I did it! I downloaded `u-boot-orangepi-pc2-2025.04.pkg` from pkgs.org binary `u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin` from FreeBSD packages, made `dd` and now I can boot OpenBSD installation.
Is there no easier way to install on SoC OpenBSD for non-OpenBSD-users? вс, 5 окт. 2025 г. в 12:26, evily <[email protected]>: > > I have made some progress. > > At the first time I tried the file `u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin` from > Fedora `uboot-images-armv8-1:2024.04-1.fc40.noarch` package. > > Now I built u-boot from sources. > > I tried to build from: > > https://github.com/orangepi-xunlong/u-boot-orangepi.git > > But got some python incomprehensible errors while building for Orange Pi > PC2. (And for fun I tried to build for RPi 3b+ and have success...) > > > Then I tried to build from: > > https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot > https://github.com/TrustedFirmware-A/trusted-firmware-a.git > > The first is u-boot itself, the second if for `bl31.bin` file. Success, > I got the `u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin` file. Again: > > dd if=miniroot77.img of=/dev/sdc bs=1M > dd if=/path/to/build/u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin \ > of=/dev/sdc bs=1024 seek=8 > > And now I'm having this from u-boot: > > === START === > > U-Boot SPL 2025.10-rc5-00046-gdc6c80056e21 (Oct 05 2025 - 12:02:07 +0300) > DRAM: 1024 MiB > Trying to boot from MMC1 > alloc space exhausted ptr 10a200 limit 100000 > Could not get FIT buffer of 1089536 bytes > check CONFIG_SPL_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN > NOTICE: BL31: v2.13.0(debug):v2.13.0-866-geb7b34849-dirty > NOTICE: BL31: Built : 12:01:20, Oct 5 2025 > NOTICE: BL31: Detected Allwinner H5 SoC (1718) > NOTICE: BL31: No DTB found. > INFO: ARM GICv2 driver initialized > INFO: Configuring SPC Controller > NOTICE: PMIC: Assuming H5 reference regulator design > INFO: BL31: Platform setup done > INFO: BL31: Initializing runtime services > INFO: BL31: cortex_a53: CPU workaround for erratum 855873 was applied > INFO: BL31: cortex_a53: CPU workaround for erratum 1530924 was applied > INFO: PSCI: Suspend is unavailable > INFO: BL31: Preparing for EL3 exit to normal world > INFO: Entry point address = 0x4a000000 > INFO: SPSR = 0x3c9 > > === END === > > That's all. > > Maybe you can share with me the `u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin` file. I > don't have a computer with OpenBSD on it, so I can't to do: > > pkg_add u-boot-sun50i > > from the INSTALL.arm64 instruction. > > I have the RPi 1b+ with FreeBSD. I'm trying to build it from ports > but it has already taken more than 24 hours. :^)
