FreeBSD 12-CURRENT on OrangePi One

[Emmanuel Vadot]

On Tue, 2 May 2017 12:43:41 +0200
aggaz <aggaz at paranoici.org> wrote:

> Dear Emmanuel,
> 
> In the last days I found and tried the dts file you are referring to
> (the one in sys/gnu/.../...).
> I compiled it using crochet, and I can confirm that it boots, it
> supports USB but not Ethernet.
> 
> It also seems to me that it is less stable than the other two I tried
> (the one for OrangePi Plus 2E and the one from NanoPi Neo).

 Less stable in what way ?

> Maybe it is not related to the dts, but I saw several random glitches
> after boot that make me think that this Linux-imported dts is not 100%
> compatible.

 Random glitches of what exactly ?

> I hope you find the dts with both ethernet and usb.
> 
> A question: would it be possible to integrate the ethernet portion of
> the dts for NanoPi to the dts for OrangePiPlus 2E?

 I don't think I have the Plus 2E so I won't be able to test, I think
the only difference would be the regulator for the PHY (or the usage of
internal PHY).

> I am trying to do so in the last days, but I do not really understand
> how to write a DTS file...
> 
> I am also looking for documentation, without so much luck, if you have
> some link/book/manual you feel like sharing, please do.

 There is none afaik, just read the binding docs from the Linux kernel
Documentation.

> Regards
> Aggaz

 Cheers,

> Il 02/05/2017 10:55, Emmanuel Vadot ha scritto:
> > On Sun, 30 Apr 2017 12:27:04 +0200
> > aggaz <aggaz at paranoici.org> wrote:
> > 
> >> Dear list,
> >>
> >> as I previously wrote, I am trying to use FreeBSD 12-CURRENT on OrangePi
> >> One by using crochet.
> >>
> >> One problem is that there are no dtb files available specific for this
> >> board.
> > 
> >  There is one in sys/gnu/dts, I was sure that I added it to the list of
> > DTS we compile but ...
> > 
> >> Now I compared two dtb files for the same SoC (H3): one for NanoPi Neo
> >> (/boot/dtb/nanopi-neo.dtb) and one for OrangePi Plus 2E
> >> (/boot/dtb/orangepi-plus-2e.dtb).
> >>
> >> Both makes the board boot fine without issues, but:
> >>
> >> 1) dtb file for NanoPi Neo makes the network interface available and
> >> working, but not the USB port.
> >>
> >> 2) dtb file for OrangePi Plus 2E makes the USB port available and
> >> working, but not the network interface.
> > 
> >  Please note that ethernet DTS bindings aren't standardized yet and
> > since I don't want us to heavily patches the DTS or derive to much from
> > the Linux one if I add the OrangePi One DTS to the build it will
> > probably be without ethernet support.
> > 
> >  Anyway, I have one somewhere with USB and ethernet support, I'll look
> > to commit/share that soon.
> > 
> >>
> >> At this point I don't really know what I can do to make both interfaces
> >> working at the same time, and I am writing this to ask you some suggestions.
> >>
> >> Any idea would be greatly appreciated.
> >>
> >> Regards
> >> Aggaz
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Emmanuel Vadot <manu at bidouilliste.com>