Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 11:13:01 -0800 From: Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org> To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Utilite support Message-ID: <546E3D3D.30004@nomadlogic.org> In-Reply-To: <1416503998.1147.185.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> References: <ADE49E48-60F7-4626-BB1E-169B8478C842@waschbuesch.de> <1416503998.1147.185.camel@revolution.hippie.lan>
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On 11/20/14 09:19, Ian Lepore wrote: > On Thu, 2014-11-20 at 17:45 +0100, Waschbüsch Martin wrote: >> Hey there, >> >> I just read on https://wiki.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/arm/imx6 that Utilite >> might also be supported. Has anyone managed to install FreeBSD >> on such a device? Or could give me some pointers on how to do it? >> The unit I have is the Utilite Pro (quad core with 2G RAM and internal >> mSata SSD). I have looked at the crochet script but have not yet >> managed to get the thing to booting. >> >> Any and all help is appreciated! >> >> Thanks, >> >> Martin > > I'm the one who added that "might be..." on the basis that the Utilite > setup looks close enough to Wandboard that it should be "easy" to get it > working, for some loose definition of "easy". When I wrote that I had > planned to buy one and get it working, but they're just too expensive > for what they include so I never did. > > What I did do a few days ago is buy the new SolidRun Cubox i4pro v2, it > should be here soon. That will give me some idea of how easy or hard it > is to get freebsd running on some imx6 box that isn't a wandboard (and > isn't one of our custom systems at $work). > > There is some chance that "it might just work." Actually a better > chance now than when I originally wrote that. :) Try using crochet for > wandboard and in the wandboard kernel config file change FDT_DTS_FILE to > "imx6q-cm-fx6.dts". There's a good chance you'll end up with a bootable > image on an sdcard. > > You will need a serial console for debugging, we don't support a video > console yet on imx6 systems. The Compulab FitPc2 x86 systems need a > special serial debugging cable that you have to buy separately. I hope > that's not also the case with Utilite. > I've been doing on-again off-again testing of FreeBSD on utilite. This is great info Ian, I am hoping that now that my dayjob has just hit our US holiday's release freeze I'll have some time next week to test again. -pete -- Pete Wright pete@nomadlogic.org twitter => @nomadlogicLA
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