I'm going to reach out to a few folks who I see are doing riscv64 specific development. I realize they might not want to take on yet another h/w design.
g.day On July 18, 2023 3:14:18 PM MDT, Mike Larkin <mlar...@nested.page> wrote: >On Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 02:02:45PM -0600, deich...@placebonol.com wrote: >> Hi Mike >> >> I've volunteered to coordinate a purchase of Mango Pi to get them into >> OpenBSD developers working on riscv64 platform. >> >> It has been awhile but I used to facilitate getting h/w into OpenBSD >> developers hands on a semi-regular basis. >> >> diana >> >> > >Great. I don't know who would be interested, so I'd wait to let them speak >up before ordering anything. > >-ml > >> >> On July 16, 2023 1:13:02 PM MDT, "Peter J. Philipp" <p...@delphinusdns.org> >> wrote: >> >On Sun, Jul 16, 2023 at 06:25:50PM +0000, Mike Larkin wrote: >> >> On Sun, Jul 16, 2023 at 11:56:51AM +0200, Peter J. Philipp wrote: >> >> > Hi *, >> >> > >> >> > I'm back for the moment. I was wondering who has a Allwinner D1 >> >> > riscv64 SBC? >> >> > This is the Mango Pi SBC. >> >> > >> >> > I have one which has linux on it currently but I'm trying to boot >> >> > OpenBSD on >> >> > it. But I'm fairly lazy and haven't done much with this lately. I can >> >> > get >> >> > to the riscv64 loader but when it loads the kernel, it goes blind. So >> >> > there >> >> > is more than just getting the GPIO pins configured which I think I have >> >> > been >> >> > able to adjust. >> >> > >> >> > I use a QEMU-based riscv64 emulation to compile kernels which is slow >> >> > but this >> >> > SBC isn't much faster either (1000 Mhz it claims). >> >> > >> >> > I use this u-boot directive to get into the boot loader: >> >> > >> >> > setenv bootobsd 'load mmc 0:1 0x4FA00000 >> >> > /boot/dtbs/5.19.0-1009-allwinner/allwinner/sun20i-d1-nezha-memory.dtb ; >> >> > load mmc 0:f 0x40080000 /EFI/OpenBSD/BOOTRISCV64.EFI ; bootefi >> >> > 0x40080000 0x4FA00000' >> >> > >> >> > followed by a: >> >> > >> >> > run bootobsd >> >> > >> >> > I am unsure how to save this though in the u-boot itself. Any hints >> >> > would be >> >> > appreciated. >> >> > >> >> > I think we need a specific riscv mailing list for this sort of stuff >> >> > perhaps >> >> > it's too technical for misc. Regarding to the nostradamus stuff of >> >> > someone >> >> > from chicago (Re: A couple of Questions) , check out "1st wave" and >> >> > "cade foster" on youtube (reruns), this will feed you more ideas. my >> >> > personal >> >> > opinion is that time travel of information is possible, contributing to >> >> > major >> >> > headaches when events get changed (for the prometheus seers). >> >> > >> >> > Back to "reality" I'm looking for a group of people to help getting the >> >> > mango >> >> > pi working. I'm hampered by pride to ask knowledged people and these >> >> > people >> >> > have their own directions and I don't want to bother their efforts. >> >> > The more >> >> > we are the more we could possibly get something done. >> >> > >> >> >> >> The best way to get that done is to get hardware in the hands of >> >> developer(s). >> >> Wishing on misc@ is likely not going to get anyone interested. Check the >> >> commit >> >> logs for people working in this area, reach out to them, and see if they >> >> are >> >> interested in helping. >> >> >> >> -ml >> > >> >Hi Mike, >> > >> >Thanks. This will take a bit, I'm in talks to get a new job soon, which >> >will >> >put extra money in my pocket. Then I may be able to get a handful of these >> >perhaps. Do you still keep tabs on Shivam, Mars, Brian, and Wenyan? Are >> >they >> >still interested in riscv64 after the initial port with yours and Dales >> >guidance? I think I paid something like 30 EUR for a Mango Pi from >> >AliExpress >> >buying 4 would work but I can only do this when I have secured the job. >> > >> >Best Regards, >> >-peter >> > >> >-- >> >Over thirty years experience on Unix-like Operating Systems starting with >> >QNX. >> >
