Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2023 11:51:09 +0200 From: Dmitry Salychev <dsl@mcusim.org> To: Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> Cc: Marcin Cieslak <saper@saper.info>, Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org>, freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pinephone Pro Message-ID: <86a5zovujm.fsf@peasant.tower.home> In-Reply-To: <CA%2B1FSigpSnuozpC_N2k%2B50Oo2zw0_LEX0%2BcR2wWnPXe3G6D=qQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <66fee230-24eb-c7d8-fa30-4530409c0f5c@nomadlogic.org> <r8p634s5-n94r-003p-po15-r0n3233q8r25@fncre.vasb> <86ttxwvyv7.fsf@peasant.tower.home> <n55641qo-360o-o4s9-qr7p-597ns3rq5n1s@fncre.vasb> <86jzysvvuy.fsf@peasant.tower.home> <CA%2B1FSigpSnuozpC_N2k%2B50Oo2zw0_LEX0%2BcR2wWnPXe3G6D=qQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> writes: > PineTime is interesting and it is in my budget. I could buy it and then t= ry to play a little bit with it. Maybe FreeBSD can be installed there ? > or Linux ? PineTime is built upon nRF52832 (64 MHz Cortex-M4) which doesn't have MMU. So, no FreeBSD or Linux can be used there (uCLinux is an exception, but 64 KiB of RAM isn't enough). Details: https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=3D8112 Regards, Dmitry > > On Tue, Apr 4, 2023 at 11:29=E2=80=AFAM Dmitry Salychev <dsl@mcusim.org> = wrote: > > 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 > > --=20 > Open source software/hardware enthusiast > hackaday.io/dsl | github.com/mcusim | patreon.com/salychev --=20 Open source software/hardware enthusiast hackaday.io/dsl | github.com/mcusim | patreon.com/salychev
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