Re: PinePhone Pro Boots On CURRENT

That's interesting. As I have already said,I haven't bought the pinephone
pro,because it is expensive for me. So I'm working on a parallel project.
I've bought this phone,instead :

https://www.hdblog.it/schede-tecniche/samsung-galaxy-a6_i3655/

That's cheaper. Between the specs I read that it has a mali gpu,too :
Mali-T830MP2

so,eventually,I can use the Lima and the PanFrost driver even for my
samsung galaxy A6 ? I've started planning to install FreeBSD on top of the
Android Kernel,using a specific patch,but now I'm thinking that maybe,I can
install FreeBSD there natively. Can someone tell me if it is doable,giving
a look at the specs of that phone model ? thanks.


On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 2:19 PM Stephan Lichtenauer <
sl-pub-lists@honeyguide.de> wrote:

> Hi Pete,
>
> Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org> writes:
>
> > i've had this pinephone pro for a few months now and finally got
> > around
> > to attempting to boot FreeBSD on it..  Here's the phone:
> > https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PinePhone_Pro
> >
> > I needed to get this serial console adapter which works
> > flawlessly with "cu"
> > (USB TTL Serial Adapter Converter Cable 3.3v/3v3 3.5mm Stereo
> > Jack Cable):
> >
> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00XSPECIA?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
> >
> > then i just downloaded the latest CURRENT snapshot and put it on
> > a
> > microsd card and it booted into multi-user mode..  here's the
> > dmesg:
> > https://www.nomadlogic.org/ppro-dmesg.txt
> >
>
> That is excellent news! I am so happy about that, thank you very
> much!
>
> > i am working on building a new image now to include the
> > pinephone pro
> > DTB file from Linux to see if that improves some of the hardware
> > detection..  certainly a long way to go before this could be
> > a useful
> > mobile device, but i'm very encouraged that i can actually boot
> > the thing.
> >
> > i suspect we'll need to use iwlwifi to get the AzureWave
> > AW-CM256SM wifi
> > and bluetooth card working...
> >
> > But, once i get the linux DTB for this guy into a disk image i'm
> > going
> > to see if i can get the display up next, but would love to hear
> > any
> > input or pointers from folks with more ARM porting experience
> > than me.
>
> I am probably telling you something you already know, but afaik
> the Pinephone Pro uses the Rockchip RK3399 which according to the
> datasheet
> (
> https://opensource.rock-chips.com/images/d/d7/Rockchip_RK3399_Datasheet_V2.1-20200323.pdf
> page 16, 1.2.9 Graphics Engine) contains a Mali GPU.
>
> That means Ruslan Bukin's Panfrost article in the FreeBSD Journal
> Jul/Aug 2021 at
>
> https://freebsdfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/The-Panfrost-Driver.pdf
> might be interesting regarding graphics.
>
> Looking forward to your updates!
>
> Best regards
>
> Stephan
>
> >
> > thanks!
> > -pete
>
>
>
>

-- 
Mario.