On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 05:18:34PM +0200, Peter J. Philipp wrote: > On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 08:41:56AM -0600, deich...@placebonol.com wrote: > > Hi Peter > > > > I don't have a lot of spare money lately, last week extensive car repair > > and the home air conditioner failed last week, however I can contribute > > funds for quantity 1 and maybe 2 Mango Pi. Perhaps some one else can help > > too. > > > > diana > > OK you got me Diana, I'll pledge 60 EUR, I have some reserves. That should > be enough for 2 Mango Pi's. So we have 3-4 Mango Pi's. Anyone else willing > to put in some money? I don't know how to go about this best, should I > pay my pledge to openbsdfoundation with the explicit request that this should > go toward these? Or how would we escrow this? Does OpenBSD have the means > of ordering from AliExpress?
Alright 60 EUR paid to the OpenBSD foundation. Bob Beck or Ken Westerback can confirm this perhaps. It didn't allow a comment to indicate that this is for Mango Pi's specifically so I'm hoping the OpenBSD organisation can work it out. Best Regards, -peter > I still have an outstanding pledge to OpenBSD of 5 EUR, which I'll pay when > or if OpenBSD 7.4 gets ED448 support. I'm really hoping it will go in before > the release so that I can adjust my software accordingly for this year (my > release is in November/December). > > Best Regards, > -peter > > > On July 16, 2023 1:13:02 PM MDT, "Peter J. Philipp" <p...@delphinusdns.org> > > wrote: > > >On Sun, Jul 16, 2023 at 06:25:50PM +0000, Mike Larkin wrote: > > >> On Sun, Jul 16, 2023 at 11:56:51AM +0200, Peter J. Philipp wrote: > > >> > Hi *, > > >> > > > >> > I'm back for the moment. I was wondering who has a Allwinner D1 > > >> > riscv64 SBC? > > >> > This is the Mango Pi SBC. > > >> > > > >> > I have one which has linux on it currently but I'm trying to boot > > >> > OpenBSD on > > >> > it. But I'm fairly lazy and haven't done much with this lately. I > > >> > can get > > >> > to the riscv64 loader but when it loads the kernel, it goes blind. So > > >> > there > > >> > is more than just getting the GPIO pins configured which I think I > > >> > have been > > >> > able to adjust. > > >> > > > >> > I use a QEMU-based riscv64 emulation to compile kernels which is slow > > >> > but this > > >> > SBC isn't much faster either (1000 Mhz it claims). > > >> > > > >> > I use this u-boot directive to get into the boot loader: > > >> > > > >> > setenv bootobsd 'load mmc 0:1 0x4FA00000 > > >> > /boot/dtbs/5.19.0-1009-allwinner/allwinner/sun20i-d1-nezha-memory.dtb > > >> > ; load mmc 0:f 0x40080000 /EFI/OpenBSD/BOOTRISCV64.EFI ; bootefi > > >> > 0x40080000 0x4FA00000' > > >> > > > >> > followed by a: > > >> > > > >> > run bootobsd > > >> > > > >> > I am unsure how to save this though in the u-boot itself. Any hints > > >> > would be > > >> > appreciated. > > >> > > > >> > I think we need a specific riscv mailing list for this sort of stuff > > >> > perhaps > > >> > it's too technical for misc. Regarding to the nostradamus stuff of > > >> > someone > > >> > from chicago (Re: A couple of Questions) , check out "1st wave" and > > >> > "cade foster" on youtube (reruns), this will feed you more ideas. my > > >> > personal > > >> > opinion is that time travel of information is possible, contributing > > >> > to major > > >> > headaches when events get changed (for the prometheus seers). > > >> > > > >> > Back to "reality" I'm looking for a group of people to help getting > > >> > the mango > > >> > pi working. I'm hampered by pride to ask knowledged people and these > > >> > people > > >> > have their own directions and I don't want to bother their efforts. > > >> > The more > > >> > we are the more we could possibly get something done. > > >> > > > >> > > >> The best way to get that done is to get hardware in the hands of > > >> developer(s). > > >> Wishing on misc@ is likely not going to get anyone interested. Check the > > >> commit > > >> logs for people working in this area, reach out to them, and see if they > > >> are > > >> interested in helping. > > >> > > >> -ml > > > > > >Hi Mike, > > > > > >Thanks. This will take a bit, I'm in talks to get a new job soon, which > > >will > > >put extra money in my pocket. Then I may be able to get a handful of these > > >perhaps. Do you still keep tabs on Shivam, Mars, Brian, and Wenyan? Are > > >they > > >still interested in riscv64 after the initial port with yours and Dales > > >guidance? I think I paid something like 30 EUR for a Mango Pi from > > >AliExpress > > >buying 4 would work but I can only do this when I have secured the job. > > > > > >Best Regards, > > >-peter > > > > > >-- > > >Over thirty years experience on Unix-like Operating Systems starting with > > >QNX. > > > > > -- > Over thirty years experience on Unix-like Operating Systems starting with QNX. > -- Over thirty years experience on Unix-like Operating Systems starting with QNX.
