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Date:      Fri, 14 Feb 2025 18:34:27 -0700
From:      Kim Shrier <kim@westryn.net>
To:        Russell Haley <russ.haley@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-arm@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: i.MX8 Support?
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> On Feb 14, 2025, at 5:22=E2=80=AFPM, Russell Haley =
<russ.haley@gmail.com> wrote:
>=20
> Hi,
>=20
> It's been a long time since I've lurked on this list. The Arm wiki =
says that aarch64 is tier 1 and "well supported" but I only see images =
for RPI, ROCK and PINE. Does this mean I need to build my own i.MX8 =
image or are NXP processors not supported in aarch64? I tried searching =
the mailing list archive on marc, but there were no search results for =
mx8 or imx8.=20
>=20
> I'm specifically hoping to support Phytec i.MX8 M Plus (quad core =
Cortex A-53). =
https://www.phytec.eu/en/produkte/system-on-modules/phycore-imx-8m-plus/

I am running FreeBSD current on a NXP LS1088a with no issues.  (8 core =
A-53) Looking in the kernel source, I see:

sys/arm64/freescale/imx/imx8mq_ccm.c
sys/arm64/freescale/imx/imx8mq_ccm.h

There are also a lot of mx8 files under =
sys/contrib/device-tree/src/arm64/freescale so I would think you should =
be able to get something working.

>=20
> Does FreeBSD support NPUs? (No, I don't know what I mean...)

NPU - neural processing unit.  Taking a quick look through the source, =
it appears that there is no support for this.

>=20
> Thanks!
> Russ

Kim
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C++ is an off-by-one error







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