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Date:      Wed, 11 Jan 2017 11:19:27 +0000
From:      tech-lists <tech-lists@zyxst.net>
To:        freebsd-arm@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: config.txt on rpi3 and freebsd-12
Message-ID:  <e39693bf-7725-8fd3-e84e-c1a9ea57c304@zyxst.net>
In-Reply-To: <20170111023110.GA42860@bluezbox.com>
References:  <b06ba276-82ac-1ec6-4990-934b1a0a17d6@zyxst.net> <20170111023110.GA42860@bluezbox.com>

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On 11/01/2017 02:31, Oleksandr Tymoshenko wrote:
> tech-lists (tech-lists@zyxst.net) wrote:
>> Hello list,
>>
>> I'd like to do the following:
>>
>> [1] clock the speed on my rpi3 / turbo mode. Right now it just used
>> powerd. Am I getting turbo with powerd? dmesg suggests not.
>>
>> [2] use a mpeg4 key which I bought for this board from the rpi site.
>>
>> I know how to do this in a rpi3 supported linux. My questions are:
>>
>> [a] does /efi/config.txt have the same functionality on freebsd-12 as it
>> does on linux?
> 
> Yes, config.txt is handled by VideoCore firmware, so it's OS-independent
>  
>> [b] Can I expect the mpeg4 key to work?
> 
> On rpi2 it should work, although I have never tried. On rpi3 it's
> not going to work because VCHI driver does not work there at the
> moment. There are several places in the code that assume size of
> pointer is equal to 32 bit with is not true for ARM64. So it will
> require some effort to get it right. It's on my TODO list and
> there is some progress but I can't provide any certain timeframe.
> 

OK, many thanks for the clarification.

-- 
J.



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