Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2016 22:51:09 -0700 From: Russell Haley <russ.haley@gmail.com> To: Milan Obuch <freebsd-arm@dino.sk> Cc: Erich Dollansky <erich@alogt.com>, freebsd-arm <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Orange Pi One Message-ID: <CABx9NuQWatjAhA1oL8EtUbv5kSbG8qX-KB%2BGBr9PTqVs4fnMNg@mail.gmail.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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On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 9:44 PM, Milan Obuch <freebsd-arm@dino.sk> wrote: > On Thu, 14 Apr 2016 06:28:20 +0800 > Erich Dollansky <erich@alogt.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> 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. The cubieboard (Allwinner) u-boot seems to use the mainline denx code with some significant patches. The cubieboard2 just references the original cubieboard. Russ
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