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Date:      Tue, 17 Jun 2014 08:10:00 +0200
From:      Michael Tuexen <tuexen@freebsd.org>
To:        Jia-Shiun Li <jiashiun@gmail.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org>, Andreas Schwarz <freebsd.asc@strcmp.org>, Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD doesn't boot anymore on RPi
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On 17 Jun 2014, at 06:44, Jia-Shiun Li <jiashiun@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 1:53 PM, Michael Tuexen <tuexen@freebsd.org> =
wrote:
>> On 16 Jun 2014, at 03:04, Andreas Schwarz <freebsd.asc@strcmp.org> =
wrote:
>>> On 21.05.14, Michael Tuexen wrote:
>>>=20
>>> Hi all,
>>>=20
>>>> I just built r266500 and when booting that on a Raspberry Pi the =
booting stalls
>>>> after displaying Kernel args: (null).
>>>=20
>>> I run still in this problem, the last kernel which was working for =
me is r265403. Is this
>>> a know problem?
>> Yes, it is known. There were two problems, one is fixed now. The =
other problem
>> is currently been worked on. Right now, you need to revert r266083 =
and should
>> get a working kernel. If not, please let us know.
>>=20
>=20
> adding ian@ and markm@.
>=20
>=20
> Hi,
>=20
> looks ARM1176, aka RPi, has different register location for
> performance counters.
>=20
> r266083 uses PMC registers defined at c9:c12~c14 of CP15. The location
> is true for Cortex-A8[1] onward. For ARM11 which predated A8, however,
> these registers are located at c15:c12[2]. c9:c12~c14 are undefined on
> ARM1176.
>=20
> According to ARMARM, pre-ARM11 cores do not have PMC. So they must
> have decided the debut location of PMC was not suitable anymore , and
> moved to c9 afterward.
>=20
> For RPi I think it is simpler to exclude ARM11 in original code for
> now. After making sure PMC registers on ARM11, despite different
> location, are still suitable for the purpose, it can have dedicated
> handling different from other cores.
>=20
> Other cores like pj4b and Krait may need additional check.
>=20
> [1] Ch.3.2.1 of Cortex-A8 TRM r3p2,
> =
http://infocenter.arm.com/help/index.jsp?topic=3D/com.arm.doc.ddi0344k/ch0=
3s02s01.html
> [2] Ch.3.2.1 of ARM1176jz-s TRM r0p7,
> =
http://infocenter.arm.com/help/index.jsp?topic=3D/com.arm.doc.ddi0333h/ch0=
3s02s01.html
Please have a look at the thread 'Re: svn commit: r266083 - in =
head/sys/arm: arm include'
on current@freebsd.org. The patches being discussed there allow the RPI. =
Basically
they use different registers on different platforms as you write.

Best regards
Michael
>=20
> -Jia-Shiun.
>=20




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