From nobody Tue May 30 18:31:20 2023 X-Original-To: freebsd-current@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4QW1Fp5byMz4XxlK for ; Tue, 30 May 2023 18:31:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marietto2008@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yb1-xb35.google.com (mail-yb1-xb35.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::b35]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1D4" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4QW1Fp0n6Qz3vFN for ; Tue, 30 May 2023 18:31:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marietto2008@gmail.com) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: by mail-yb1-xb35.google.com with SMTP id 3f1490d57ef6-bacf685150cso8694877276.3 for ; Tue, 30 May 2023 11:31:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20221208; t=1685471517; x=1688063517; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=k5n9IP4EQaGWwem5e77ejKTzAiOcElWAMaEfQRrDna4=; b=bhAj43tEiJD+7+YYduryDv+mDcATAzUbTYa0uj9HDMCxUkkxndIu/p1KaTzxzSxZEB ReEkg/K6PPvsbeMnF3M1wsahMdiHKQfV4JQLUYf7Q1XSZ6GpwXKy+tKpvYgVfXESacXb dZvLyTQ6IfI7YvCjuVOIkD5hmGpeLJ+V5QkiwSp+nCDtbot79RmM86hbNW7HFy8KudH7 k8T6i5rg5/2niLK0itLa7gY4GlC/PzKLt9oT6Ewx40w48YpFNumwjtqFt72WlUYFA5fq G5SkNzz5NMXsChRC5NxZs2Ey9PBnave2Ly7Cg0nCCfum4Q0P+0+WbJhTS9TOiu380LwU fLrA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20221208; t=1685471517; x=1688063517; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=k5n9IP4EQaGWwem5e77ejKTzAiOcElWAMaEfQRrDna4=; b=UK+wVPzviLLOONOR9FBfA0uFLikY3bxfXX+YqEdGylgKBDT81dZWWkQU849W3k7NPa dGNFPwkIQ/ATaL9H2v1owcl/o2DiNZQ6uq36oZ1Kv3GPEkszCGZh0ZvQuncgGmhfAbkT GuLMYm5ceFtL99rCyFNLhoLdO6uXKPRMq1gYyq1UQOLJib/4yHyFJlGZEn996HE0nOKA 2yCKUgsLOntuxl0+wLOQks2PfgsWOmIjP8Yv8z49qKyC5ZODmlodtoOkKjsiMtPQehFk jfS4jgiZH96jdLasVZH7wP73nfpHVyedJ7NI9ASaVVR4XnBur0a9/pGOlcZMKa2j/FSt Nz3Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AC+VfDwvnmmVeultBNHj+otBJH9GUt1PEt8/sFtP9cmtfNoBOKHLrycH BWDYRoMmQfMvUBqrsyQ+kXL+x+l5I8ZQR0xDT1ocB21d1SkmZg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACHHUZ5V93VCh89EkbdXc24XYHrSJ0jlinICryxsSFJZ3QEhBMrXRbmeqXTWbOYSDVSLZ59P+rNXWnOtwqdNlU+Ty8Q= X-Received: by 2002:a81:7d41:0:b0:561:ed46:2f51 with SMTP id y62-20020a817d41000000b00561ed462f51mr3304928ywc.22.1685471516789; Tue, 30 May 2023 11:31:56 -0700 (PDT) List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-current List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <86leh6ggfx.fsf@pcf00001.honeyguide.net> <20230530202020.060be2bf@ernst.home> In-Reply-To: <20230530202020.060be2bf@ernst.home> From: Mario Marietto Date: Tue, 30 May 2023 20:31:20 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: PinePhone Pro Boots On CURRENT To: garyj@gmx.de Cc: Stephan Lichtenauer , Pete Wright , FreeBSD Current Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000009918305fced6b12" X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4QW1Fp0n6Qz3vFN X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2607:f8b0::/32, country:US] X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N --00000000000009918305fced6b12 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable My idea is to patch the kernel with this patch : https://github.com/sleirsgoevy/exynos-kvm-patch in the worst case scenario, I will virtualize FreeBSD with qemu + kvm on top of Android. On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 8:20=E2=80=AFPM Gary Jennejohn wrote= : > On Tue, 30 May 2023 15:02:38 +0200 > Mario Marietto wrote: > > > That's interesting. As I have already said,I haven't bought the pinepho= ne > > pro,because it is expensive for me. So I'm working on a parallel projec= t. > > 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. > > > > Based on my experience with Samsung it probably won't be a simple task. > > Samsung tends to block the bootloader such that it's very difficult to > install anything but Android. > > https://www.xda-developers.com/ has a fair amount of info on the A6. It > could be worth your while to take a look at what's there. > > -- > Gary Jennejohn > --=20 Mario. --00000000000009918305fced6b12 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
My idea is to patch the kernel with this patch :


in the worst case scenario, I will virtualize FreeBSD with qemu + k= vm on top of Android.

On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 8:20=E2=80=AFPM Gar= y Jennejohn <garyj@gmx.de> wrote:=
On Tue, 30 May = 2023 15:02:38 +0200
Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> wrote:

> That's interesting. As I have already said,I haven't bought th= e pinephone
> pro,because it is expensive for me. So I'm working on a parallel p= roject.
> I've bought this phone,instead :
>
> https://www.hdblog.it/schede-tecn= iche/samsung-galaxy-a6_i3655/
>
> That's cheaper. Between the specs I read that it has a mali gpu,to= o :
> 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 to= p of the
> Android Kernel,using a specific patch,but now I'm thinking that ma= ybe,I can
> install FreeBSD there natively. Can someone tell me if it is doable,gi= ving
> a look at the specs of that phone model ? thanks.
>

Based on my experience with Samsung it probably won't be a simple task.=

Samsung tends to block the bootloader such that it's very difficult to<= br> install anything but Android.

https://www.xda-developers.com/ has a fair amount of info on the = A6.=C2=A0 It
could be worth your while to take a look at what's there.

--
Gary Jennejohn


--
Mario.
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