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Date:      Wed, 23 Jan 2019 10:01:55 +0100
From:      Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com>
To:        ticso@cicely.de
Cc:        Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely7.cicely.de>, freebsd-arm@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Orange Pi PC2
Message-ID:  <20190123100155.c6d57db7dfadeb7d1267f2b2@bidouilliste.com>
In-Reply-To: <20190123002029.GE7489@cicely7.cicely.de>
References:  <20190122193138.GC7489@cicely7.cicely.de> <20190123000830.5535bdf611827e00559ca4b9@bidouilliste.com> <20190123002029.GE7489@cicely7.cicely.de>

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On Wed, 23 Jan 2019 01:20:29 +0100
Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely7.cicely.de> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 12:08:30AM +0100, Emmanuel Vadot wrote:
> > On Tue, 22 Jan 2019 20:31:38 +0100
> > Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely7.cicely.de> wrote:
> > 
> > > After some investigation on how SD card images are setup, I did the
> > > following:
> > > dd if=FreeBSD-12.0-RELEASE-arm64-aarch64-PINE64-LTS.img of=/dev/da0 bs=1m
> > > [72]cicely7# pwd
> > > /usr/local/share/u-boot/u-boot-orangepi-pc2
> > > [71]cicely7# dd if=u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin of=/dev/da0 bs=1k seek=8 conv=sync
> > > 644+1 records in
> > > 645+0 records out
> > > 660480 bytes transferred in 1.393002 secs (474141 bytes/sec)
> > > 
> > > The system booted fine with that.
> > > Some warnings however:
> > > Loading DTB overlays: 'sun50i-a64-sid,sun50i-a64-ths,sun50i-a64-timer'
> > > /boot/dtb/overlays/sun50i-a64-sid.dtbo size=0x1fd
> > > /boot/dtb/overlays/sun50i-a64-ths.dtbo size=0x3e8
> > > /boot/dtb/overlays/sun50i-a64-timer.dtbo size=0x175
> > > DTB overlay '/boot/dtb/overlays/sun50i-a64-sid.dtbo' not compatible
> > > DTB overlay '/boot/dtb/overlays/sun50i-a64-ths.dtbo' not compatible
> > > DTB overlay '/boot/dtb/overlays/sun50i-a64-timer.dtbo' not compatible
> > > EHCI failed to shut down host controller.
> > > EHCI failed to shut down host controller.
> > > EHCI failed to shut down host controller.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I'm a bit irritated that the PINE64-LTS image is somewhat a generic one
> > > in that it uses a GENERIC kernel and also contains dtb files for other
> > > boards, 
> > 
> >  So you are irritated that you have some weird behavior when you use
> > something that is not specifically made for one board and you try it on
> > it ???
> 
> No, that is perfectly fine, just that we have more or less GENERIC images,
> which arn't announced as such.
> 
> There are more confusing things I've noticed.
> The PINE64-LTS uses u-boot-sopine, although the u-boot repository has a config
> specificly for the PINE64-LTS.

 This is new in 2019.01, I need to update our u-boot and create a new
port for the LTS.

> There is a u-boot for OrangePI Plus 2e, but none for the OrangePI Plus 2.
> Also the u-bbot git misses a config for the OrangePI Plus 2, but I assume
> those boards are identical for the OS as the difference only seem to be that
> the Plus 2 has an USB hub and a USB-SATA bridge.
> The WiFi chip on the 2 is a smaller package, but both are Realtek RTL8189.
> The amount of available Allwinner based boards on the market is irritating
> all by itself...
> 
> >  All arm64 board that are supported by FreeBSD uses GENERIC
> > kernel and have dtb for every boards supported (more or less).
> > 
> > > but there isn't a GENERICSD as it is for 32bit arm.
> > 
> >  Yes, I will create one at some point, the reason I didn't do it is
> > that someone found out recently that Allwinner 64bits SoC can use GPT
> > partitions so I will need to do test with this.
> 
> Oh - good to know.
> Still have to find out about ZFS root.
> 
> > > Just booted the board with GBit ethernet link and it only takes 50mA, which
> > > is amazing low.
> > > Not exact measurement with a 10mA resolution USB measurement plug, so it
> > > might be a bit off.
> > > 
> > > Is there anything special to consider for zfsroot?
> > > Found some online info on how to setup an ARM64 cloud server with zroot.
> > > I'm aware that the board only has 1GB RAM, but I'm still tempted to give it
> > > a try.
> 
> -- 
> B.Walter <bernd@bwct.de> http://www.bwct.de
> Modbus/TCP Ethernet I/O Baugruppen, ARM basierte FreeBSD Rechner uvm.


-- 
Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com> <manu@freebsd.org>



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