Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2018 15:40:37 +0300 From: Alexandru Elisei <alexandru.elisei@gmail.com> To: Michael Dexter <editor@callfortesting.org> Cc: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.cn85.dnsmgr.net>, freebsd-arm@freebsd.org, freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ARMv8 development board with GICv3 Message-ID: <CAB-4s4=xxsnCD8i%2Btp4f=6HCyGK9n0ZoYZ=2TLY-tbSQ-uNpPw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <91705d37-7a15-afcd-cadd-c14c6a43eb84@callfortesting.org> References: <201806130737.w5D7bHxX038233@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> <91705d37-7a15-afcd-cadd-c14c6a43eb84@callfortesting.org>
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Thank you all for your suggestions. I was considering the espressobin board [1], I only need a disk to boot from and a network controller to connect to the board. It uses a Marvell 3720 SoC (model 88F3720) which according to the specs [2] has all exception levels and it uses a GIC-500 interrupt controller which implementes the GICv3 specification [3]. The board is supported under linux [4], I was wondering if anyone can tell me how well it is supported under FreeBSD. [1] http://espressobin.net/ [2] https://origin-www.marvell.com/documents/qc8hltbjybmpjhx36ckw/ [3] http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ddi0516b/DDI0516B_gic5000_r0p0_trm.pdf [4] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/tree/master/arch/arm64/boot/dts/marvell Regards, Alexandru Elisei On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 2:02 AM, Michael Dexter <editor@callfortesting.org> wrote: > On 6/13/18 12:37 AM, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > >> I believe the Chromebook SNOW meets the criteria, not exactly a >> "board" but I have one on loan from Michael Dexter that was originally >> purhased to support ARMv8 bhyve work. > > > Peter Grehan handed one to Ruslan at AsiaBSDCon a few years back which led > to basic FreeBSD support. "Spurious interrupts" soon became an issue with > later versions of FreeBSD and I don't believe anyone has resolved it. This > model was very much the one to get for its virtualization potential at a low > price. > > Michael
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