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Date:      Sun, 7 Aug 2022 20:43:56 +0200
From:      Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com>
To:        John F Carr <jfc@mit.edu>
Cc:        "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD on Samsung Chromebook ARM "SNOW" model XE303C12
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It seems more complicated than I thought.

Il giorno dom 7 ago 2022 alle ore 19:46 John F Carr <jfc@mit.edu> ha
scritto:

> I have one of those Chromebooks but I have not tried to boot FreeBSD.  Th=
e
> wiki page is obsolete.  It references a configuration file CHROMEBOOK-SNO=
W
> which was removed in 2019 by the commit below.  I don't know if the
> Chromebook kernel was in the "not working" category or "switched to
> GENERIC" category.
>
> commit 9a042e7d03ae13425132966cd3f3416775157aed
> Author: Emmanuel Vadot <manu@FreeBSD.org>
> Date:   Wed Apr 10 19:27:14 2019 +0000
>
>     arm: kernel: Remove old kernel configs
>
>     Follow up to r346095
>     All those kernels are either not working or the release have switched
>     to GENERIC
>
>
> > On Aug 7, 2022, at 04:58 , Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hello.
> >
> > A lot of years ago,I bought the cool notebook "Samsung Chromebook "SNOW=
"
> model XE303C12" where it seems that only ChromeOS and Linux can be
> installed. The specs are the following ones :
> >
> >       =E2=80=A2 CPU: Samsung Exynos 5 Dual (5250) (Cortex A15; 1.7GHz d=
ual core
> cpu)
> >       =E2=80=A2 GPU: ARM Mali-T604 (Quad Core)
> >               =E2=80=A2 1366x768 screen & HDMI external connector
> >       =E2=80=A2 RAM: 2 GiB DDR3
> >               =E2=80=A2 The memory is not upgradable as it is soldered =
directly
> to the board
> >       =E2=80=A2 Disk: 16 GiB SSD (connected to eMMC)
> >               =E2=80=A2 SD & USB expansion slots
> >       =E2=80=A2 WiFi: 802.11 a/b/g/n
> >               =E2=80=A2 USB slot can handle Ethernet dongle
> >
> > I'm trying to look on Internet to understand if I can install FreeBSD
> without having all the troubles explained here :
> >
> > https://wiki.freebsd.org/arm/Chromebook
> >
> > Which options do I have to have a fully working FreeBSD system on that
> machine ? If it can't be installed natively,maybe these two options are
> feasible ? :
> >
> > 1) to virtualize FreeBSD using qemu and kvm
> > 2) to install FreeBSD using the crouton chroot method ?
> >
> > What else ? What do you think ? Maybe you know some specific tutorial
> that's more updated and that can allow me to install freeBSD on that
> machine making almost everything work as expected.
> >
> > --
> > Mario.
>
>

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Mario.

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<div dir=3D"ltr">It seems more complicated than I thought. <br></div><br><d=
iv class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">Il giorno do=
m 7 ago 2022 alle ore 19:46 John F Carr &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:jfc@mit.edu">=
jfc@mit.edu</a>&gt; ha scritto:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" =
style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);pa=
dding-left:1ex">I have one of those Chromebooks but I have not tried to boo=
t FreeBSD.=C2=A0 The wiki page is obsolete.=C2=A0 It references a configura=
tion file CHROMEBOOK-SNOW which was removed in 2019 by the commit below.=C2=
=A0 I don&#39;t know if the Chromebook kernel was in the &quot;not working&=
quot; category or &quot;switched to GENERIC&quot; category.<br>
<br>
commit 9a042e7d03ae13425132966cd3f3416775157aed<br>
Author: Emmanuel Vadot &lt;manu@FreeBSD.org&gt;<br>
Date:=C2=A0 =C2=A0Wed Apr 10 19:27:14 2019 +0000<br>
<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 arm: kernel: Remove old kernel configs<br>
<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 Follow up to r346095<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 All those kernels are either not working or the release have =
switched<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 to GENERIC<br>
<br>
<br>
&gt; On Aug 7, 2022, at 04:58 , Mario Marietto &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:mariet=
to2008@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">marietto2008@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<b=
r>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Hello.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; A lot of years ago,I bought the cool notebook &quot;Samsung Chromebook=
 &quot;SNOW&quot; model XE303C12&quot; where it seems that only ChromeOS an=
d Linux can be installed. The specs are the following ones :<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2 CPU: Samsung Exynos 5 Dual (5250) =
(Cortex A15; 1.7GHz dual core cpu)<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2 GPU: ARM Mali-T604 (Quad Core)<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2 1366x7=
68 screen &amp; HDMI external connector<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2 RAM: 2 GiB DDR3<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2 The me=
mory is not upgradable as it is soldered directly to the board<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2 Disk: 16 GiB SSD (connected to eMM=
C)<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2 SD &am=
p; USB expansion slots<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2 WiFi: 802.11 a/b/g/n<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2 USB sl=
ot can handle Ethernet dongle<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; I&#39;m trying to look on Internet to understand if I can install Free=
BSD without having all the troubles explained here :<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; <a href=3D"https://wiki.freebsd.org/arm/Chromebook" rel=3D"noreferrer"=
 target=3D"_blank">https://wiki.freebsd.org/arm/Chromebook</a><br>;
&gt; <br>
&gt; Which options do I have to have a fully working FreeBSD system on that=
 machine ? If it can&#39;t be installed natively,maybe these two options ar=
e feasible ? :<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; 1) to virtualize FreeBSD using qemu and kvm<br>
&gt; 2) to install FreeBSD using the crouton chroot method ?<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; What else ? What do you think ? Maybe you know some specific tutorial =
that&#39;s more updated and that can allow me to install freeBSD on that ma=
chine making almost everything work as expected.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; --<br>
&gt; Mario.<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"g=
mail_signature">Mario.<br></div>

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