Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2023 19:35:12 -0800 From: Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org> To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Pinebook Pro? Message-ID: <86o7oyiqvj.fsf@bay.localnet> In-Reply-To: <86v8j6ivzp.fsf@bay.localnet> (Carl Johnson's message of "Sat, 11 Mar 2023 17:44:42 -0800") References: <865yb6kenb.fsf@bay.localnet> <CA%2B1FSiisNFkbR2MwNxJTMBFKs%2BT6og%2BWXLkugv73dH49g-7b2Q@mail.gmail.com> <86v8j6ivzp.fsf@bay.localnet>
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Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org> writes: > Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> writes: > >> Hello. >> >> you could try to install linux natively on it and then virtualize freebsd >> with qemu + kvm on / for arm64. This is what I would like to do if I >> bought one of those. > > I was looking into that, but I haven't been able to find out if kvm is > actually supported on linux distributions. I am using the Armbian linux > now but I haven't seen any kvm packages available. > > Thanks for the reply. I just found that the qemu-system-arm package is actually qemu-kvm for arm and arm64 systems. I have installed that, but I will need to figure out how to use it. Thanks for reminding me to try looking into that again. >> On Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 1:16=E2=80=AFAM Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org> wr= ote: >> >>> Hello, >>> I recently bought a Pinebook Pro, but I haven't been able to get it >>> to run FreeBSD reliably. I can get it to boot, but usually the display >>> loses sync shortly after the kernel starts booting. The display is >>> sometimes readable enough for text so I have experimented with it a >>> little. It seemed to run well enough for a while but I have had it lock >>> up a couple of times. >>> >>> I have used the RockPro64 images with the u-boot-pinebookpro applied as >>> directed. I have tried FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE, 13.2-RC2, and 14.0-CURRENT >>> and all of them have the same problem. The Pinebook Pro works well with >>> the supplied Manjaro and with an Armbian version of Xubuntu. I also >>> tried NetBSD, and that works but runs the battery down much too fast. >>> >>> I assume others have run it since there is a u-boot for it, but maybe >>> recent versions are different than older versions. Has anybody else >>> gotten FreeBSD to work with recent versions of the Pinebook Pro? >>> >>> Thanks for any information. >>> -- >>> Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org >>> >>> --=20 Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org
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