. > We use a customized toolchain that started off as crochet, but the > instructions on that page should serve to get you to freebsd -HEAD running > from microSD. Getting from there to FreeBSD 11.1-RELEASE > is simple. Since arm32 isn't a tier-1 architecture in FreeBSD, I don't > know what it takes to have RE make images for these boards. I know I've > given Glen Barber a selection of boards (arm and non-arm) to > use in his efforts to make FreeBSD images for various boards, and if it's as > simple as sending him a ClearFog, he only needs to hold his hand up. I have > about 20 of them sitting in my office. > > Since Brett mentioned "mass storage", I haven't tried the m-sata on > ClearFog, but the m.2 SATA ports on our product based on the Armada 385 > work, so presumably the m-sata on the ClearFog also works. > > The Marvell 8040 stuff is further behind. It boots, but no interfaces, etc. > Did you run MacchiatoBin? When adding support, we tested normal boot from UEFI - USB, SATA and RTC work fine on HEAD (now the latter should work as runtime service, but I didn't have time to test Andrew T. patches). What firmware did you use? Please check my howto, pointing to the updated sources, which allow to build UEFI image for the board: http://wiki.macchiatobin.net/tiki-index.php?page=Build+from+source+-+UEFI+EDK+II > I'll be trying the espresso.bin board (Armada 3700) next. > Ok, please let know how it goes. Marcin
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