Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2016 11:17:16 -0700 From: bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net> To: Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> Cc: bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net>, freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: No usable event timer found on RPI2 Message-ID: <20160409181716.GH71221@www.zefox.net> In-Reply-To: <1460220814.1091.338.camel@freebsd.org> References: <20160409020229.GF71221@www.zefox.net> <CAFHCsPWMqtnOtMRZ9CiL%2B2_1Ox_d_Mh=LdoGMGRHBjZVd12HfA@mail.gmail.com> <20160409164903.GG71221@www.zefox.net> <1460220814.1091.338.camel@freebsd.org>
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On Sat, Apr 09, 2016 at 10:53:34AM -0600, Ian Lepore wrote: > > The rpi.dtb file lives on the FAT partition where u-boot is, but it's > created by the freebsd build process and installing the kernel puts the > new dtb into /boot/dtb on the freebsd rootfs. Something else (crochet > or some similar script, or you by hand) have to copy from there to the > FAT partition on the sdcard. > > Note that right now all of this is unique to rpi. For other arm > boards, u-boot isn't involved in the dtb file loading at all and the > file is normally read by ubldr from the freebsd filesystem. > > There may come a day when all arm boards have to work more like rpi > does now (due to the way the u-boot world is evolving). > > What inhibits making the copy to FAT part of kernel install? The file has been moved. When the present build/install cycle completes I'll discover the next of my mistakes 8-). With my thanks, bob prohaska
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