Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 13:19:49 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <erich@alogt.com> To: Milan Obuch <freebsd-arm@dino.sk> Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Orange Pi One Message-ID: <20160414131949.375e7ff9@X220.alogt.com> In-Reply-To: <20160414064405.202e4eef@zeta.dino.sk> References: <20160413232414.3a37907e@zeta.dino.sk> <20160414062820.7b907ba9@X220.alogt.com> <20160414064405.202e4eef@zeta.dino.sk>
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Hi, On Thu, 14 Apr 2016 06:44:05 +0200 Milan Obuch <freebsd-arm@dino.sk> wrote: > On Thu, 14 Apr 2016 06:28:20 +0800 > Erich Dollansky <erich@alogt.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, 13 Apr 2016 23:24:14 +0200 > > Milan Obuch <freebsd-arm@dino.sk> wrote: > > > > > today I got this cheap board. After verifying it works with > > > provided linux based image I am trying to put FreeBSD on it. I > > > would like to understand boot process, but I did not find much > > > info yet. > > > > > > Analysing image I see there are two partitions, first one being > > > FAT despite gpart telling both partitions are linux-data... and > > > it seems there are just two files important, script.bin and > > > uImage in root directory. > > > > > > As both files are binary, there is nothing more to reveal from > > > cursory view and I am going to look for more details on > > > www.orangepi.org page, just would like to know if someone already > > > did something. If yes, please let me know - I have no problem > > > building kernel and userland binaries, but first I need to get a > > > way to load kernel... > > > > I think, all you want to know is u-boot. Sources for it are > > available. Just ask your search engine where to find it. > > > > Erich > > Well, I am going to investigate /sysutils/u-boot-* ports for some > guidance - I think this should be a bit easier for me and, probably, > helpfull a bit for others if I succeed. Basically you are right - this > board uses u-boot, so I need to learn a bit more about it. > I did not know that it is also in the ports tree. This makes it much easier for you to work with it. Erich
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