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References: <86v8j6ivzp.fsf@bay.localnet> <9881D780-DB01-4D96-ADA0-5E502763B100@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2023 19:54:12 -0800 In-Reply-To: <9881D780-DB01-4D96-ADA0-5E502763B100@gmail.com> (Pat McEvoy's message of "Sat, 11 Mar 2023 20:55:02 -0500") Message-ID: <86fsaaipzv.fsf@bay.localnet> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.2 (berkeley-unix) List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to ARM processors List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-arm List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-arm@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Vade-Verdict: clean X-Vade-Analysis-1: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvhedrvddvuddgieefucetufdoteggodetrfdotffvucfrrhho X-Vade-Analysis-2: fhhilhgvmecuufgjpfetvefqtfdppfftvfevpdfgpfggqdfptffvvedpqfgfvfenuceurghilhhouhht X-Vade-Analysis-3: mecufedtudenucenucfjughrpefhvffufhffjgfkfgggtgfgsehtqhdttddtreejnecuhfhrohhmpeev X-Vade-Analysis-4: rghrlhculfhohhhnshhonhcuoegtrghrlhhjsehpvggrkhdrohhrgheqnecuggftrfgrthhtvghrnhep X-Vade-Analysis-5: teehffduuedtkeeugedvledttdfhkeetjeetuedvgefhleehffelvdfhjeejfeeinecuffhomhgrihhn X-Vade-Analysis-6: pehnhigtsghughdrohhrghdpsghsugdqhhgrrhgufigrrhgvrdhinhhfohenucfkphepudelledrheek X-Vade-Analysis-7: rdelledrjedtnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehinhgvthepudelledrheek X-Vade-Analysis-8: rdelledrjedtpdhhvghlohepsggrhidrlhhotggrlhhnvghtpdhmrghilhhfrhhomheptggrrhhljhes X-Vade-Analysis-9: phgvrghkrdhorhhgpdhrtghpthhtohepfhhrvggvsghsugdqrghrmhesfhhrvggvsghsugdrohhrghdp X-Vade-Analysis-10: mhhtrghhohhsthepshhmthhptdefrdhnrhhttgdrvghmrghilhdqrghshhdurdhshihntgdrlhgrnhdp X-Vade-Analysis-11: nhgspghrtghpthhtohepuddpihhspghnrgepthhruhgvpdgruhhthhgpuhhsvghrpegtrghrlhhjsehp X-Vade-Analysis-12: vggrkhdrohhrgh X-Vade-Client: NRTC X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.80 / 15.00]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-0.997]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[peak.org,none]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:129.213.214.220]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-arm@freebsd.org]; ASN(0.00)[asn:31898, ipnet:129.213.208.0/21, country:US]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[129.213.214.220:from]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; RWL_MAILSPIKE_POSSIBLE(0.00)[129.213.214.220:from] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4PZ5WV5bRZz3Q8P X-Spamd-Bar: -- X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N Pat McEvoy writes: >> On Mar 11, 2023, at 20:44, Carl Johnson wrote: >>=20 >> =EF=BB=BFMario Marietto writes: >>=20 >>> Hello. >>>=20 >>> you could try to install linux natively on it and then virtualize freeb= sd >>> with qemu + kvm on / for arm64. This is what I would like to do if I >>> bought one of those. >>=20 >> I was looking into that, but I haven't been able to find out if kvm is >> actually supported on linux distributions. I am using the Armbian linux >> now but I haven't seen any kvm packages available. >>=20 >> Thanks for the reply. >>=20 >>>> On Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 1:16=E2=80=AFAM Carl Johnson = wrote: >>>>=20 >>>> Hello, >>>> I recently bought a Pinebook Pro, but I haven't been able to get it >>>> to run FreeBSD reliably. I can get it to boot, but usually the display >>>> loses sync shortly after the kernel starts booting. The display is >>>> sometimes readable enough for text so I have experimented with it a >>>> little. It seemed to run well enough for a while but I have had it lo= ck >>>> up a couple of times. >>>>=20 >>>> I have used the RockPro64 images with the u-boot-pinebookpro applied as >>>> directed. I have tried FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE, 13.2-RC2, and 14.0-CURRE= NT >>>> and all of them have the same problem. The Pinebook Pro works well wi= th >>>> the supplied Manjaro and with an Armbian version of Xubuntu. I also >>>> tried NetBSD, and that works but runs the battery down much too fast. >>>>=20 >>>> I assume others have run it since there is a u-boot for it, but maybe >>>> recent versions are different than older versions. Has anybody else >>>> gotten FreeBSD to work with recent versions of the Pinebook Pro? >>>>=20 >>>> Thanks for any information. >>>> -- >>>> Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>=20 >> --=20 >> Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org > > > https://dmesgd.nycbug.org/index.cgi?do=3Dindex&fts=3DPinebook+pro > > https://bsd-hardware.info/?computer=3D63859de55834 > > > Hope these dmesgd / he-probe entries are helpful.=20 I took a quick look for now, but I don't see any mention of the problems that I have been seeing. Thanks for the information. --=20 Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org