Re: i.MX8 Support?

On Feb 14, 2025, at 17:34, Kim Shrier <kim@westryn.net> wrote:

>> On Feb 14, 2025, at 5:22 PM, Russell Haley <russ.haley@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> It's been a long time since I've lurked on this list. The Arm wiki says that aarch64 is tier 1 and "well supported" but I only see images for RPI, ROCK and PINE. Does this mean I need to build my own i.MX8 image or are NXP processors not supported in aarch64? I tried searching the mailing list archive on marc, but there were no search results for mx8 or imx8. 
>> 
>> I'm specifically hoping to support Phytec i.MX8 M Plus (quad core Cortex A-53). https://www.phytec.eu/en/produkte/system-on-modules/phycore-imx-8m-plus/
> 
> I am running FreeBSD current on a NXP LS1088a with no issues.

Russell may want to know:

Which U-Boot? --and which Linux mainline *.dtb ?
Or is it working via UEFI/ACPI via, say, EDK2?

> (8 core A-53) Looking in the kernel source, I see:
> 
> sys/arm64/freescale/imx/imx8mq_ccm.c
> sys/arm64/freescale/imx/imx8mq_ccm.h
> 
> There are also a lot of mx8 files under sys/contrib/device-tree/src/arm64/freescale so I would think you should be able to get something working.
> 
>> 
>> Does FreeBSD support NPUs? (No, I don't know what I mean...)
> 
> NPU - neural processing unit.  Taking a quick look through the source, it appears that there is no support for this.







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