Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2019 13:59:02 -0500 From: Jedi Tek'Unum <jedi@jeditekunum.com> To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Cc: ian@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Options for FBSD support with LCD device - new project Message-ID: <4EB5C6C1-7DB9-4DEE-BB23-CD1259581271@jeditekunum.com> In-Reply-To: <89f5b8d1ab0614ac8d88b5d5f1afc63e640c3c17.camel@freebsd.org> References: <ad61a598-53af-02a5-41db-0128da7d1a34@optiplex-networks.com> <CAF19XBLAjP4yKtGSBzA4QdT346Bnbnr8MutQNZgmERLbJkWAyA@mail.gmail.com> <8df902f6-20a3-31c4-71ac-91f5d5fdf50d@optiplex-networks.com> <0ecf23e129ca7ac6a92a01bbb34c03f1ac8c6dc8.camel@freebsd.org> <e5d42c67-e1f2-ede1-965f-c89226de46da@optiplex-networks.com> <89f5b8d1ab0614ac8d88b5d5f1afc63e640c3c17.camel@freebsd.org>
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I=E2=80=99ve been lurking here for some time. Long time (commercial) = unix expert. Not much FBSD. I=E2=80=99m running Linux right now on NanoPi NEO (Allwinner H3) and NEO = 2 (Allwinner H5). Not because I love Linux (I don=E2=80=99t) but because = it works out of the box including I2C. I=E2=80=99d really like to use = FBSD on them. I hope that they will reach the same maturity as BB soon. Perhaps I=E2=80=99m wrong but my impression following this list and = searching around is that I2C and SPI are not =E2=80=9Cout of the box=E2=80= =9D with FBSD on these platforms. I=E2=80=99m not all that familiar with FDT. I=E2=80=99d like to learn = how to master it. If I understood it better I could probably bring = anything I needed to life. BUT, that is back burner to actually = completing the projects I=E2=80=99m trying to complete (where I just = need I2C access from user land). I really need those things to just work = out of the box for now - or have clear instructions on how to enable. In short I can=E2=80=99t use FBSD yet because it doesn=E2=80=99t appear = ready for these kinds of apps on these devices. I greatly appreciate all = the effort that has and is going on to get there. If I had the knowledge = I=E2=80=99d love to help, but I don=E2=80=99t currently. Perhaps I=E2=80=99ve just not searched and read enough to find the jewel = document that explains all the FDT magic in sufficient detail. By that I = mean *current* FDT magic (which is another confusing aspect as things = seem to be in flux). Any advice on these matters greatly appreciated. > On Mar 18, 2019, at 12:58 PM, Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> wrote: > I would never recommend that anybody use any flavor of rpi for any > purpose at all. The hardware sucks, and the support is minimal, > because all of us developers hate working on it (because it sucks so > much). >=20 > The BB isn't too bad, it's just ancient and crippled -- single core at > low clock speeds. >=20 > Really, an Allwinnner-based board is your best bet. I'll let the > various users and supporters of the AW stuff recommend specific models > (I don't have any AW hardware, I have all I can do supporting imx6 > these days). >=20 > The stuff you'll find on the wiki is mostly ancient news that hasn't > been updated in years. >=20 > -- Ian >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-arm@freebsd.org <mailto:freebsd-arm@freebsd.org> mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arm = <https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arm>; > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arm-unsubscribe@freebsd.org = <mailto:freebsd-arm-unsubscribe@freebsd.org>"
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