Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2020 11:17:24 -0500 From: "Mike Karels" <mike@karels.net> To: "Klaus =?utf-8?q?K=C3=BCchemann?=" <maciphone2@googlemail.com> Cc: "Greg V" <greg@unrelenting.technology>, freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Switch to UEFI Re: CFT: alpha test of Ethernet driver for RPi4 Message-ID: <C537E77F-91AE-486B-9D92-E61FA6FD6E76@karels.net> In-Reply-To: <C07E205F-410E-49C3-B98A-08769D295A39@googlemail.com> References: <964BBCA2-5EE1-4673-966E-63D37FEDB4EA@googlemail.com> <AA1CAD4B-2275-4988-A533-203D91808DE2@googlemail.com> <202003281622.02SGMcmi027728@mail.karels.net> <57d4ba4ef95eeaf382d2c0b2407e9dab@unrelenting.technology> <3d84dbd6acea80b04bee712b59661a86@unrelenting.technology> <C07E205F-410E-49C3-B98A-08769D295A39@googlemail.com>
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On 29 Mar 2020, at 9:53, Klaus K=C3=BCchemann wrote: >> Am 28.03.2020 um 23:39 schrieb greg@unrelenting.technology: >> >> >> What allwinner? >> How did you find anything allwinner-related in ACPI code, when AFAIK=20 >> no Allwinner SoC ever had ACPI tables written for it? >> >> I'm talking about generic XHCI. > > Sorry, I always mix up Allwinner with Marvell, > where you changed some things in generic_xhci_fdt. =E2=80=A6 > Mo matter, what I wanted to say is that there perhaps could be some=20 > need to add things > for the bcm-soc what is called ACPi-glue by jmcneill in his sources=E2=80= =A6 > `hope you are right that it `ll be only a simple bugfix for you to get=20 > the right IRQ setup in generic_xhci.c =E2=80=A6 > > >> Am 28.03.2020 um 23:27 schrieb Mike Karels <mike@karels.net>: >> >> >> I=E2=80=99m not ready to put the source out in public, as the copyrigh= t=20 >> notice is not yet approved. I=E2=80=99ll put it in phabricator when i= t=E2=80=99s=20 >> ready. >> >> About UEFI: I don=E2=80=99t know what=E2=80=99s involved, but half of = the driver=20 >> interfaces with the rest of the network stack, and I don=E2=80=99t see= how=20 >> using UEFI simplifies any of that. >> >> Mike > > O.K., seems I misunderstood your 'alpha test=E2=80=98- offer=E2=80=A6 > I thought you wanted us to test/review your code before you put it to=20 > phabricator. I=E2=80=99m ready to provide source to individual testers, but not to pub= lish=20 it yet. For anyone that wants to try it, I can provide source and maybe=20 a kernel; I=E2=80=99m not set up to do full images. I=E2=80=99ll also no= te that=20 I=E2=80=99m testing using a kernel that is not recent, because it boots w= ith=20 my current u-boot, but I suspect it will work fine with a recent kernel. > Well, jmcneill, where you derived the genet-driver-sources from, has=20 > already > integrated the driver in UEFI, while it is not yet integrated in=20 > rpi4-uefi upstream, afaik. > You can dual-boot in UEFI from dt(hangs at gpioregulator at the=20 > moment) or ACPI(hangs unrelenting at greg`s irq-code at the the=20 > moment[.. just kidding] . > They are working on netboot at the moment .. > I really suggest to track the UEFI - devs to understand what=E2=80=99s = going=20 > on there.. > it could be the right way to finally get this damned board under=20 > control.. > > > Regards > > Klaus
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