Re: kernel modules for rockchip video for pinebook pro and rockpro64

From: Michał_Kruszewski <mkru_at_protonmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2025 06:31:34 UTC
Developing video/graphic stack is hard.
You rather can't expect anyone to do it in his free time.
Arm doesn't even provide documentation for its GPUs.

Regards,
Michał Kruszewski

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On Wednesday, August 13th, 2025 at 11:07 PM, Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> wrote:

> In the while I've been able to upgrade FreeBSD 13.0 of the Khadas Edge to 14.2 using the command :
>
> # freebsd-update upgrade -r 14.2
>
> # freebsd-version -kru
> 14.2-RELEASE-p1
> 14.2-RELEASE-p1
> 14.2-RELEASE-p5
>
> Apparently I don't see problems. My HDMI screen does not tremble. Next steps :
>
> a) install the panfrost driver and see it the monitor tremble.
>
> b) see if a smaller 4 inches screen is working great with and without the pan frost driver.
> c) upgrade 14.2 to 15.0-CURRENT (not sure if I can do it using the freebsd-update script)
>
> d) If I can upgrade it,try to install the JSM code (I mean the modified version of Emmanuel Vadot's work to be buildable as kmods)
>
> A lot of work...
>
> On Wed, Aug 13, 2025 at 1:26 AM Sulev-Madis Silber <freebsd-arm-freebsd-org097@ketas.si.pri.ee> wrote:
>
>> that's awesome! what are all those components there and how well or not they work with fbsd? i haven't fully followed whole story. except "something runs"
>>
>> but i mean, i've told about being curious about getting h618 supported, in that i'm willing to test and have some code that could be looked into. noone really got to this "hook" either. i even asked what are suggestions on working hw. neither did anyone much reply about bbb related project some times ago, that also runs fbsd
>>
>> was kind of better 10 years ago? i try on forums and irc too. there are fbsd embedded users but i mean. has the "pool" run dry? with 8 billion people in the world i refuse to believe that it's so bad
>>
>> yet there's some dev work going on. i sometimes browse current src tree and it's commit logs and there i see riscv allwinner d1 getting support and so on. kind of chicken and the egg problem too. not sure what to think of all this
>>
>> On August 13, 2025 1:09:55 AM GMT+03:00, Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>At this point of the development,some kind of mobile phone should start to
>>>be recognized...
>>>
>>>
>>>[image: WhatsApp Image 2025-08-12 at 23.59.46.jpeg]
>>>
>>>
>>>On Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>> More compact version of the cyberdesk that I'm building :
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [image: WhatsApp Image 2025-08-12 at 19.25.14.jpeg]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I don't know bro. What I know is that I'm spending a lot of money trying
>>>>> to develop my / our first FreeBSD modular device / phone made only of
>>>>> adapters and cables and USB connectable and disconnectable peripherals.
>>>>> It will be based on the radxa zero 3W and the code of Soren,Covacat and
>>>>> JSM. Maybe now is ugly,but it will be nice when finished :)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> [image: WhatsApp Image 2025-08-12 at 17.25.07.jpeg]
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM Sulev-Madis Silber <
>>>>> freebsd-arm-freebsd-org097@ketas.si.pri.ee> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> i wonder where are the others? of course one person can't hold the whole
>>>>>> circus up on free time only. judging from amount of people in the world,
>>>>>> number of common operating systems, number of common architectures, amount
>>>>>> of available hardware, it would be plenty of people developing, testing and
>>>>>> using all of that for either private or commercial purposes. each of them
>>>>>> could take breaks for whatever reason so noone burns out. i don't expect
>>>>>> them all be subcribed to this list but where are they
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Mario.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Mario.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>
> --
>
> Mario.