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? Message-ID: <B6AED154-00E4-41AA-9D38-58CFFDE4FBBD@westryn.net> In-Reply-To: <CABx9NuQxFsvgjx9_hfdgRq3hGBH_JiFL763pXtEjXm=H%2BSmS2g@mail.gmail.com> References: <CABx9NuQxFsvgjx9_hfdgRq3hGBH_JiFL763pXtEjXm=H%2BSmS2g@mail.gmail.com>
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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 _ C++ is an off-by-one error
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