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Date:      Sun, 22 Jul 2018 22:46:53 -1000
From:      David Cornejo <dave@dogwood.com>
To:        peo@nethead.se
Cc:        db@db.net, freebsd-arm <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: rpi3 and Adafruit GPS Hat
Message-ID:  <CAFnjQbt395y4xyHEp52GAHW9X9bHvdCAT9q-gKA2--RvQvqTtA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <ba31ee27-1d17-8616-96b2-b982268f0dc2@nethead.se>
References:  <47f49a55-66b0-1c02-4530-4701a3bd0c43@nethead.se> <20180718170157.GA40221@night.db.net> <ba31ee27-1d17-8616-96b2-b982268f0dc2@nethead.se>

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this might be a little blasphemous, but for grins I tried an Oncore with
PPS to a GPIO and running the serial through a TTL-USB serial cable and
that seems to work ok.

there's probably some good reason that this is a bad idea.

dave c

On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 9:09 PM Per olof Ljungmark <peo@nethead.se> wrote:

> On 07/18/18 19:01, Diane Bruce wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 05:10:16PM +0200, Per olof Ljungmark wrote:
> >> Being a complete newbie to arm I thought a nice project would be to
> >> build a NTP server with the parts in the subject line.
> >>
> >> Unfortunately I have almost no idea where to start, it seems FreeBSD f=
or
> >> arm have shifted around quite a bit, almost none of the googled pages =
I
> >> find has relevance, and to add insult to injury, the Pi project
> >> apparently shifted the serial ports around for the Pi3.
> >>
> >> What I need to achieve,
> >>
> >> - Stop the kernel to use the uart for console output (I have ethernet
> >> and HDMI connected)
> >
> > No need.
> >
> > change your config.txt
> >
> > #dtoverlay=3Dpi3-disable-bt
> > device_tree_address=3D0x4000
> > kernel=3Du-boot.bin
> > enable_uart=3D1
> >
> > This moves the console port to the less capable micro uart port
> > this will free up the good uart (the pl011 device) as /dev/ttyu0
> >
> > Remove the pi3-disable-dt in config.txt
> > enable_uart=3D1 is needed.
> >
> >> VERY grateful if someone that knows better can give me a push in the
> >> right direction for up to date information.
> > ..
> >
> > This is assuming you use FreeBSD-12 (Head of tree)
> >
>
> Yes, 12.0-CURRENT #2 r336461.
>
> Unfortunately your advice did not solve the problem, when the hat is
> attached it sends NMEA sequences to the u-boot loader making it
> impossible to boot further, just like it is described in this thread:
>
>
> http://freebsd.1045724.x6.nabble.com/Adding-a-GPS-Module-hat-shield-on-a-=
Raspberry-Pi-td6236680.html
>
>
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