ARMv8 development board with GICv3

[Marcin Wojtas]

2018-06-15 20:40 GMT+02:00 Alexandru Elisei <alexandru.elisei at gmail.com>:
>
> On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 8:51 PM, Jim Thompson <jim at netgate.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > https://gist.github.com/gonzopancho/760ab9ecee9dfbc1b6033e48647a4b48
> >
> > Note: we haven’t upstreamed everything.  Yet.
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> Is FreeBSD bootable on the board and the NIC working?

In 2017 I pushed patches and the board was booting with the network,
USB and SATA. However I know that loos from Netgate has improved the
overall support - as a result we can see the log Jim provided.

>
> > macchiato.bin needs interrupts and NIC drivers, and seems a better target
> > for bhyve
> >
> > machiatto.bin 4C A72 @ 1.6GHz/2.0GHz,  16GB DDR4
> >
> > espresso.bin 2C A53 @1.0GHz and1/2GB DDR3 (*)

Just one note - macchiato.bin is using GICv2m and espresso - GICv3.

Best regards,
Marcin

> >
> > Jim
> >
> > (*) Very new espresso.bin has 1.2GHz SoC and DDR4, and you can plug a SATA
> > drive in, including power.
> > https://i.imgur.com/5fc2vv0.jpg