Re: PINE64 STAR64 [and now: new board available now]
Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2022 09:07:52 UTC
On 2 Dec 2022, at 09:04, Milan Obuch <freebsd-riscv@dino.sk> wrote: > > On Tue, 27 Sep 2022 01:52:33 +0200 > Tomek CEDRO <tomek@cedro.info> wrote: > >> Thank you PINE64 Team for the update on STAR64 board release date :-) >> >> I am attaching freebsd-riscv@FreeBSD.org mailing list and the FreeBSD >> Foundation to this reply. >> >> Mailing list is the best place for RISC-V related announcements and >> contact with FreeBSD Unix users and developers working on the RISC-V >> target implementation. Please subscribe and send further RISC-V >> related announcements here. >> >> If you consider sharing engineering samples with the FreeBSD >> developers the FreeBSD Foundation is the best contact. >> > > Hi, > > While Star64 is not yet available, it would be nice if someone more > knowledgeable could do some preliminary evaluation from FreeBSD side, > i.e. how much work would it make to run FreeBSd on the board. > > Good starting point is wiki page, https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/STAR64, > where links to documents for various parts used could be found. Most > interesting would be datasheet for StarFive JH1170 SoC, I think. No > idea how detailed it is. > > Today there is new board avalable for purchase, Ox64, really small one, > for US$ 6 and US$ 8... So one quick question - is 64 MB RAM enough for > FreeBSD on RISC-V architecture? It would be really great for small > devices (something like IoT, sensors, etc.), even if it could be > limited somehow. It uses the C906 which willingly violates the RISC-V spec and would need “errata” handling to work, aside from the memory question. Jess