From owner-freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Wed Aug 3 15:27:31 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC98CBAEB6A for ; Wed, 3 Aug 2016 15:27:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ronald-lists@klop.ws) Received: from smarthost1.greenhost.nl (smarthost1.greenhost.nl [195.190.28.81]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 84BBF11AA for ; Wed, 3 Aug 2016 15:27:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ronald-lists@klop.ws) Received: from smtp.greenhost.nl ([213.108.104.138]) by smarthost1.greenhost.nl with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bUy4o-0007tE-LB; Wed, 03 Aug 2016 17:27:23 +0200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes To: freebsd-arm , "Russell Haley" Subject: Re: Fwd: Paid Support for iMX6 Port References: Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2016 17:27:21 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Ronald Klop" Message-ID: In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Opera Mail/12.16 (FreeBSD) X-Authenticated-As-Hash: 398f5522cb258ce43cb679602f8cfe8b62a256d1 X-Virus-Scanned: by clamav at smarthost1.samage.net X-Spam-Level: / X-Spam-Score: -0.2 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.2 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED, BAYES_50 autolearn=disabled version=3.4.0 X-Scan-Signature: f4db13d1ab50da585241c80c5e12767b X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: "Porting FreeBSD to ARM processors." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2016 15:27:31 -0000 On Wed, 03 Aug 2016 00:16:55 +0200, Russell Haley wrote: > Sorry, reply instead of reply all... > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Russell Haley > Date: Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 3:16 PM > Subject: Re: Paid Support for iMX6 Port > To: Michel Kohanim > > > On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 2:39 PM, Michel Kohanim > 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. > > > >> 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"