Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2015 17:54:06 -0700 From: Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.net>, freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Getting started with freebsd-arm on Cubox-i2 Message-ID: <1451264046.1369.21.camel@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <201512272145.OAA28860@mail.lariat.net> References: <201512272145.OAA28860@mail.lariat.net>
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On Sun, 2015-12-27 at 14:45 -0700, Brett Glass wrote: > All: > > I'm interested in experimenting with FreeBSD on various small and > embedded ARM boards during the coming year, and just acquired a CuBox > -i2 to work with. I downloaded the file > > FreeBSD-11.0-CURRENT-arm-armv6-CUBOX-HUMMINGBOARD-20151217 > -r292413.img.xz > > from the FreeBSD FTP server, decompressed it, and wrote the image to > an 8 GB micro SD card from a Windows machine. I then placed the card > into the CuBox and tried to boot it. > > I was hopeful when the display showed a message from the U-Boot boot > loader. But then a bunch of random pixels appeared and the screen > went blank. > > Where am I going wrong? I'll probably dig into the technical details > of development for this system shortly, but right now I'd just like > to boot a prebuilt image and explore... and I'm not succeeding at > doing this. > > Note that the CuBox *will* boot the manufacturer's "ignition" > downloader, which in turn will download and flash quite a few > versions of Linux. So, I know that the hardware is functional. > However, their downloader doesn't offer a working image of FreeBSD as > an option. > > --Brett Glass The video support for imx6 chips was just committed a few days ago and isn't in the image you downloaded. The cubox is likely booting just fine and sitting at a login prompt that you can't see. The cubox has a built in usb-serial adapter for the console. Just plug a micro-usb cable into the slot to the right of the sdcard and connect it to any computer with a terminal program (on freebsd use cu -l /dev/cuaU0 -s 115200). -- Ian
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