Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 01:46:00 +0300 From: Greg V <greg@unrelenting.technology> To: Marcin Wojtas <mw@semihalf.com> Cc: Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com>, freebsd-arm <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: MACCHIATObin Message-ID: <1540939560.20404.0@smtp.migadu.com> In-Reply-To: <CAPv3WKcfJpbdnD6LmX032EC82BeYheJap8OYgz9gfSUkd9qUNA@mail.gmail.com> References: <4DCCA5C9-C156-4080-A8F9-035478AC2FF7@yahoo.com> <F8B5248A-7522-4268-A72A-DBA04D943046@netgate.com> <CAPv3WKeuN3TwOEBR6zu_9ovyvvQUD4t83shgT0LTbtD1re6ikQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAPv3WKcmiOzBGKtomQJ9mqJaaPXNjfEfX2Q7iD5u5qz2ojQJDA@mail.gmail.com> <1540841879.1781.1@smtp.migadu.com> <20181029204655.73c0895cf2df7245769590fe@bidouilliste.com> <1540843531.1781.2@smtp.migadu.com> <CAPv3WKcfJpbdnD6LmX032EC82BeYheJap8OYgz9gfSUkd9qUNA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 12:48 AM, Marcin Wojtas <mw@semihalf.com> wrote: > Hi, >=20 > pon., 29 pa=C5=BA 2018 o 21:05 Greg V <greg@unrelenting.technology>=20 > napisa=C5=82(a): >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >> On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 10:46 PM, Emmanuel Vadot >> <manu@bidouilliste.com> wrote: >> > On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 22:37:59 +0300 >> > Greg V <greg@unrelenting.technology> wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 10:07 AM, Marcin Wojtas=20 >> <mw@semihalf.com> >> >> wrote: >> >> > sob., 18 sie 2018 o 08:43 Marcin Wojtas <mw@semihalf.com> >> >> napisa?(a): >> >> >> >> >> >> sob., 18 sie 2018 o 01:10 Jim Thompson <jim@netgate.com> >> >> >> napisa?(a): >> >> >> > >> >> >> > On Aug 17, 2018, at 5:42 PM, Mark Millard via freebsd-arm >> >> >> <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org> wrote: >> >> >> > >> >> >> > > Marcin Wojtas mw at semihalf.com wrote on >> >> >> > > Fri May 11 07:55:40 UTC 2018 : >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > >> Short status of the support - last year we enabled=20 >> most of >> >> the >> >> >> > >> platform functionalities (core support, USB, AHCI,=20 >> RTC). >> >> Three >> >> >> big >> >> >> > >> items remained left: >> >> >> > >> - PCIE root complex (this should work soon with the=20 >> work >> >> done >> >> >> for >> >> >> > >> another SoC, not merged yet) >> >> >> > >> - Network PPv2 >> >> >> > >> - Xenon SD/MMC controller >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > > I noticed a check in that deals with that "Xenon" >> >> >> > > SD/MMC controller: >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > > Author: loos >> >> >> > > Date: Tue Aug 14 16:33:30 2018 >> >> >> > > New Revision: 337772 >> >> >> > > URL: >> >> >> > > https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/337772 >> >> >> >> >> [?] >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > > But I've not noticed check-ins for the other of the "big >> >> >> > > items" going by. (Though they may have.) >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > > Care to comment-on/update-the actual status for the >> >> >> > > Macchiato.bin(s)? >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > tl;dr: It?s not ?there? yet. >> >> >> > >> >> >> > Specifics: >> >> >> > >> >> >> > - loos@ has done a lot of work to get the espresso.bin >> >> working, >> >> >> and some of this carries over to the 8k/7k. >> >> >> > - We have another internal developer working on an EIP-97 >> >> driver >> >> >> for crypto offload. This should be a foundation for the=20 >> EIP-197 >> >> in >> >> >> the 8K. >> >> >> > - I know manu@is working on pin controllers and clocks >> >> specific >> >> >> to Machiatto.bin (80x0/70x0). >> >> >> > - Getting the NICs, PCIe, etc working still remains to be >> >> done. >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> About the latter - the NIC is pretty complex, however we >> >> (Semihalf) >> >> >> have really huge experience with all its support >> >> implementations and >> >> >> the platform itself. I'll put it straightforward - it's=20 >> only a >> >> >> matter >> >> >> of development funding, if it's guaranteed, we will do it=20 >> with >> >> >> pleasure :) As well as the NIC support (DW Synopsys driver=20 >> for >> >> DT >> >> >> and >> >> >> verify/improve on pcie-host-generic with ACPI). >> >> > >> >> > "As well as PCIE support..." of course. >> >> > >> >> > Marcin >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> I've noticed that people successfully use ACPI-PCIe on the >> >> MACCHIATObin >> >> with Linux, >> >> so? has anyone tested FreeBSD pcie-host-generic there? >> >> >> >> I'm considering buying a MACCHIATObin board to test my drm-next >> >> build >> >> for aarch64 >> >> ( https://github.com/FreeBSDDesktop/kms-drm/pull/89 ), but I'd=20 >> like >> >> to >> >> first know if PCIe actually works :) >> > >> > I'll will push support for mcbin soon in the tree (with PCI=20 >> support). >> > I don't know what ACPI-PCIe is exactly but I don't see how it can >> > work >> > without a dedicated driver for the armada 8K. >>=20 >> dev/pci/pci_host_generic_acpi.c =E2=80=94 generic ECAM PCIe driver. >>=20 >> I think ThunderX2 uses it (2018 Cavium copyright in the file),=20 >> probably >> Ampere eMAG (haven't seen anything about that here, but the vendor >> lists FreeBSD in their OS compatibility list), should be possible to >> use on the SoftIron Overdrives (NetBSD just added ACPI/aarch64 and=20 >> they >> tested on the Overdrive: >> https://dmesgd.nycbug.org/index.cgi?do=3Dview&id=3D4526 =E2=80=94 but a= ll >> FreeBSD+SoftIron dmesgs on dmesgd.nycbug so far are in FDT mode, not >> ACPI)=E2=80=A6 >>=20 >> And the EDK2 firmware for the Armada8k does have an ACPI mode=E2=80=A6 >>=20 >=20 > I confirm - thanks to the initial configuration in UEFI, ACPI tables > support PCI, which OS can use with the pure ECAM pci-host-generic > driver. Here's also the latest Centos7 bootlog, where you can see it: > https://pastebin.com/Aa2NvDnM >=20 > Marcin So you haven't tried booting *FreeBSD* in ACPI mode on the 8k yet? Would be great to see a FreeBSD dmesg from that configuration on=20 https://dmesgd.nycbug.org :) =
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