Date: Tue, 30 May 2023 20:31:20 +0200 From: Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> To: garyj@gmx.de Cc: Stephan Lichtenauer <sl-pub-lists@honeyguide.de>, Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: PinePhone Pro Boots On CURRENT Message-ID: <CA%2B1FSihrdxUs=o4FYq8k_2atmBouq4V0oJnLoOK1hrcay75UtQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20230530202020.060be2bf@ernst.home> References: <b4307b3e-4646-47e7-2e3a-a4e9bd742004@nomadlogic.org> <86leh6ggfx.fsf@pcf00001.honeyguide.net> <CA%2B1FSii_XqrGMByz3mVLcZQ0JFC6E=Y_JpUppW-Jp6ZkFp4LOw@mail.gmail.com> <20230530202020.060be2bf@ernst.home>
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--00000000000009918305fced6b12 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable My idea is to patch the kernel with this patch : https://github.com/sleirsgoevy/exynos-kvm-patch in the worst case scenario, I will virtualize FreeBSD with qemu + kvm on top of Android. On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 8:20=E2=80=AFPM Gary Jennejohn <garyj@gmx.de> wrote= : > On Tue, 30 May 2023 15:02:38 +0200 > Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> wrote: > > > That's interesting. As I have already said,I haven't bought the pinepho= ne > > pro,because it is expensive for me. So I'm working on a parallel projec= t. > > I've bought this phone,instead : > > > > https://www.hdblog.it/schede-tecniche/samsung-galaxy-a6_i3655/ > > > > That's cheaper. Between the specs I read that it has a mali gpu,too : > > Mali-T830MP2 > > > > so,eventually,I can use the Lima and the PanFrost driver even for my > > samsung galaxy A6 ? I've started planning to install FreeBSD on top of > the > > Android Kernel,using a specific patch,but now I'm thinking that maybe,I > can > > install FreeBSD there natively. Can someone tell me if it is > doable,giving > > a look at the specs of that phone model ? thanks. > > > > Based on my experience with Samsung it probably won't be a simple task. > > Samsung tends to block the bootloader such that it's very difficult to > install anything but Android. > > https://www.xda-developers.com/ has a fair amount of info on the A6. It > could be worth your while to take a look at what's there. > > -- > Gary Jennejohn > --=20 Mario. --00000000000009918305fced6b12 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>My idea is to patch the kernel with this patch :</div= ><div><br></div><div><a href=3D"https://github.com/sleirsgoevy/exynos-kvm-p= atch">https://github.com/sleirsgoevy/exynos-kvm-patch</a></div><div><br></d= iv><div>in the worst case scenario, I will virtualize FreeBSD with qemu + k= vm on top of Android. <br></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div d= ir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 8:20=E2=80=AFPM Gar= y Jennejohn <<a href=3D"mailto:garyj@gmx.de">garyj@gmx.de</a>> wrote:= <br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8= ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Tue, 30 May = 2023 15:02:38 +0200<br> Mario Marietto <<a href=3D"mailto:marietto2008@gmail.com" target=3D"_bla= nk">marietto2008@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> <br> > That's interesting. As I have already said,I haven't bought th= e pinephone<br> > pro,because it is expensive for me. So I'm working on a parallel p= roject.<br> > I've bought this phone,instead :<br> ><br> > <a href=3D"https://www.hdblog.it/schede-tecniche/samsung-galaxy-a6_i36= 55/" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://www.hdblog.it/schede-tecn= iche/samsung-galaxy-a6_i3655/</a><br> ><br> > That's cheaper. Between the specs I read that it has a mali gpu,to= o :<br> > Mali-T830MP2<br> ><br> > so,eventually,I can use the Lima and the PanFrost driver even for my<b= r> > samsung galaxy A6 ? I've started planning to install FreeBSD on to= p of the<br> > Android Kernel,using a specific patch,but now I'm thinking that ma= ybe,I can<br> > install FreeBSD there natively. Can someone tell me if it is doable,gi= ving<br> > a look at the specs of that phone model ? thanks.<br> ><br> <br> Based on my experience with Samsung it probably won't be a simple task.= <br> <br> Samsung tends to block the bootloader such that it's very difficult to<= br> install anything but Android.<br> <br> <a href=3D"https://www.xda-developers.com/" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_b= lank">https://www.xda-developers.com/</a>; has a fair amount of info on the = A6.=C2=A0 It<br> could be worth your while to take a look at what's there.<br> <br> --<br> Gary Jennejohn<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> --00000000000009918305fced6b12--
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