Re: Pinephone Pro

Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> writes:

> Hello,
>
> I see that the Pinebook pro is very expensive for me. Can I collaborate with you if I bought this version of the PinePhone ?
>
> https://pine64.com/product/pinephone-beta-edition-with-convergence-package/

PinePhone (not Pro) is built on Allwinner A64 (4xCortex A53). Compare it
to Rockchip RK3399S (2xA72 + 4xA53) of the Pro version. There'll be
different device trees for those models and it's curious to me how
different those models are in terms of devices/drivers available in
FreeBSD.

You can definitely buy it, but be prepared that we'll need to prioritize
if the actual development will be planned. Personally, I'd pay attention
to the Pro model.

Regards,
Dmitry

>
> On Tue, Apr 4, 2023 at 11:57 AM Dmitry Salychev <dsl@mcusim.org> wrote:
>
>  Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> writes:
>
>  > PineTime is interesting and it is in my budget. I could buy it and then try to play a little bit with it. Maybe FreeBSD can be installed
>  there ?
>  > or Linux ?
>
>  PineTime is built upon nRF52832 (64 MHz Cortex-M4) which doesn't have
>  MMU. So, no FreeBSD or Linux can be used there (uCLinux is an exception,
>  but 64 KiB of RAM isn't enough).
>
>  Details: https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=8112
>
>  Regards,
>  Dmitry
>
>  >
>  > On Tue, Apr 4, 2023 at 11:29 AM Dmitry Salychev <dsl@mcusim.org> wrote:
>  >
>  >  Marcin Cieslak <saper@saper.info> writes:
>  >
>  >  > [[S/MIME Signed Part:Undecided]]
>  >  > On Tue, 4 Apr 2023, Dmitry Salychev wrote:
>  >  >
>  >  >>> I think you should be prepared to build your own image.
>  >  >>> With FreeBSD it is not very difficult (I find it easier than in
>  >  >>> the Linux world).
>  >  >>>
>  >  >>> Marcin
>  >  >>>
>  >  >>> [[End of S/MIME Signed Part]]
>  >  >>
>  >  >> I'd take their device tree and try to boot GENERIC kernel for arm64 in
>  >  >> order to get an idea which drivers are missing:
>  >  >>
>  >  >> # dmesg | grep "no driver" | grep -v "disabled"
>  >  >>
>  >  >> Pete, are you going to keep your findings somewhere? I don't have
>  >  >> PinePhone Pro at the moment, but would like to follow and can support
>  >  >> with customizing your kernel.
>  >  >
>  >  > Now thinking about getting one, too.. Maybe wiki.freeebsd.org could be the place
>  >  > to keep notes?
>  >  >
>  >  > saper
>  >  >
>  >  > [[End of S/MIME Signed Part]]
>  >
>  >  Btw, it has almost nothing to do with the FreeBSD itself, but I recently
>  >  received PineTime (both sealed one and a devkit) as a gift and can say
>  >  that it's quite good in terms of PCB/assembling quality. Their FreeRTOS-based
>  >  OS works surprisingly good as well. If the PinePhone Pro is similar,
>  >  it's worth bringing FreeBSD there.
>  >
>  >  +1 for notes kept at wiki.freebsd.org
>  >
>  >  Regards,
>  >  Dmitry
>  >
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