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Date:      Mon, 17 Jul 2017 12:34:37 -0600
From:      Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org>
To:        Russell Haley <russ.haley@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-arm <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: BBB & IMX6 Hummingboard SDIO driver
Message-ID:  <1500316477.22314.91.camel@freebsd.org>
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On Mon, 2017-07-17 at 11:32 -0700, Russell Haley wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 7:30 PM, Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> wrote:
> > 
> > On Sun, 2017-07-16 at 17:41 -0700, Russell Haley wrote:
> > > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I'm building for a BBB and I think I've got almost everything but
> > > I
> > > er... can't find the dtb file or the uEnv.txt file. Any help
> > > would be
> > > grand? I have a feeling I'm going to have to beg/borrow/steal a
> > > uEnv.txt file from a pre-built image.
> > > 
> > > As I'm going through the process of re-learning the build steps,
> > > i
> > > thought of a couple of things that I either didn't see or
> > > couldn't
> > > find on the website:
> > > 
> > > - A list of boards and their kernel config files
> > > - An easy reference on where to find the bits after the build.
> > > yes,
> > > yes, it's in the handbook.
> > > - Since u-boot has been standardised now, it would be nice to
> > > have a
> > > section on where to get u-boot and the other bits needed to boot.
> > > 
> > > Anyway, I've got an unprecedented week with no work and no kids,
> > > so
> > > I'm going to do what any sane person would do during a beautiful
> > > July
> > > summer: play with FreeBSD!
> > > 
> > > My end goal - and this is a stretch target - is to try and adopt
> > > Illyia's SDIO driver. I'm not sure how far I'll get, or much time
> > > I'll
> > > have after my week is up, but that's what my objective is. I've
> > > built
> > > the system using the kernel config BEAGLEBONE-MMCCAM in the blind
> > > hope
> > > that it will use his drivers? Once I get that working and can
> > > verify
> > > it in dtrace (maybe? yet another rabbit hole!) I want to get it
> > > working on my IMX6 hummingboard.
> > > 
> > > oh, and I suppose I should open up some code, eh?
> > > 
> > > Okay, now why isn't my PC computer seeing my sd cards? grrr... ;)
> > > 
> > > Cheers,
> > > 
> > > Russ
> > You don't need a uenv.txt file.  It was always optional, and with
> > the
> > latest uboot stuff it's completely gone.
> > 
> > -- Ian
> Thanks Ian.
> 
> DTB files are apparently generated with buildworld.
> 
> https://wiki.freebsd.org/FlattenedDeviceTree
> 
> I know they are generated with a specific tool (the name of which I
> forget) . I'm surprised it's not it's own target or at least part of
> buildkernel.
> 
> Russ

The DTB files installed on our distributed images are built from
sys/modules/dtb (which makes them part of the kernel build unless you
go out of your way to build them by themselves).

-- Ian




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