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Date:      Wed, 25 Jul 2018 06:35:53 -0400
From:      Ralph Smith <ralph@ralphsmith.org>
To:        Per olof Ljungmark <peo@nethead.se>
Cc:        freebsd-arm <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: rpi3 and Adafruit GPS hat continued
Message-ID:  <CF8A1708-2D3E-414C-92BA-442999DDBB37@ralphsmith.org>
In-Reply-To: <2f55aaea-6832-7441-1011-b8288628a4a9@nethead.se>
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> On Jul 25, 2018, at 5:55 AM, Per olof Ljungmark <peo@nethead.se> wrote:
>=20
>> On 07/25/18 11:27, Per olof Ljungmark wrote:
>>> On 07/25/18 04:25, Warner Losh wrote:
>>>=20
>>>=20
>>> On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 1:44 PM, Per olof Ljungmark <peo@nethead.se
>>> <mailto:peo@nethead.se>> wrote:
>>>=20
>>>    Thanks to
>>>    http://freebsd.1045724.x6.nabble.com/Adding-a-GPS-Module-hat-shield-o=
n-a-Raspberry-Pi-td6236680.html
>>>    <http://freebsd.1045724.x6.nabble.com/Adding-a-GPS-Module-hat-shield-=
on-a-Raspberry-Pi-td6236680.html>
>>>    and helpful people on the list I managed to get the pi to boot by
>>>    silencing the console messages in u-boot.
>>>=20
>>>    I skipped the switch and patched rpi.h:
>>>=20
>>>    @@ -85,10 +87,13 @@
>>>     #define CONFIG_INITRD_TAG
>>>=20
>>>     /* Environment */
>>>    +#define CONFIG_SYS_DEVICE_NULLDEV
>>>    +#define CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE_UPDATE_ON_RELOC
>>>    +#define CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE_UPDATE_ON_SET
>>>     #define ENV_DEVICE_SETTINGS \
>>>    -       "stdin=3Dserial,usbkbd\0" \
>>>    -       "stdout=3Dserial,vidconsole\0" \
>>>    -       "stderr=3Dserial,vidconsole\0"
>>>    +       "stdin=3Dusbkbd\0" \
>>>    +       "stdout=3Dvidconsole\0" \
>>>    +       "stderr=3Dvidconsole\0"
>>>=20
>>>    and now the pi is booting.
>>>=20
>>>    Now to the next problem, I need to rewire TXD and RXD and add recepti=
on
>>>    of the PPS signal on pin 4. The advice in the link above is not
>>>    appclicable to current and rpi3.
>>>=20
>>>    Right now uart1 is wired to the RXD and TXD pins, I want uart0. Is it=

>>>    recompile a dts or use gpioctl?
>>>=20
>>>    uart0: <PrimeCell UART (PL011)> mem 0x7e201000-0x7e201fff irq 24 on
>>>    simplebus0
>>>    uart1: <BCM2835 Mini-UART> mem 0x7e215040-0x7e21507f irq 32 on
>>>    simplebus0
>>>    uart1: console (115200,n,8,1)
>>>=20
>>>=20
>>> I'm pretty sure that you'll need to hack dts.
>>=20
>> Yes. Most importantly, stop the kernel from talking to the serial console=
.
>>=20
>> I've been wandering around the source and right now the theory is to
>> change /usr/src/sys/gnu/dts/arm/bcm283x.dtsi, it is the only place in
>> all the included dts files where I find a reference to the console:
>>=20
>>        chosen {
>>                stdout-path =3D "serial0:115200n8";
>>        };
>>=20
>> Says nothing about stdin though, not anywhere.
>=20
> Tried stdout-path =3D ""; but that did not help.
>=20
> I'm giving up and move to rpi2 and 11.2 instead. Phew.

Just another gotcha to worry about: be aware of the difference between the r=
pi2 board versions 1.1 and 1.2. They quietly changed the SOC, so FreeBSD 11.=
1 would not boot on the rev 1.2 board. It will boot FreeBSD 11.2, but I=E2=80=
=99ve not tried the GPS HAT on that yet.=20

Ralph=




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