Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 10:19:58 -0700 From: Ian Lepore <ian@FreeBSD.org> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Waschb=FCsch?= Martin <martin@waschbuesch.de> Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Utilite support Message-ID: <1416503998.1147.185.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> In-Reply-To: <ADE49E48-60F7-4626-BB1E-169B8478C842@waschbuesch.de> References: <ADE49E48-60F7-4626-BB1E-169B8478C842@waschbuesch.de>
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On Thu, 2014-11-20 at 17:45 +0100, Waschb=FCsch Martin wrote: > Hey there, >=20 > I just read on https://wiki.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/arm/imx6 that Utilite > might also be supported. Has anyone managed to install FreeBSD > on such a device? Or could give me some pointers on how to do it? > The unit I have is the Utilite Pro (quad core with 2G RAM and internal > mSata SSD). I have looked at the crochet script but have not yet > managed to get the thing to booting. >=20 > Any and all help is appreciated! >=20 > Thanks, >=20 > Martin I'm the one who added that "might be..." on the basis that the Utilite setup looks close enough to Wandboard that it should be "easy" to get it working, for some loose definition of "easy". When I wrote that I had planned to buy one and get it working, but they're just too expensive for what they include so I never did. What I did do a few days ago is buy the new SolidRun Cubox i4pro v2, it should be here soon. That will give me some idea of how easy or hard it is to get freebsd running on some imx6 box that isn't a wandboard (and isn't one of our custom systems at $work). There is some chance that "it might just work." Actually a better chance now than when I originally wrote that. :) Try using crochet for wandboard and in the wandboard kernel config file change FDT_DTS_FILE to "imx6q-cm-fx6.dts". There's a good chance you'll end up with a bootable image on an sdcard. You will need a serial console for debugging, we don't support a video console yet on imx6 systems. The Compulab FitPc2 x86 systems need a special serial debugging cable that you have to buy separately. I hope that's not also the case with Utilite. -- Ian
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