From owner-freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 20 19:13:08 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0F4807C1 for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2014 19:13:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.nomadlogic.org (mail.nomadlogic.org [IPv6:2607:f2f8:a098::4]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EA0B2D4C for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2014 19:13:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.nomadlogic.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.nomadlogic.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 848E2125EE2 for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2014 11:13:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from pop.rubicorp.com (unknown [72.34.113.100]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.nomadlogic.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 792F6125EBA for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2014 11:13:01 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <546E3D3D.30004@nomadlogic.org> Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 11:13:01 -0800 From: Pete Wright User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Utilite support References: <1416503998.1147.185.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> In-Reply-To: <1416503998.1147.185.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: "Porting FreeBSD to ARM processors." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 19:13:08 -0000 On 11/20/14 09:19, Ian Lepore wrote: > On Thu, 2014-11-20 at 17:45 +0100, Waschbüsch Martin wrote: >> Hey there, >> >> I just read on https://wiki.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/arm/imx6 that Utilite >> might also be supported. Has anyone managed to install FreeBSD >> on such a device? Or could give me some pointers on how to do it? >> The unit I have is the Utilite Pro (quad core with 2G RAM and internal >> mSata SSD). I have looked at the crochet script but have not yet >> managed to get the thing to booting. >> >> Any and all help is appreciated! >> >> Thanks, >> >> Martin > > I'm the one who added that "might be..." on the basis that the Utilite > setup looks close enough to Wandboard that it should be "easy" to get it > working, for some loose definition of "easy". When I wrote that I had > planned to buy one and get it working, but they're just too expensive > for what they include so I never did. > > What I did do a few days ago is buy the new SolidRun Cubox i4pro v2, it > should be here soon. That will give me some idea of how easy or hard it > is to get freebsd running on some imx6 box that isn't a wandboard (and > isn't one of our custom systems at $work). > > There is some chance that "it might just work." Actually a better > chance now than when I originally wrote that. :) Try using crochet for > wandboard and in the wandboard kernel config file change FDT_DTS_FILE to > "imx6q-cm-fx6.dts". There's a good chance you'll end up with a bootable > image on an sdcard. > > You will need a serial console for debugging, we don't support a video > console yet on imx6 systems. The Compulab FitPc2 x86 systems need a > special serial debugging cable that you have to buy separately. I hope > that's not also the case with Utilite. > I've been doing on-again off-again testing of FreeBSD on utilite. This is great info Ian, I am hoping that now that my dayjob has just hit our US holiday's release freeze I'll have some time next week to test again. -pete -- Pete Wright pete@nomadlogic.org twitter => @nomadlogicLA