Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2016 17:27:21 +0200 From: "Ronald Klop" <ronald-lists@klop.ws> To: freebsd-arm <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org>, "Russell Haley" <russ.haley@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Fwd: Paid Support for iMX6 Port Message-ID: <op.ylmk7wqokndu52@53555a16.cm-6-6b.dynamic.ziggo.nl> In-Reply-To: <CABx9NuSR6MSkHFROjc7HkjCBS6NTScD=rfpi65qYWJwA0gpmQQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <SN1PR0201MB15343313B83CCDFFEC52F1C798050@SN1PR0201MB1534.namprd02.prod.outlook.com> <CABx9NuQMRdP%2BmMeuf3Zum3onME8qEXL0ty6yQp1tZHuU=ockiw@mail.gmail.com> <SN1PR0201MB153446C48ADBB666C021AB3098050@SN1PR0201MB1534.namprd02.prod.outlook.com> <CABx9NuSF2K427XKMj_2gGDW1OyaXodF6PukQS%2BufAv5Z_ZSZMQ@mail.gmail.com> <CABx9NuSR6MSkHFROjc7HkjCBS6NTScD=rfpi65qYWJwA0gpmQQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 03 Aug 2016 00:16:55 +0200, Russell Haley <russ.haley@gmail.com> wrote: > Sorry, reply instead of reply all... > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Russell Haley <russ.haley@gmail.com> > Date: Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 3:16 PM > Subject: Re: Paid Support for iMX6 Port > To: Michel Kohanim <michel@universal-devices.com> > > > On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 2:39 PM, Michel Kohanim > <michel@universal-devices.com> wrote: >> Hi Russell, >> >> Thanks so very much for getting in touch. Hopefully the experienced >> iMX6 developer will chime in. Again, I am willing to pay for services >> and then share the results with the community. >> >> 1. Would love to read your notes on Hummingboard. I am using Wandboard >> and Wandboard Dual for testing purposes and have been able to get >> FreeBSD binary image (from the website) loaded and functioning albeit >> it's way too slow even for rudimentary tasks such as vi (on the Solo). >> I suspect 512MB is not sufficient. Ultimately, I would like to be able >> to make a smaller image ourselves but have been having a hell of a time >> with Crochet > > Give me a few days, I just got back from vacation and kids don't sleep > well during summer hours so I have very limited time right now, but I > will get you what I have so far. > > <snip> > >> 6. NAND flash/eMMC ... our main goal is that - at the minimum - the >> kernel should be on a flash chip of some sort so that boot up does NOT >> require an SD Card. Are you aware of any flash chip that can be used by >> uboot to boot FreeBSD? > It's possible to run u-boot from NAND and then run ubldr/kernel from a > different source. It may even be possible to manually load ubldr from > NAND (or even manually load the kernel from NAND in u-boot) but you > would need to find an alternative for the kernel and rootfs, > especially if you want to update your kernel ever. Not what I would > call desirable, but I have *heard* of production systems running like > this. My Sheevaplug loads the kernel from NAND which mounts the rootfs from USB-stick. And does this for a couple of years already. I used to have a rootfs on nandfs(5) also, but nandfs is not stable enough. # nandtool erase dev=/dev/gnand0s.fbsd-boot # dd if=/tmp/kernel.bin of=/dev/gnand0s.fbsd-boot bs=2k conv=sync Cheers, Ronald. >> 8. SATA ... may be an interesting option instead of using flash. The >> main issue is that our products are price sensitive and using SATA adds >> at least $10.00 to the BOM. As such - or unless I am mistaken on the >> price - SATA is not a requirement for me > Hmmm... at work we use an apacer solder on 2 GB chip that comes in > considerably under $10 I believe. Not sure if a little 2GB chip is > still available. http://us.apacer.com/products/SDC4-18-pin. > Regardless, there is no support at this time. > > > Russ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-arm@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arm > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arm-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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