Date: Tue, 30 May 2023 20:50:52 +0200 From: Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> To: garyj@gmx.de 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: <CA%2B1FSignqjhOHuDv-HRCoGLRcxga5TRcYpak8rfteVmrLqpPJw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2B1FSihrdxUs=o4FYq8k_2atmBouq4V0oJnLoOK1hrcay75UtQ@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> <20230530202020.060be2bf@ernst.home> <CA%2B1FSihrdxUs=o4FYq8k_2atmBouq4V0oJnLoOK1hrcay75UtQ@mail.gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Check at this,also : https://github.com/raspiduino/a6lte-kvm/releases What I would like to know is if I can install Linux as the main OS,instead of Android. Thanks. On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 8:31 PM Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> wrote: > My idea is to patch the kernel with this patch : > > https://github.com/sleirsgoevy/exynos-kvm-patch > > in the worst case scenario, I will virtualize FreeBSD with qemu + kvm on > top of Android. > > On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 8:20 PM Gary Jennejohn <garyj@gmx.de> wrote: > >> 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 Jennejohn >> > > > -- > Mario. > -- Mario. [-- Attachment #2 --] <div dir="ltr"><div>Check at this,also : <a href="https://github.com/raspiduino/a6lte-kvm/releases">https://github.com/raspiduino/a6lte-kvm/releases</a></div><div><br></div><div>What I would like to know is if I can install Linux as the main OS,instead of Android. Thanks.<br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 8:31 PM Mario Marietto <<a href="mailto:marietto2008@gmail.com">marietto2008@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>My idea is to patch the kernel with this patch :</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://github.com/sleirsgoevy/exynos-kvm-patch" target="_blank">https://github.com/sleirsgoevy/exynos-kvm-patch</a></div><div><br></div><div>in the worst case scenario, I will virtualize FreeBSD with qemu + kvm on top of Android. <br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 8:20 PM Gary Jennejohn <<a href="mailto:garyj@gmx.de" target="_blank">garyj@gmx.de</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Tue, 30 May 2023 15:02:38 +0200<br> Mario Marietto <<a href="mailto:marietto2008@gmail.com" target="_blank">marietto2008@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> <br> > That's interesting. As I have already said,I haven't bought the pinephone<br> > pro,because it is expensive for me. So I'm working on a parallel project.<br> > I've bought this phone,instead :<br> ><br> > <a href="https://www.hdblog.it/schede-tecniche/samsung-galaxy-a6_i3655/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.hdblog.it/schede-tecniche/samsung-galaxy-a6_i3655/</a><br>; ><br> > That's cheaper. Between the specs I read that it has a mali gpu,too :<br> > Mali-T830MP2<br> ><br> > so,eventually,I can use the Lima and the PanFrost driver even for my<br> > samsung galaxy A6 ? I've started planning to install FreeBSD on top of the<br> > Android Kernel,using a specific patch,but now I'm thinking that maybe,I can<br> > install FreeBSD there natively. Can someone tell me if it is doable,giving<br> > a look at the specs of that phone model ? thanks.<br> ><br> <br> Based on my experience with Samsung it probably won't be a simple task.<br> <br> Samsung tends to block the bootloader such that it's very difficult to<br> install anything but Android.<br> <br> <a href="https://www.xda-developers.com/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.xda-developers.com/</a>; has a fair amount of info on the A6. It<br> could be worth your while to take a look at what's there.<br> <br> --<br> Gary Jennejohn<br> </blockquote></div><br clear="all"><br><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">Mario.<br></div> </blockquote></div><br clear="all"><br><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">Mario.<br></div>help
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