Pine64+ 2GB and RPI3 (A64 examples): Any general idea on what/when to expect for the return of USB support to head?
Emmanuel Vadot
manu at bidouilliste.com
Wed Aug 2 19:06:18 UTC 2017
On Tue, 1 Aug 2017 14:03:23 -0700
Mark Millard <markmi at dsl-only.net> wrote:
> [I historically use a ufs USB SSD for a (head) root file
> system on a Pine64+ 2GB and a RPI3. Thus the question
> below.]
>
> Context for question (note the "USB not working for now"
> in the Log Message):
>
> > Revision 320612
> >
> > Author:
> > manu
> > Date:
> > Mon Jul 3 19:30:03 2017 UTC (4 weeks, 1 day ago)
> > Changed paths:
> > 5
> > Log Message:
> > allwinner: Add A64 ccung support
> >
> > Upstream DTS for A64 SoC doesn't provide a /clocks node as Linux switched
> > to ccu-ng
> > This commit adds the necessary bits to boot on pine64 with latest DTS from
> > upstream.
> > USB is not working for now and some node aren't present in the DTS (like the
> > PMU, Power Management Unit).
> >
> > Tested on: Pine64
> >
> > Changed paths
> > Path
> > Details
> > head/sys/arm/allwinner/a10_mmc.c
> > modified , text changed
> > head/sys/arm/allwinner/clkng/aw_ccung.c
> > modified , text changed
> > head/sys/arm/allwinner/clkng/ccu_a64.c
> > added
> > head/sys/arm/allwinner/clkng/ccu_a64.h
> > added
> > head/sys/conf/files.arm64
> > modified , text changed
>
> /head/sys/arm/allwinner/clkng/ccu_a64.c shows an
> empty "USBPHY clk sel" section:
>
> 553 /* USBPHY clk sel */
> 554
> 555 /* DRAM needs update bit */
>
> tending to confirm the log message.
This is unrelated, this was a comment I've put during developement to
remind me to add the gate bits for usb.
I'll remove it.
>
> The questions:
>
> Does anyone have a general idea that they can report for
> what/when to expect for the return of USB support for
> Pine64+ 2GB, RPI3, and the like A64 based contexts?
I'm the only one who could have an idea (for Pine64) and I don't know.
> Should I just ignore updating the Pine64+ 2GB and RPI3 for
> a few months more? (Because I do self-hosted builds on them
> I want the USB file system to be used for such activity.)
You can do whatever you want, either ignore or help.
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Emmanuel Vadot <manu at bidouilliste.com> <manu at freebsd.org>
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