Re: Pinephone Pro

I know. But the pro version is too expensive for me. :(

On Tue, Apr 4, 2023 at 4:23 PM Dmitry Salychev <dsl@mcusim.org> wrote:

>
> 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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> >
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-- 
Mario.