Date: Thu, 18 May 2023 12:41:56 +0200 From: Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> To: Milan Obuch <freebsd-arm@dino.sk> Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on the pinephone : considerations Message-ID: <CA%2B1FSii0gYoVvR2FbfiG1mXAuKuwNnKun7zjfvj%2BfaCvjsEB1g@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20230518123259.55acf1fc@zeta.dino.sk> References: <CA%2B1FSijfvQmaA-=tQ9UKWhHuxtgT1_W5T1hhipOtsQHPH9sMdg@mail.gmail.com> <20230518123259.55acf1fc@zeta.dino.sk>
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--00000000000037872005fbf57600 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Milan,why did you stop collaborating with me ? Suddenly you stopped replying. What happened ? On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 12:33=E2=80=AFPM Milan Obuch <freebsd-arm@dino.sk> = wrote: > On Thu, 18 May 2023 12:08:04 +0200 > Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello. > > > > some days ago on the FreeBSD forum someone posted this tutorial: > > > > https://research.exoticsilicon.com/series/pinephone_openbsd/part_1 > > > > A lot of work has been done to port NetBSD on the pinephone, even if > > the battery will not work as stated. I would like to know if this > > tutorial can be taken as a solid base to port FreeBSD instead of > > NetBSD. In other words, is FreeBSD so different from NetBSD that the > > whole procedure can't be useful at all or some part of it can be > > re-adapted easily? How much efforts and work is needed to adapt it? > > > > Hi, > > at a glance, this tutorial is worth reading as it contains good > overview of the whole process. The basics are there. Note it is using > *OpenBSD*, not *NetBSD* as you wrote, but this is just oversight I > think. For FreeBSD, you should probably try first running from microSD > card, not installing to internal eMMC (SD card image for arm64/aarch64 > architecture should be a good start, needs just adding correct U-Boot > binary). > > Regards, > Milan > > --=20 Mario. --00000000000037872005fbf57600 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Milan,why did you stop collaborating with me ? Suddenly yo= u stopped replying. What happened ?<br></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"= ><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 12:33=E2=80= =AFPM Milan Obuch <<a href=3D"mailto:freebsd-arm@dino.sk">freebsd-arm@di= no.sk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"ma= rgin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:= 1ex">On Thu, 18 May 2023 12:08:04 +0200<br> Mario Marietto <<a href=3D"mailto:marietto2008@gmail.com" target=3D"_bla= nk">marietto2008@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> <br> > Hello.<br> > <br> > some days ago on the FreeBSD forum someone posted this tutorial:<br> > <br> > <a href=3D"https://research.exoticsilicon.com/series/pinephone_openbsd= /part_1" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://research.exoticsilico= n.com/series/pinephone_openbsd/part_1</a><br> > <br> > A lot of work has been done to port NetBSD on the pinephone, even if<b= r> > the battery will not work as stated. I would like to know if this<br> > tutorial can be taken as a solid base to port FreeBSD instead of<br> > NetBSD. In other words, is FreeBSD so different from NetBSD that the<b= r> > whole procedure can't be useful at all or some part of it can be<b= r> > re-adapted easily? How much efforts and work is needed to adapt it?<br= > > <br> <br> Hi,<br> <br> at a glance, this tutorial is worth reading as it contains good<br> overview of the whole process. The basics are there. Note it is using<br> *OpenBSD*, not *NetBSD* as you wrote, but this is just oversight I<br> think. For FreeBSD, you should probably try first running from microSD<br> card, not installing to internal eMMC (SD card image for arm64/aarch64<br> architecture should be a good start, needs just adding correct U-Boot<br> binary).<br> <br> Regards,<br> Milan<br> <br> </blockquote></div><br clear=3D"all"><br><span class=3D"gmail_signature_pre= fix">-- </span><br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature">Mario.<br></d= iv> --00000000000037872005fbf57600--
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