Re: The future for support of BeagleBone Black and its variants
i wonder what's the latest point in repository that DOES work? my bbb runs current from year 2014, it does run well and off emmc. it's awfully crap compared to my h3 but i would still like to have something on it. when i started working with embedded hw again, i took that out of box too, expected to seamlessly run latest current on that still, only to found out that doesn't work... On Thursday, August 10, 2023, George Abdelmalik wrote: > Hi David, > > The problems are kernel related. If I understand correctly it's in the area of clock definitions I think but I've not properly studied the patches. > > DTC is good. > > Regards, > George. > > > On 10/8/23 14:52, David Chisnall wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> What are the changes to the DTS files? If there are problems with DTC handling the new files, please can you raise issues here: https://github.com/davidchisnall/dtc/issues >> >> If there are problems with the kernel’s handling of the dtb, please ignore me. >> >> David >> >>> On 10 Aug 2023, at 13:24, George Abdelmalik wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> For a long while now CURRENT has not been working on the BBB due to incompatible upstream changes in vendor DTS files. I know there are some patches available which at least get FreeBSD running but those have yet to be incorporated into the project's repository. >>> >>> This leaves me with the feeling that BBB support in FreeBSD is on the path to being dropped. Is there someone from the FreeBSD project that could speak directly to this? >>> >>> As a user it would be helpful to know if I should be searching of an alternate SBC platform or another OS for my projects. >>> >>> If it still remains the plan to keep supporting BBB into 14.0 and beyond then I'd like to know what work is missing to make that happen. I'm willing and able to help. >>> >>> Regards, >>> George. >>> >>> >>> > >
Re: The future for support of BeagleBone Black and its variants
Hi David, The problems are kernel related. If I understand correctly it's in the area of clock definitions I think but I've not properly studied the patches. DTC is good. Regards, George. On 10/8/23 14:52, David Chisnall wrote: Hi, What are the changes to the DTS files? If there are problems with DTC handling the new files, please can you raise issues here: https://github.com/davidchisnall/dtc/issues If there are problems with the kernel’s handling of the dtb, please ignore me. David On 10 Aug 2023, at 13:24, George Abdelmalik wrote: Hi all, For a long while now CURRENT has not been working on the BBB due to incompatible upstream changes in vendor DTS files. I know there are some patches available which at least get FreeBSD running but those have yet to be incorporated into the project's repository. This leaves me with the feeling that BBB support in FreeBSD is on the path to being dropped. Is there someone from the FreeBSD project that could speak directly to this? As a user it would be helpful to know if I should be searching of an alternate SBC platform or another OS for my projects. If it still remains the plan to keep supporting BBB into 14.0 and beyond then I'd like to know what work is missing to make that happen. I'm willing and able to help. Regards, George.
Re: The future for support of BeagleBone Black and its variants
Hi, What are the changes to the DTS files? If there are problems with DTC handling the new files, please can you raise issues here: https://github.com/davidchisnall/dtc/issues If there are problems with the kernel’s handling of the dtb, please ignore me. David > On 10 Aug 2023, at 13:24, George Abdelmalik wrote: > > Hi all, > > For a long while now CURRENT has not been working on the BBB due to > incompatible upstream changes in vendor DTS files. I know there are some > patches available which at least get FreeBSD running but those have yet to be > incorporated into the project's repository. > > This leaves me with the feeling that BBB support in FreeBSD is on the path to > being dropped. Is there someone from the FreeBSD project that could speak > directly to this? > > As a user it would be helpful to know if I should be searching of an > alternate SBC platform or another OS for my projects. > > If it still remains the plan to keep supporting BBB into 14.0 and beyond then > I'd like to know what work is missing to make that happen. I'm willing and > able to help. > > Regards, > George. > > >
The future for support of BeagleBone Black and its variants
Hi all, For a long while now CURRENT has not been working on the BBB due to incompatible upstream changes in vendor DTS files. I know there are some patches available which at least get FreeBSD running but those have yet to be incorporated into the project's repository. This leaves me with the feeling that BBB support in FreeBSD is on the path to being dropped. Is there someone from the FreeBSD project that could speak directly to this? As a user it would be helpful to know if I should be searching of an alternate SBC platform or another OS for my projects. If it still remains the plan to keep supporting BBB into 14.0 and beyond then I'd like to know what work is missing to make that happen. I'm willing and able to help. Regards, George.
