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CHIP / PocketCHIP support added to -current
Hi folks --
Swift Griggs was kind enough to send me a PocketCHIP and I added support
for it to the tree this week.
What works: UART, GPIO, USB, I2C, DMA, audio, display (simple FB),
keyboard, touchscreen.
This means you can boot multi-user with root on a USB stick, run X, play
music, etc.
Quick start instructions:
- Build the SUNXI kernel from -current (evbearmv7hf-el)
- Install the following packages from pkgsrc:
sysutils/sunxi-tools >= 20170823
sysutils/u-boot-chip >= 2017.07 (for CHIP support)
sysutils/u-boot-pocketchip >= 2017.07 (for PocketCHIP support)
- Place the device in FEL mode by shorting the "FEL" pin to one of the
available "GROUND" pins.
- Attach the device to your machine using the micro USB port.
- When you power it on (hold the home/power button) it should appear as a
ugen device:
ugen0: vendor 1f3a (0x1f3a) product efe8 (0xefe8), rev 1.10/2.b3, addr 12
- Put a root FS on a USB stick and plug it in to the device.
- Create a file 'boot.cmd' with the following contents:
setenv bootargs 'root=sd0a'
setenv bootcmd 'fdt addr ${fdt_addr_r}; bootm ${kernel_addr_r} - ${fdt_addr_r}'
boot
- Add a U-Boot header to the boot script:
$ mkubootimage -A arm -C none -O linux -T script -a 0 -n "NetBSD boot" boot.cmd boot.scr
- Boot the device in FEL mode. You'll probably want to attach a serial
console if you are using a PocketCHIP the first time as there is no
output on the LCD until the login prompt. Adjust the command below to
use the correct .dtb and U-Boot for your target device.
$ sunxi-fel -v -p \
uboot /usr/pkg/share/u-boot/pocketchip/u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin \
write 0x42000000 netbsd.ub \
write 0x43000000 sun5i-r8-pocketchip.dtb \
write 0x43100000 boot.scr
- If you are using PocketCHIP, you'll have to calibrate the touchscreen
before starting X. Set 'tpctl=YES' in /etc/rc.conf to start it at boot;
the first time it runs it will run through the touchscreen calibration
process.
Have fun!
Jared
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