Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2016 07:20:20 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> To: Oleksandr Tymoshenko <gonzo@bluezbox.com> Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SMP support for Raspberry Pi 3 Message-ID: <20161130072020.3a73b180@X220.alogt.com> In-Reply-To: <69A40241-CD89-4AFA-BA35-32EEB2663FDE@bluezbox.com> References: <69A40241-CD89-4AFA-BA35-32EEB2663FDE@bluezbox.com>
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Hi, this is good news. Erich On Tue, 29 Nov 2016 12:55:53 -0800 Oleksandr Tymoshenko <gonzo@bluezbox.com> wrote: > Hello, >=20 > SMP support for Raspberry Pi 3 is in usable state now. I didn=E2=80=99t r= un > any load tests, only checked that all four cores are started on boot. >=20 > Short instruction: >=20 > - Build GENERIC arm64 kernel for your image, not GENERIC-UP > - Copy https://people.freebsd.org/~gonzo/arm/rpi3-smp/u-boot.bin and > https://people.freebsd.org/~gonzo/arm/rpi3-smp/armstub8.bin to FAT > partition on SD card. > - Edit config.txt: change value of device_tree_address parameter: > device_tree_address=3D0x4000 > - Reboot device. It should boot with all four cores enabled and reboot > should work too. >=20 > More detailed description of what all these binaries/changes contain > is in these two posts: >=20 > https://kernelnomicon.org/?p=3D714 > https://kernelnomicon.org/?p=3D718 >=20 > Please note that FreeBSD/arm64 has been broken by clang 3.9.0 import > and you will have to update aarch64-binutils to the 2.27_5 to get > it booting. Details: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D8622 >=20
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