Enabling the network ports on the MacchiatoBIN (Double Shot)

[Marcin Wojtas]

Hi Rebecca,

niedz., 14 kwi 2019 o 06:10 Rebecca Cran via freebsd-arm
<freebsd-arm at freebsd.org> napisał(a):
>
> I've got the MacchiatoBIN board booting FreeBSD 13-CURRENT from a SATA
> drive, and the remaining issue is that no network adapters are detected.
> I'd like to ignore the SPF ports and get the RJ45 Gb ports working if
> possible. I'm currently booting via UEFI, which passes FreeBSD the DTB,
> though I can also boot with u-boot.
>

That's great. Are you using the mainline UEFI or the one from Marvell tree?

>
> Being pretty new to the ARM world I'm not sure where to start. I've
> already learned a bit about the FDT and that the McBIN has a static
> hardware configuration, but I don't know if the dts needs updated, or if
> FreeBSD just doesn't support the network adapter that it uses?
>

Unfortunately, the integrated PP2 NIC of Armada8040 has no driver in
the FreeBSD, which is required for both RJ45 and the SFP ports...

Best regards,
Marcin