Date: Tue, 30 May 2023 18:20:20 +0000 From: Gary Jennejohn <garyj@gmx.de> To: Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> Cc: Stephan Lichtenauer <sl-pub-lists@honeyguide.de>, Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: PinePhone Pro Boots On CURRENT Message-ID: <20230530202020.060be2bf@ernst.home> In-Reply-To: <CA%2B1FSii_XqrGMByz3mVLcZQ0JFC6E=Y_JpUppW-Jp6ZkFp4LOw@mail.gmail.com> References: <b4307b3e-4646-47e7-2e3a-a4e9bd742004@nomadlogic.org> <86leh6ggfx.fsf@pcf00001.honeyguide.net> <CA%2B1FSii_XqrGMByz3mVLcZQ0JFC6E=Y_JpUppW-Jp6ZkFp4LOw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, 30 May 2023 15:02:38 +0200 Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> wrote: > That's interesting. As I have already said,I haven't bought the pinephone > pro,because it is expensive for me. So I'm working on a parallel project. > I've bought this phone,instead : > > https://www.hdblog.it/schede-tecniche/samsung-galaxy-a6_i3655/ > > That's cheaper. Between the specs I read that it has a mali gpu,too : > Mali-T830MP2 > > so,eventually,I can use the Lima and the PanFrost driver even for my > samsung galaxy A6 ? I've started planning to install FreeBSD on top of the > Android Kernel,using a specific patch,but now I'm thinking that maybe,I can > install FreeBSD there natively. Can someone tell me if it is doable,giving > a look at the specs of that phone model ? thanks. > Based on my experience with Samsung it probably won't be a simple task. Samsung tends to block the bootloader such that it's very difficult to install anything but Android. https://www.xda-developers.com/ has a fair amount of info on the A6. It could be worth your while to take a look at what's there. -- Gary Jennejohnhelp
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