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Date:      Sun, 28 Mar 2021 22:02:39 +0200
From:      =?utf-8?Q?S=C3=B8ren_Schmidt?= <soren.schmidt@gmail.com>
To:        =?utf-8?Q?Klaus_K=C3=BCchemann?= <maciphone2@googlemail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-arm@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Any good alternative to Raspberry for Arm64?
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On 28 Mar 2021, at 21.48, Klaus Küchemann <maciphone2@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Well, at least u-boot2021.01 has all the needed support to boot a rockpro64 or pinebookpro from nvme/sata/usb/sd/mmc/net.
>> If you put u-boot into the SPI-flash it will boot from any of the above media.
>> 
>> --
>> Søren Schmidt
>> sos@deepcore.dk / sos@freebsd.org
>> "So much code to hack, so little time“
>> 
> 
> yes, I used 2021.04-rcXX( master, self-compiled)… the strange thing on Rock960-board was that it needed some reboots 
> until nvme was scanned correctly in u-boot-prompt.
> Thean it boots FreeBSD straight up and then hangs on mountroot> ( because there’s no /dev/nda0 or /dev/nvmeXX).
> I presume an electrical issue since it was once(only once) detected by adding nvme_load=„YES“& nvd_load=„YES“ in rc.conf. 
> The u-boot patch related to nvme on that board also was based on a voltage-change .
> … I`ll post some debug-output the next hours… (`guess pcie has mem alloc issue from dmesg)…
> 
> Anyone successfully booting from nvme on any aarch64-board ??


Yes, both my rockpro64’s and my pinebookpro boots of NVMe just fine, there is one caveat though, for it to work it needs to be a NVMe device that uses as little power as possible (I use older Intel 660 IIRC uses only 3.5W max), otherwise the HW cant cope..


Søren Schmidt
sos@deepcore.dk / sos@freebsd.org
"So much code to hack, so little time"





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