Re: Radxa Zero and FreeBSD : happy marriage ?

From: Ganbold Tsagaankhuu <ganbold_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 15:03:22 UTC
Amlogic is not supported in FreeBSD at all and nobody is working on this
SoC, so if I were you I wouldn't buy it.

On Mon, Nov 25, 2024, 10:49 PM Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks. I see more development with this model :
>
> http://radxa.com/products/zeros/zero3e/#techspec
>
> according to this thread :
>
> https://forum.radxa.com/t/zero-3e-freebsd/20661
>
> Unfortunately this soc is not slender as the previous one. And anyway,a
> lot of functions don't work on FreeBSD.
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 25, 2024 at 3:32 PM Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> 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/
>>
>>
>> ===
>> Mark Millard
>> marklmi at yahoo.com
>>
>>
>
> --
> Mario.
>