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Date:      Mon, 18 May 2020 19:44:32 +0000
From:      greg@unrelenting.technology
To:        "Dan Kotowski" <dan.kotowski@a9development.com>
Cc:        "John-Mark Gurney" <jmg@funkthat.com>, freebsd-arm@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD on Layerscape/QorIQ LX2160X
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May 18, 2020 10:22 PM, "Dan Kotowski" <dan.kotowski@a9development.com> wr=
ote:=0A=0A>> Same as in it still says "using DTB"?=0A>> =0A>> I wonder if=
 that's the same weirdness I saw on the RPi4,=0A>> FreeBSD failing acpi_f=
ind_table(ACPI_SIG_SPCR) even though the SPCR table=0A>> is present and d=
eciding we don't have ACPI..=0A>> =0A>> You could try my current kernel w=
hich has has_acpi hardcoded to true=0A>> (extract into the root of the me=
mstick's ufs partition):=0A>> =0A>> https://send.firefox.com/download/c3d=
69444ce92d3cf/#AuYrYtDvJWNYbEeJWRX4fA=0A> =0A> Yes, it does still say "us=
ing DTB"=0A> =0A> Also, your kernel works! Or at least I'm into the insta=
ller. It doesn't see the onboard eMMC in the=0A> Partition Editor, but on=
ce I have the NVMe gumstick in hand I'll pick back this back up.=0A=0ACoo=
l, please please please post a dmesg to https://dmesgd.nycbug.org :)=0A=
=0ACreated a bug for the ACPI detection issue:=0Ahttps://bugs.freebsd.org=
/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D246552=0A=0A> Is there a reason that we can't=
 use on the DTBs compiled from SolidRun and NXP's sources?=0A=0AThe devic=
etree uses NXP specific device descriptions (for USB, SATA, PCIe, all the=
 things)=0Aand FreeBSD doesn't understand them.=0A=0AACPI tables mostly u=
se generic devices descriptions that all operating systems support=0Aout =
of the box.=0A=0AIt is technically possible to make a DTB that mostly use=
s generic nodes and ACPI tables=0Afull of custom vendor nodes, but almost=
 nobody does this.=0A(Okay, actually, Qualcomm does ACPI with almost all =
vendor nodes on the Windows aarch64 laptops :D)=0A=0AGeneric descriptions=
 are good. ARM systems that work in the "boring" plug&play way (with stan=
dardized=0Ageneric devices) are the ideal we all should strive for, so AC=
PI should always be preferred.=0AIf you're using any DTB on a server/work=
station-class system, something has gone wrong :)



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