Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2023 12:19:17 +0100 From: Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> To: Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org> Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Pinebook Pro? Message-ID: <CA%2B1FSihYQnaTUbOOFG34OXaOQp0xBQ5=L8VchAfPYuiKhXtDaw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <86jzzmiq4p.fsf@bay.localnet> References: <865yb6kenb.fsf@bay.localnet> <8745ee37-8168-e3ca-4316-18d17026159b@FreeBSD.org> <86jzzmiq4p.fsf@bay.localnet>
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--00000000000071e25c05f6b22cbe Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable https://astr0baby.wordpress.com/2020/01/12/pinebookpro-virtualization/ On Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 5:21=E2=80=AFAM Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org> wrote= : > Jesper Schmitz Mouridsen <jsm@FreeBSD.org> writes: > > > On 12.03.2023 01.16, Carl Johnson wrote: > >> 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 displa= y > >> 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 lo= ck > >> 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-CURRE= NT > >> and all of them have the same problem. The Pinebook Pro works well wi= th > >> 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. > > Hi > > I do not know if they changed anything to the hardware itself but: > > > https://freebsdfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/FreeBSD-on-the-P= inebook-Pro.pdf > > ( A tiny bit outdated) > > https://github.com/jsm222/drm-subtree/releases/tag/v0.2-947fcb84b77 > > > > Panfrost tends to go out of memory and crash the system, but if you do > > not enable it i.e by using not extra patched libdrm the display and > > graphics still works okay. > > > > Regards > > Jsm > > Thanks for the links, but something seems to have changed since those > don't mention any problems. I am downloading the image from the GitHub > link and I will check to see if that is any difference. > > Thanks for your information. > > -- > Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org > > --=20 Mario. --00000000000071e25c05f6b22cbe Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><a href=3D"https://astr0baby.wordpress.com/2020/01/12/pine= bookpro-virtualization/">https://astr0baby.wordpress.com/2020/01/12/pineboo= kpro-virtualization/</a></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"lt= r" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 5:21=E2=80=AFAM Carl Johnso= n <<a href=3D"mailto:carlj@peak.org">carlj@peak.org</a>> wrote:<br></= div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;bor= der-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Jesper Schmitz Mourid= sen <jsm@FreeBSD.org> writes:<br> <br> > On 12.03.2023 01.16, Carl Johnson wrote:<br> >> Hello,<br> >> I recently bought a Pinebook Pro, but I haven't been able to g= et it<br> >> to run FreeBSD reliably.=C2=A0 I can get it to boot, but usually t= he display<br> >> loses sync shortly after the kernel starts booting.=C2=A0 The disp= lay is<br> >> sometimes readable enough for text so I have experimented with it = a<br> >> little.=C2=A0 It seemed to run well enough for a while but I have = had it lock<br> >> up a couple of times.<br> >> I have used the RockPro64 images with the u-boot-pinebookpro appli= ed<br> >> as<br> >> directed.=C2=A0 I have tried FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE, 13.2-RC2, and 1= 4.0-CURRENT<br> >> and all of them have the same problem.=C2=A0 The Pinebook Pro work= s well with<br> >> the supplied Manjaro and with an Armbian version of Xubuntu.=C2=A0= I also<br> >> tried NetBSD, and that works but runs the battery down much too fa= st.<br> >> I assume others have run it since there is a u-boot for it, but<br= > >> maybe<br> >> recent versions are different than older versions.=C2=A0 Has anybo= dy else<br> >> gotten FreeBSD to work with recent versions of the Pinebook Pro?<b= r> >> Thanks for any information.<br> > Hi<br> > I do not know if they changed anything to the hardware itself but:<br> > <a href=3D"https://freebsdfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Fr= eeBSD-on-the-Pinebook-Pro.pdf" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https:/= /freebsdfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/FreeBSD-on-the-Pinebook-P= ro.pdf</a><br> > ( A tiny bit outdated)<br> > <a href=3D"https://github.com/jsm222/drm-subtree/releases/tag/v0.2-947= fcb84b77" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://github.com/jsm222/dr= m-subtree/releases/tag/v0.2-947fcb84b77</a><br> ><br> > Panfrost tends to go out of memory and crash the system, but if you do= <br> > not enable it i.e by using not extra patched libdrm the display and<br= > > graphics still works okay.<br> ><br> > Regards<br> > Jsm<br> <br> Thanks for the links, but something seems to have changed since those<br> don't mention any problems.=C2=A0 I am downloading the image from the G= itHub<br> link and I will check to see if that is any difference.<br> <br> Thanks for your information.<br> <br> -- <br> Carl Johnson=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 <a href=3D"mailto:car= lj@peak.org" target=3D"_blank">carlj@peak.org</a><br> <br> </blockquote></div><br clear=3D"all"><br><span class=3D"gmail_signature_pre= fix">-- </span><br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature">Mario.<br></d= iv> --00000000000071e25c05f6b22cbe--
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