Re: PinePhone Pro Boots On CURRENT

From: Mario Marietto <marietto2008_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 May 2023 18:50:52 UTC
Check at this,also : https://github.com/raspiduino/a6lte-kvm/releases

What I would like to know is if I can install Linux as the main OS,instead
of Android. Thanks.


On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 8:31 PM Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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 PM Gary 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 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.
>> >
>>
>> 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
>>
>
>
> --
> Mario.
>


-- 
Mario.