MACCHIATObin

Thu Nov 1 01:30:08 UTC 2018

czw., 1 lis 2018 o 02:27 Marcin Wojtas <mw at semihalf.com> napisał(a):
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> wt., 30 paź 2018 o 23:46 Greg V <greg at unrelenting.technology> napisał(a):
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> >
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 12:48 AM, Marcin Wojtas <mw at semihalf.com> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > pon., 29 paź 2018 o 21:05 Greg V <greg at unrelenting.technology>
> > > napisał(a):
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>  On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 10:46 PM, Emmanuel Vadot
> > >>  <manu at bidouilliste.com> wrote:
> > >>  > On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 22:37:59 +0300
> > >>  > Greg V <greg at unrelenting.technology> wrote:
> > >>  >
> > >>  >>
> > >>  >>
> > >>  >>  On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 10:07 AM, Marcin Wojtas
> > >> <mw at semihalf.com>
> > >>  >> wrote:
> > >>  >>  > sob., 18 sie 2018 o 08:43 Marcin Wojtas <mw at semihalf.com>
> > >>  >> napisa?(a):
> > >>  >>  >>
> > >>  >>  >>  sob., 18 sie 2018 o 01:10 Jim Thompson <jim at netgate.com>
> > >>  >>  >> napisa?(a):
> > >>  >>  >>  >
> > >>  >>  >>  > On Aug 17, 2018, at 5:42 PM, Mark Millard via freebsd-arm
> > >>  >>  >> <freebsd-arm at freebsd.org> wrote:
> > >>  >>  >>  >
> > >>  >>  >>  > > Marcin Wojtas mw at semihalf.com wrote on
> > >>  >>  >>  > > Fri May 11 07:55:40 UTC 2018 :
> > >>  >>  >>  > >
> > >>  >>  >>  > >> Short status of the support - last year we enabled
> > >> most of
> > >>  >> the
> > >>  >>  >>  > >> platform functionalities (core support, USB, AHCI,
> > >> RTC).
> > >>  >> Three
> > >>  >>  >> big
> > >>  >>  >>  > >> items remained left:
> > >>  >>  >>  > >> - PCIE root complex (this should work soon with the
> > >> work
> > >>  >> done
> > >>  >>  >> for
> > >>  >>  >>  > >> another SoC, not merged yet)
> > >>  >>  >>  > >> - Network PPv2
> > >>  >>  >>  > >> - Xenon SD/MMC controller
> > >>  >>  >>  > >
> > >>  >>  >>  > >
> > >>  >>  >>  > > I noticed a check in that deals with that "Xenon"
> > >>  >>  >>  > > SD/MMC controller:
> > >>  >>  >>  > >
> > >>  >>  >>  > > Author: loos
> > >>  >>  >>  > > Date: Tue Aug 14 16:33:30 2018
> > >>  >>  >>  > > New Revision: 337772
> > >>  >>  >>  > > URL:
> > >>  >>  >>  > > https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/337772
> > >>  >>  >>
> > >>  >>  [?]
> > >>  >>  >>  > >
> > >>  >>  >>  > > But I've not noticed check-ins for the other of the "big
> > >>  >>  >>  > > items" going by. (Though they may have.)
> > >>  >>  >>  > >
> > >>  >>  >>  > > Care to comment-on/update-the actual status for the
> > >>  >>  >>  > > Macchiato.bin(s)?
> > >>  >>  >>  >
> > >>  >>  >>  >
> > >>  >>  >>  > tl;dr: It?s not ?there? yet.
> > >>  >>  >>  >
> > >>  >>  >>  > Specifics:
> > >>  >>  >>  >
> > >>  >>  >>  > - loos@ has done a lot of work to get the espresso.bin
> > >>  >> working,
> > >>  >>  >> and some of this carries over to the 8k/7k.
> > >>  >>  >>  > - We have another internal developer working on an EIP-97
> > >>  >> driver
> > >>  >>  >> for crypto offload.  This should be a foundation for the
> > >> EIP-197
> > >>  >> in
> > >>  >>  >> the 8K.
> > >>  >>  >>  > - I know manu at is working on pin controllers and clocks
> > >>  >> specific
> > >>  >>  >> to Machiatto.bin (80x0/70x0).
> > >>  >>  >>  > - Getting the NICs, PCIe, etc working still remains to be
> > >>  >> done.
> > >>  >>  >>  >
> > >>  >>  >>
> > >>  >>  >>  About the latter - the NIC is pretty complex, however we
> > >>  >> (Semihalf)
> > >>  >>  >>  have really huge experience with all its support
> > >>  >> implementations and
> > >>  >>  >>  the platform itself. I'll put it straightforward - it's
> > >> only a
> > >>  >>  >> matter
> > >>  >>  >>  of development funding, if it's guaranteed, we will do it
> > >> with
> > >>  >>  >>  pleasure :) As well as the NIC support (DW Synopsys driver
> > >> for
> > >>  >> DT
> > >>  >>  >> and
> > >>  >>  >>  verify/improve on pcie-host-generic with ACPI).
> > >>  >>  >
> > >>  >>  > "As well as PCIE support..." of course.
> > >>  >>  >
> > >>  >>  > Marcin
> > >>  >>
> > >>  >>  Hi,
> > >>  >>
> > >>  >>  I've noticed that people successfully use ACPI-PCIe on the
> > >>  >> MACCHIATObin
> > >>  >>  with Linux,
> > >>  >>  so? has anyone tested FreeBSD pcie-host-generic there?
> > >>  >>
> > >>  >>  I'm considering buying a MACCHIATObin board to test my drm-next
> > >>  >> build
> > >>  >>  for aarch64
> > >>  >>  ( https://github.com/FreeBSDDesktop/kms-drm/pull/89 ), but I'd
> > >> like
> > >>  >> to
> > >>  >>  first know if PCIe actually works :)
> > >>  >
> > >>  >  I'll will push support for mcbin soon in the tree (with PCI
> > >> support).
> > >>  >  I don't know what ACPI-PCIe is exactly but I don't see how it can
> > >>  > work
> > >>  > without a dedicated driver for the armada 8K.
> > >>
> > >>  dev/pci/pci_host_generic_acpi.c — generic ECAM PCIe driver.
> > >>
> > >>  I think ThunderX2 uses it (2018 Cavium copyright in the file),
> > >> probably
> > >>  Ampere eMAG (haven't seen anything about that here, but the vendor
> > >>  lists FreeBSD in their OS compatibility list), should be possible to
> > >>  use on the SoftIron Overdrives (NetBSD just added ACPI/aarch64 and
> > >> they
> > >>  tested on the Overdrive:
> > >>  https://dmesgd.nycbug.org/index.cgi?do=view&id=4526 — but all
> > >>  FreeBSD+SoftIron dmesgs on dmesgd.nycbug so far are in FDT mode, not
> > >>  ACPI)…
> > >>
> > >>  And the EDK2 firmware for the Armada8k does have an ACPI mode…
> > >>
> > >
> > > I confirm - thanks to the initial configuration in UEFI, ACPI tables
> > > support PCI, which OS can use with the pure ECAM pci-host-generic
> > > driver. Here's also the latest Centos7 bootlog, where you can see it:
> > > https://pastebin.com/Aa2NvDnM
> > >
> > > Marcin
> >
> > So you haven't tried booting *FreeBSD* in ACPI mode on the 8k yet?

And I tried such boot but a year ago, before adding PCIE support to the UEFI :)

> >
> > Would be great to see a FreeBSD dmesg from that configuration on
> > https://dmesgd.nycbug.org :)
> >
>
> Good idea, however I won't be able to do it in coming days. If anyone
> would like to try it out before, below is my latest built of EDK2
> firmware for the MacchiatoBin board:
> https://github.com/MarvellEmbeddedProcessors/edk2-open-platform/wiki/files/flash-image-18.09.4.bin
>
> Best regards,
> Marcin