From owner-freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Fri Feb 19 00:53:21 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48012AAC790 for ; Fri, 19 Feb 2016 00:53:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from russ.haley@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vk0-x22b.google.com (mail-vk0-x22b.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c05::22b]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 05B7187E; Fri, 19 Feb 2016 00:53:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from russ.haley@gmail.com) Received: by mail-vk0-x22b.google.com with SMTP id k196so61523689vka.0; Thu, 18 Feb 2016 16:53:20 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=zP5bZ48dF1u+YK2W1dZdDIn2yT1ltX1sR2HJEDKq624=; b=BB2EoxldlZ21XeBGMbFuBS55QJ8xz+KsAa3L/MaH/+WVs3l5qKufFGOhHNXJRhfmua DB/FS2QQuutxe64xoE6UpiGfZEL8FTu9FfUggs6X9J4ylXGp4aDgcvqkDyZ+i1lS8N3j HevDsnUy1CCIR1nA0TNW8x5Q3e/SNer3l1lk/p87j2Ol+3+BdUCHNkNprnEfCTLTJIhb pvWLT+0kk0/JXgzFsbfEQ7bpD+ah0uqgCoJrjOqmL2BdFppP0XnzgddUhhkUd5BnYgyC pe30dSdzKdSfrlAG8C9a0zeQ80VQGPHF2XxVjioRtUDCio3jQfBmBMqQ61gvle7CRrmD gW3g== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=zP5bZ48dF1u+YK2W1dZdDIn2yT1ltX1sR2HJEDKq624=; b=Hd+XaMdY5S9oCERhy2yF4FatFAtrAafCEFrJg8hhvsBskM2goixETlOgEFzLUeqJ// zGgYOC1BoJIVei6IKt193eUS7ARTdGFkQj4TyoJ99UOiek6jqUmAS/ZvluUlulpko62x +jvsVM60aLleYs0OLGmmGKI62IW8chp37SsFxzPrKbgHjQJLF4xoVPDn6xORs2lMcXac USLmksiAkI8PUdX/Iiya7oAU8sZtHwqeM/A5ESzEkqKcagrJLDgZfAE222dZoHxVp3EK EOnBxMMwtIUtCBLtWfbeEhMAgPoA+hph3ei8N2kETa/9H1zj8cgDNA5deu03KUvfcSOk I5XQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AG10YOTdTLbBvk0MllM1pzOvwlnZcxIPgGgP+UqiRMJFMB7iDmioOhFYI5PVJWKyaUgtr/eqDsLoJOBQTKGdjQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.31.140.130 with SMTP id o124mr884923vkd.145.1455843200020; Thu, 18 Feb 2016 16:53:20 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.31.54.13 with HTTP; Thu, 18 Feb 2016 16:53:19 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1455835944.1294.23.camel@freebsd.org> References: <1455825697.1294.20.camel@freebsd.org> <1455835944.1294.23.camel@freebsd.org> Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 19:53:19 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Hummingboard boot hangs in -HEAD From: Russell Haley To: Ian Lepore Cc: freebsd-arm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: "Porting FreeBSD to ARM processors." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 00:53:21 -0000 On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 5:52 PM, Ian Lepore wrote: > On Thu, 2016-02-18 at 14:42 -0800, Russell Haley wrote: >> On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 12:01 PM, Ian Lepore wrote: >> > >> > The hummingboard (really, all imx6 systems) problem showed up >> > between >> > r295351 - r295543, but I haven't had time to narrow it down more >> > than >> > that. >> > >> > Sata has never worked on imx6. I had limited success with it 2 >> > years >> > ago (it kinda worked but there was data corruption), ran out of >> > time >> > and set it aside, and have never gotten back to the driver to >> > finish >> > getting it working. >> > >> > -- Ian >> >> Ian: >> Thanks for clarification. >> >> To the general mailing list: >> I would like to request additional help to resolve the sata issue on >> imx6. I have done a preliminary reading of the CAM code and have >> looked at the change made to the ahci driver late last year for arm >> support. I have inspected the dts files. I have done some poking a >> while back into what is loaded and not loaded. However, I do not know >> how to properly debug a CAM driver (or any kernel level code) or use >> the debug tools. >> >> My personal objective is to become a FreeBSD driver maintainer, and I >> have been tracking this issue for a while, but I have stalled out at >> this point. I need a higher level of support then the mailing list >> provides to become productive (at least initially). At this point >> learning how to debug kernel devices by myself is outside of my >> scope. >> However, if someone is willing to Skype or chat/email with more >> directed support I will pick this project back up. I would love to >> earn a commit bit eventually. Please send me a message if you can >> help. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Russ >> > > What you need is the #bsdmips irc channel on efnet. Don't let the mips > in the name fool you, all the freebsd-arm developers hang out there. > Just drop in and start asking questions (and be patient with the fact > that although there are 80 people hanging out there, most of us are > either asleep or at $work depending on continent, and sometimes answers > come long after the question). > > -- Ian Thanks, this is precisely what I needed to know. Russ