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Date:      Sun, 12 Mar 2023 19:29:26 +0100
From:      Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com>
To:        Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org>
Cc:        freebsd-arm@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD on Pinebook Pro?
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Carl, Im planning to buy a pinebook pro. You are doing what probably i will
do later. Do you want to keep me updated ? Can we keep each other in
contact ?

Il dom 12 mar 2023, 17:11 Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org> ha scritto:

> Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > https://astr0baby.wordpress.com/2020/01/12/pinebookpro-virtualization/
>
> Thank you, that is exactly what I was looking for!
>
> > On Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 5:21=E2=80=AFAM Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org> w=
rote:
> >
> >> 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
> display
> >> >> 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
> lock
> >> >> up a couple of times.
> >> >> I have used the RockPro64 images with the u-boot-pinebookpro applie=
d
> >> >> as
> >> >> directed.  I have tried FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE, 13.2-RC2, and
> 14.0-CURRENT
> >> >> and all of them have the same problem.  The Pinebook Pro works well
> with
> >> >> the supplied Manjaro and with an Armbian version of Xubuntu.  I als=
o
> >> >> tried NetBSD, and that works but runs the battery down much too fas=
t.
> >> >> 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 els=
e
> >> >> 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 ( A tiny bit outdated)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 GitHu=
b
> >> link and I will check to see if that is any difference.
> >>
> >> Thanks for your information.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Carl Johnson            carlj@peak.org
> >>
> >>
>
> --
> Carl Johnson            carlj@peak.org
>
>

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<div dir=3D"auto">Carl, Im planning to buy a pinebook pro. You are doing wh=
at probably i will do later. Do you want to keep me updated ? Can we keep e=
ach other in contact ?</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr"=
 class=3D"gmail_attr">Il dom 12 mar 2023, 17:11 Carl Johnson &lt;<a href=3D=
"mailto:carlj@peak.org">carlj@peak.org</a>&gt; ha scritto:<br></div><blockq=
uote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc =
solid;padding-left:1ex">Mario Marietto &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:marietto2008@g=
mail.com" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">marietto2008@gmail.com</a>&g=
t; writes:<br>
<br>
&gt; <a href=3D"https://astr0baby.wordpress.com/2020/01/12/pinebookpro-virt=
ualization/" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://astr0b=
aby.wordpress.com/2020/01/12/pinebookpro-virtualization/</a><br>
<br>
Thank you, that is exactly what I was looking for!<br>
<br>
&gt; On Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 5:21=E2=80=AFAM Carl Johnson &lt;<a href=3D"ma=
ilto:carlj@peak.org" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">carlj@peak.org</a=
>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; Jesper Schmitz Mouridsen &lt;jsm@FreeBSD.org&gt; writes:<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; On 12.03.2023 01.16, Carl Johnson wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; Hello,<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; I recently bought a Pinebook Pro, but I haven&#39;t been =
able to get it<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; to run FreeBSD reliably.=C2=A0 I can get it to boot, but =
usually the display<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; loses sync shortly after the kernel starts booting.=C2=A0=
 The display is<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; sometimes readable enough for text so I have experimented=
 with it a<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; little.=C2=A0 It seemed to run well enough for a while bu=
t I have had it lock<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; up a couple of times.<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; I have used the RockPro64 images with the u-boot-pinebook=
pro applied<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; as<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; directed.=C2=A0 I have tried FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE, 13.2-R=
C2, and 14.0-CURRENT<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; and all of them have the same problem.=C2=A0 The Pinebook=
 Pro works well with<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; the supplied Manjaro and with an Armbian version of Xubun=
tu.=C2=A0 I also<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; tried NetBSD, and that works but runs the battery down mu=
ch too fast.<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; I assume others have run it since there is a u-boot for i=
t, but<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; maybe<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; recent versions are different than older versions.=C2=A0 =
Has anybody else<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; gotten FreeBSD to work with recent versions of the Pinebo=
ok Pro?<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; Thanks for any information.<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; Hi<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; I do not know if they changed anything to the hardware itself=
 but:<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; <a href=3D"https://freebsdfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/0=
4/FreeBSD-on-the-Pinebook-Pro.pdf" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"=
_blank">https://freebsdfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/FreeBSD-on=
-the-Pinebook-Pro.pdf</a><br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; ( A tiny bit outdated)<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; <a href=3D"https://github.com/jsm222/drm-subtree/releases/tag=
/v0.2-947fcb84b77" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://=
github.com/jsm222/drm-subtree/releases/tag/v0.2-947fcb84b77</a><br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; Panfrost tends to go out of memory and crash the system, but =
if you do<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; not enable it i.e by using not extra patched libdrm the displ=
ay and<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; graphics still works okay.<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; Regards<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; Jsm<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; Thanks for the links, but something seems to have changed since th=
ose<br>
&gt;&gt; don&#39;t mention any problems.=C2=A0 I am downloading the image f=
rom the GitHub<br>
&gt;&gt; link and I will check to see if that is any difference.<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; Thanks for your information.<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; --<br>
&gt;&gt; Carl Johnson=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 <a href=3D"m=
ailto:carlj@peak.org" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">carlj@peak.org</=
a><br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;<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" rel=3D"noreferrer">carlj@peak.org</a><br>
<br>
</blockquote></div>

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