Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2025 17:44:04 -0800 From: Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> To: Kim Shrier <kim@westryn.net> Cc: Russell Haley <russ.haley@gmail.com>, freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i.MX8 Support? Message-ID: <EEF91DC7-27E6-4D5B-9B8A-F0A8084100DF@yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <B6AED154-00E4-41AA-9D38-58CFFDE4FBBD@westryn.net> References: <CABx9NuQxFsvgjx9_hfdgRq3hGBH_JiFL763pXtEjXm=H%2BSmS2g@mail.gmail.com> <B6AED154-00E4-41AA-9D38-58CFFDE4FBBD@westryn.net>
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On Feb 14, 2025, at 17:34, Kim Shrier <kim@westryn.net> wrote: >> 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/ >=20 > I am running FreeBSD current on a NXP LS1088a with no issues. Russell may want to know: Which U-Boot? --and which Linux mainline *.dtb ? Or is it working via UEFI/ACPI via, say, EDK2? > (8 core A-53) Looking in the kernel source, I see: >=20 > sys/arm64/freescale/imx/imx8mq_ccm.c > sys/arm64/freescale/imx/imx8mq_ccm.h >=20 > 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 >>=20 >> Does FreeBSD support NPUs? (No, I don't know what I mean...) >=20 > NPU - neural processing unit. Taking a quick look through the source, = it appears that there is no support for this. =3D=3D=3D Mark Millard marklmi at yahoo.com
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