From owner-freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 8 03:06:33 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 7BAED4EC for ; Wed, 8 Oct 2014 03:06:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from h2.funkthat.com (gate2.funkthat.com [208.87.223.18]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "funkthat.com", Issuer "funkthat.com" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 50B009D0 for ; Wed, 8 Oct 2014 03:06:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from h2.funkthat.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h2.funkthat.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id s9836LV6034237 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 7 Oct 2014 20:06:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jmg@h2.funkthat.com) Received: (from jmg@localhost) by h2.funkthat.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id s9836Lco034236; Tue, 7 Oct 2014 20:06:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jmg) Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 20:06:21 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney To: ticso@cicely.de Subject: Re: FreeBSD on BeagleBone Black Message-ID: <20141008030621.GU1852@funkthat.com> Mail-Followup-To: ticso@cicely.de, AN , freebsd-arm@freebsd.org References: <20141008010436.GA12125@cicely7.cicely.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20141008010436.GA12125@cicely7.cicely.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE i386 X-PGP-Fingerprint: 54BA 873B 6515 3F10 9E88 9322 9CB1 8F74 6D3F A396 X-Files: The truth is out there X-URL: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/ X-Resume: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/resume.html X-TipJar: bitcoin:13Qmb6AeTgQecazTWph4XasEsP7nGRbAPE X-to-the-FBI-CIA-and-NSA: HI! HOW YA DOIN? can i haz chizburger? X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.2 (h2.funkthat.com [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 07 Oct 2014 20:06:22 -0700 (PDT) Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org, AN 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: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 03:06:33 -0000 Bernd Walter wrote this message on Wed, Oct 08, 2014 at 03:04 +0200: > On Tue, Oct 07, 2014 at 05:05:10PM -0400, AN wrote: > > Hi List: > > > > I have been using FreeBSD current on amd64 for many years. I now have a > > project that I want to try to run on FreeBSD. I'm trying to boot a > > FreeBSD image on a BeagleBone Black Rev C without success. > > > > FreeBSD-11.0-CURRENT-arm-armv6-BEAGLEBONE-20140903-r270990.img > > FreeBSD-arm-10.0-BEAGLEBONE.img > > > > The above images fail to boot. > > Basicly the BBB works very well under FreeBSD. > Did you check the uart output? > I'm not sure if those images are build with grafic support and > there will be nothing on HDMI or attached LCD without it. > To be honest: I don't even know if we have support for that output > already with the BBB. We definately do not support output on HDMI... I'm trying to get the datasheet so I can get HDMI output working... > Most people use the boards with uart console. > Unfortunately with the Beaglebone, as well as with many others, > the uart is only available as pin header using a 3.3V TTL uart. > Most people use USB uarts for that, which are available at many > electronic shops these days. The original BeagleBone White has an onboard USB<->uart chip which didn't require an extra cable... > At best you should hook up to the console uart to see what's going > on. > As a workaround you can mount the SD card on your amd64 and setup > rc.conf and sshd for your network and ssh to the BBB. > But in the end you realy want to have console access if anything goes > wrong. > Maybe someone else can say something definitive about BBB LCD and HDMI > support in FreeBSD. > > > I saw discussion on the list previously discussing: Re: [RFC] Add and > > armv7hf TARGET_ARCH (Andrew Turner) > > > > So, would someone please explain the status of FreeBSD on the BeagleBone > > Black REV C, does it work now, are there plans to make it work, what is > > the general timeframe? > > This is purely about some speed optimization by compiling with features > not available on lower ARM cores. > Since this changes function call convetions it has to be done that way > for every single code, therefor it is a decision at OS installation time. > The BBB runs fine with the current state. -- John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 415 225 5579 "All that I will do, has been done, All that I have, has not."