Re: PinePhone Pro Boots On CURRENT
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Date: Tue, 30 May 2023 13:02:38 UTC
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.