From owner-freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Tue Nov 29 23:20:35 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F95EC5C531 for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2016 23:20:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com) Received: from alogt.com (alogt.com [69.36.191.58]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 006491056 for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2016 23:20:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alogt.com; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References: In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe: List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=j+KT4HdkWy3Bv/CB46fur21o0TJYOYQyw4/H6ATAiN4=; b=VMs706mWJvRSGOa8e+fNChGkKN 5i/+mClw7AlRNFEtzqYGJnLqGKJm9gUvJYkL3fySFu4yQswsJG4BAG/6rgg64BbdfryDQ4WCrjD7N rZ3pas2Mn/JirtLOxE1bw5HbArOOwrCYB7PVryLqrywHBsCT3XonEqYEWz1QJ+NfT/Sg=; Received: from [114.125.80.70] (port=54587 helo=X220.alogt.com) by sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.87) (envelope-from ) id 1cBrhL-001f5w-R3; Tue, 29 Nov 2016 16:20:28 -0700 Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2016 07:20:20 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky To: Oleksandr Tymoshenko 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> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - alogt.com X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net: authenticated_id: erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com X-Authenticated-Sender: sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net: erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Porting FreeBSD to ARM processors." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 23:20:35 -0000 Hi, this is good news. Erich On Tue, 29 Nov 2016 12:55:53 -0800 Oleksandr Tymoshenko 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