Re: Radxa Zero and FreeBSD : happy marriage ?

On Nov 25, 2024, at 03:02, Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm planning to buy this soc :
> Radxa Zero
>     • Specifications:
>         • CPU: Amlogic S905Y2 quad-core Cortex-A53
>         • RAM: Up to 4GB LPDDR4 (4GB option available)
>         • Ports:
>             • Mini HDMI
>             • Micro USB OTG
>             • Micro USB power
>         • Wireless: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 5.0
> 
> because I'm trying to assemble a mobile phone powered by FreeBSD. This soc seems to be the only option available given its performances and slenderness. 
> But what I want to know is how compatible it is with FreeBSD. Are there some huge unfixed bugs ? Problems with HDMI or whatever ? thanks.

It does not appear to have a FreeBSD U-Boot port, making it
seem unlikely that the kernel work has been done to support
the soc.

For reference:

# ls -dC1 /usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-*/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-a13-olinuxino/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-a64-olinuxino/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-bananapi/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-bananapim2/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-beaglebone/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-bhyve-arm64/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-bhyve-riscv/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-chip/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-clearfog/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-cubieboard/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-cubieboard2/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-cubox-hummingboard/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-firefly-rk3399/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-imx-serial-loader/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-master/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-nanopi-a64/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-nanopi-m1plus/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-nanopi-neo-air/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-nanopi-neo/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-nanopi-neo2/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-nanopi-r2s/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-nanopi-r4s/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-nanopi-r5s/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-olimex-a20-som-evb/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-olinuxino-lime/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-olinuxino-lime2-emmc/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-olinuxino-lime2/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-orangepi-one/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-orangepi-pc-plus/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-orangepi-pc/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-orangepi-pc2/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-orangepi-plus-2e/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-orangepi-r1/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-orangepi-zero-plus/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-orangepi-zero/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-pandaboard/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-pcduino3/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-pine-h64/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-pine64-lts/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-pine64/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-pinebook/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-pinebookpro/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-qemu-arm/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-qemu-arm64/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-qemu-riscv64/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-quartz64-a/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-quartz64-b/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-riotboard/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-rock-pi-4/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-rock64/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-rockpro64/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-rpi-0-w/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-rpi-arm64/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-rpi/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-rpi2/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-rpi3-32/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-rpi3/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-rpi4/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-sifive-fu540/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-sifive-fu740/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-sinovoip-bpi-m3/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-sopine-spi/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-sopine/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-starfive-visionfive2/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-tools/
/usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-wandboard/


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Mark Millard
marklmi at yahoo.com