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Date:      Tue, 4 Apr 2023 11:32:41 +0200
From:      Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com>
To:        Dmitry Salychev <dsl@mcusim.org>
Cc:        Marcin Cieslak <saper@saper.info>, Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org>, freebsd-arm@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Pinephone Pro
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PineTime is interesting and it is in my budget. I could buy it and then try
to play a little bit with it. Maybe FreeBSD can be installed there ? or
Linux ?

On Tue, Apr 4, 2023 at 11:29=E2=80=AFAM Dmitry Salychev <dsl@mcusim.org> wr=
ote:

>
> Marcin Cieslak <saper@saper.info> writes:
>
> > [[S/MIME Signed Part:Undecided]]
> > On Tue, 4 Apr 2023, Dmitry Salychev wrote:
> >
> >>> I think you should be prepared to build your own image.
> >>> With FreeBSD it is not very difficult (I find it easier than in
> >>> the Linux world).
> >>>
> >>> Marcin
> >>>
> >>> [[End of S/MIME Signed Part]]
> >>
> >> I'd take their device tree and try to boot GENERIC kernel for arm64 in
> >> order to get an idea which drivers are missing:
> >>
> >> # dmesg | grep "no driver" | grep -v "disabled"
> >>
> >> Pete, are you going to keep your findings somewhere? I don't have
> >> PinePhone Pro at the moment, but would like to follow and can support
> >> with customizing your kernel.
> >
> > Now thinking about getting one, too.. Maybe wiki.freeebsd.org could be
> the place
> > to keep notes?
> >
> > saper
> >
> > [[End of S/MIME Signed Part]]
>
> Btw, it has almost nothing to do with the FreeBSD itself, but I recently
> received PineTime (both sealed one and a devkit) as a gift and can say
> that it's quite good in terms of PCB/assembling quality. Their
> FreeRTOS-based
> OS works surprisingly good as well. If the PinePhone Pro is similar,
> it's worth bringing FreeBSD there.
>
> +1 for notes kept at wiki.freebsd.org
>
> Regards,
> Dmitry
>
> --
> Open source software/hardware enthusiast
> hackaday.io/dsl | github.com/mcusim | patreon.com/salychev
>
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">PineTime is interesting and it is in my budget. I could bu=
y it and then try to play a little bit with it. Maybe FreeBSD can be instal=
led there ? or Linux ?<br></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"=
ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 4, 2023 at 11:29=E2=80=AFAM Dmitry Sa=
lychev &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:dsl@mcusim.org">dsl@mcusim.org</a>&gt; wrote:<=
br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8e=
x;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
Marcin Cieslak &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:saper@saper.info" target=3D"_blank">sa=
per@saper.info</a>&gt; writes:<br>
<br>
&gt; [[S/MIME Signed Part:Undecided]]<br>
&gt; On Tue, 4 Apr 2023, Dmitry Salychev wrote:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; I think you should be prepared to build your own image.<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; With FreeBSD it is not very difficult (I find it easier than i=
n<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; the Linux world).<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; Marcin<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; [[End of S/MIME Signed Part]]<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; I&#39;d take their device tree and try to boot GENERIC kernel for =
arm64 in<br>
&gt;&gt; order to get an idea which drivers are missing:<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; # dmesg | grep &quot;no driver&quot; | grep -v &quot;disabled&quot=
;<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; Pete, are you going to keep your findings somewhere? I don&#39;t h=
ave<br>
&gt;&gt; PinePhone Pro at the moment, but would like to follow and can supp=
ort<br>
&gt;&gt; with customizing your kernel.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Now thinking about getting one, too.. Maybe <a href=3D"http://wiki.fre=
eebsd.org" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">wiki.freeebsd.org</a> could=
 be the place<br>
&gt; to keep notes?<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; saper<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; [[End of S/MIME Signed Part]]<br>
<br>
Btw, it has almost nothing to do with the FreeBSD itself, but I recently<br=
>
received PineTime (both sealed one and a devkit) as a gift and can say<br>
that it&#39;s quite good in terms of PCB/assembling quality. Their FreeRTOS=
-based<br>
OS works surprisingly good as well. If the PinePhone Pro is similar,<br>
it&#39;s worth bringing FreeBSD there.<br>
<br>
+1 for notes kept at <a href=3D"http://wiki.freebsd.org" rel=3D"noreferrer"=
 target=3D"_blank">wiki.freebsd.org</a><br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Dmitry<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Open source software/hardware enthusiast<br>
<a href=3D"http://hackaday.io/dsl" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">hac=
kaday.io/dsl</a> | <a href=3D"http://github.com/mcusim" rel=3D"noreferrer" =
target=3D"_blank">github.com/mcusim</a> | <a href=3D"http://patreon.com/sal=
ychev" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">patreon.com/salychev</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>

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