Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2021 15:09:11 +0300 From: Sleep Walker <s199p.wa1k9r@gmail.com> To: Ganbold Tsagaankhuu <ganbold@gmail.com> Cc: Free BSD <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD for new SOC Message-ID: <CAHa8N89ozBWVv7n63iJtq75Z2dysOy26YScVDtrC8dLecLqT6A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAGtf9xMqnmBpCZPZi0ZofzsOhX4uBkTG%2BYe2-ezm3Hri8QZYGA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAHa8N8-=T2QsumforqO45Oqn%2BRFFFcU=OapYzwgjV-AMstzWQg@mail.gmail.com> <CAGtf9xMqnmBpCZPZi0ZofzsOhX4uBkTG%2BYe2-ezm3Hri8QZYGA@mail.gmail.com>
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--000000000000facbc405c728591e Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Yes, I know that, I will try to experiment with the old code =D1=87=D1=82, 15 =D0=B8=D1=8E=D0=BB. 2021 =D0=B3. =D0=B2 14:43, Ganbold Tsa= gaankhuu <ganbold@gmail.com>: > > > On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 7:23 PM Sleep Walker <s199p.wa1k9r@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hello FreeBSD ARM community! >> >> I would like to discuss one issue. >> >> A lot of devices have already been sold in the world on Amlogic >> processors. >> These are SBCs and VIDEO consoles. >> But they all run on Andriod or Linux. No FreeBSD support ;-). >> >> If it had been, the user community would have grown a lot, FreeBSD would >> have grown in popularity, and the number of testers and committers would >> have increased. >> This would make FreeBSD for ARM even more stable. >> >> What are your thoughts on porting FreeBSD to Amlogic? >> Such attempts have been made before >> https://github.com/tomtor/image-freebsd-c2 >> NetBSD supports multiple SBCs on Amlogic >> http://www.armbsd.org/arm/ >> Why don't we add this support too? >> > > Amlogic support was removed last November since there wasn't anyone who > could maintain amlogic related codes: > > https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=3Drevision&revision=3D367993 > > Ganbold > > > >> >> I know several Chinese manufacturers who would be happy to send samples >> of their products to developers. >> >> I recently received a RADXA ZERO on Amlogic S905Y2 as a free samples >> https://wiki.radxa.com/Zero/hardware >> https://forum.radxa.com/t/introduce-the-radxa-zero/6550 >> >> It is a very interesting and tiny device, it comes with Android >> pre-installed on eMMC, >> not even Mainline Linux support yet. >> >> I've been studying FreeBSD for ARM for two years now and really want to >> learn >> add support for new SOCs to FreeBSD. >> >> I now have 3 SOCs to add >> 1) Pine64 Quartz64, >> 2) Radxa Zero >> 3) First Russian ARM SOC - BAIKAL-M >> https://www.baikalelectronics.com/products/338/ >> >> In all three variants, I have the necessary equipment. >> And I have a great desire to learn. >> >> I have already written a USB driver for BAIKAL-M and am successfully >> booting the system in multi-user mode. >> The results can be viewed here https://pkg.personalbsd.org/baikal/ >> >> It succeeded because many devices on BAIKAL-M use fixed-clock and >> everything is built on DesignWare IP. >> >> But I stopped at the need to write a clock driver necessary for Ethernet >> and PCIe to work. >> >> If anyone would agree to advise me, I would be extremely grateful. >> >> I am willing to provide access to BAIKAL-M but ssh (since USB Ethernet >> works) >> for easier collaboration and learning. >> >> Any help or advice would be appreciated. >> >> I am extremely interested in participating in the FreeBSD porting projec= t >> to the new SOC because I want to contribute to the popularization of >> FreeBSD. >> >> -- >> Yours faithfully, >> Sergey Tyuryukanov >> > --000000000000facbc405c728591e--
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