Re: Raspberrypi camera in NetBSD

[Ramiro Aceves <ea1abz%gmail.com@localhost>]

El 13/9/24 a las 21:58, Michael van Elst escribió:
> ea1abz%gmail.com@localhost (Ramiro Aceves) writes:
>
> > http://mail-index.netbsd.org/current-users/2021/11/16/msg041683.html
>
> > but it is not enough for me to make it work. I have connected it to the
> > Pi but I do not see any clues on dmesg. Not sure if a module must be
> > loaded.
>
>
> There is no camera driver for it, the kernel doesn't know about a
> camera.
>
> You need to use the firmware that supports the camera (start_x.elf)
> and you can build the raspistill software that talks to the vchiq
> driver (which is an interface to that firmware). This worked to
> some degree on a RPI3b+ running a 32bit kernel. It should work
> the same on a RPI0.


Hello Michael and Dave,

First I want to thank both for the tips.

Success! I first read Michael advice and went quickly to get the 
start_x.elf from my other ZeroW that has Raspbian Linux inside. I 
copyied it to /boot and changed config.txt adding the start_x.elf file 
and rebooted. I installed raspberrypi-userland pkgsrc package and I have 
been able to get the first image with raspistill. Surprisingly I did not 
get the fixup_x.elf file and worked. I am going to do it now.

Thanks Dave also for the detailed information and for the little script.

You both have saved me long searching time to make this work (or perhaps 
I would have abandoned ;-) )

Thanks.
Ramiro.


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