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List:       openbsd-arm
Subject:    Re: Pinebook (if anyones up for it)
From:       Rui Ribeiro <ruyrybeyro () gmail ! com>
Date:       2017-08-14 12:38:39
Message-ID: CAGnR_r9nHoixC2diudAUWTnuJ6LG127jCxDmD0ipyZFGDDO8AQ () mail ! gmail ! com
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The pinebook is reportedly neither well engineered and there are
non-confirmed rumours it also do not has a reliable system/developer team.

The future of their support appears to be no better than your regular
off-the-mill Chinese no-name boards.

Whilst the idea in paper sounds good, I would stay way from it.

On 14 August 2017 at 13:27, <tinkr@openmailbox.org> wrote:

> Hi Alex,
>
> Probably the most sensitive spot will be implementing proper Mali chip
> graphics support for X.
>
> See this post: http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-arm&m=150069580728434&w=2 .
>
> As I understand it, someone implemented an unaccelerated, blob-free
> graphics driver for the Mali.
>
> There's more ARM laptops out there, for instance the Samsung Chromebook
> Plus.
>
> Tinker
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > there is one enthusiast, who wants to make it possible:
> > http://openbsd-archive.7691.n7.nabble.com/Working-on-
> support-for-Pinebook-td318562.html
> >
> > I don't know the current state, but I also have a Pinebook and would
> > like to run OpenBSD on it.
> >
> >
> > Some info you can find there: https://www.openbsd.org/arm64.html
> > ======
> > The Pine64 currently requires an image based on a non-redistributable
> > boot0 file from Allwinner to be installed on the system disk. This
> > will hopefully be resolved by a replacement in a future U-Boot
> > release. The install media does not include these boot images or a
> > Pine64 device tree. For similar reasons we do not provide install
> > media for the Firefly-RK3399 either.
> > ======
> >
> > So, it seems that it's impossible yet.
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Alex
> >
> > On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 12:19 PM, Christer Solskogen
> > <christer.solskogen@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Sat, May 13, 2017 at 11:43 PM, Andrew Gwozdziewycz <me@apgwoz.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> My understanding is that there is some support for the Pine64 platform,
> >>> though it requires access to the pins to get a serial console. I
> haven't
> >>> opened mine up yet, but I assume it's a Pine64, on a different
> footprint
> >>> PCB. Though... I have no idea about any other IO pins...
> >>>
> >>
> >> And that's why I offered to buy one to a OpenBSD developer :-)
>



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Regards,

--
Rui Ribeiro
Senior Linux Architect and Network Administrator
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