I'd like to bring your attention to the recent change of u-boot since 2022.04 
from rgmii to rgmii-id configuration. That may pose problems, I guess.

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=264673
https://reviews.freebsd.org/D35500

While there's no support for lime2, I just want to add the details for my board 
which shows error as mentioned before
https://linux-sunxi.org/Olimex_A20-OLinuXino-Lime2

Thanking you
Sagar Acharya



Nov 17, 2022, 16:23 by jan.de.kr...@gmail.com:

> 7.1 and 7.2 behave the same.
>
> One could presumably change the std-out line in the dts (dtb) file but I
> have no experience with that.
>
> olimex sells a rs232 converter.
>
> Otherwise I am a bit occupied. There are lots of things I still need to
> find out about that board.
> j.
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 3:54 PM Sagar Acharya <sagaracha...@tutanota.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Well, I do not have that piece of hardware.
>>
>> I did install one of 6.8, 6.9, 7.0 or 7.1 on Lime2 with fresh u-boot back
>> then and I was able to boot well. Which OpenBSD are you using on Lime2?
>> Maybe I can use the older one for now.
>>
>> Thanking you
>> Sagar Acharya
>>
>>
>>
>> Nov 17, 2022, 14:46 by jan.de.kr...@gmail.com:
>>
>> > That last line is the same when I boot.
>> >
>> > But this picture seems to tell me that you have hooked up an HDMI screen.
>> >
>> > To see the full boot you need to wire up the debug uart via an rs232
>> > converter and use terminal software on some other computer.
>> > See the Olimex manual.
>> >
>> > Once X is enabled you will see this on the HDMI output and a while later
>> > the X login screen.
>> > j.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 3:07 PM Sagar Acharya <sagaracha...@tutanota.com
>> >
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> I face the same issue. Attaching image alongside.
>> >> Thanking you
>> >> Sagar Acharya
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> 17 Nov 2022, 18:31 by jan.de.kr...@gmail.com:
>> >>
>> >> > Yes, it is.
>> >> > j.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 1:40 PM Sagar Acharya <
>> sagaracha...@tutanota.com
>> >> >
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> I'll try it out. I was assuming that since cubieboard also has A20,
>> >> things
>> >> >> would work straightaway. Are device trees same across GNU/Linux and
>> >> OpenBSD?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Thanking you
>> >> >> Sagar Acharya
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Nov 17, 2022, 11:42 by jan.de.kr...@gmail.com:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> > I am running armv7/7.2 on this board.
>> >> >> > This is how I got it to run:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > from one of the images at
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > https://images.olimex.com/release/a20/
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > you extract
>> >> >> > /usr/lib/linux-image-5.10.105-olimex/sun7i-a20-olinuxino-lime2.dtb
>> >> (or
>> >> >> the
>> >> >> > other one if your board is that way)
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > I put it in the root of the EFI (dos) partition, which is 'p1' on
>> my
>> >> >> image.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > and you extract
>> >> >> > /usr/lib/u-boot-olinuxino/a20-olinuxino/u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > it must go onto the image you created for bsd, in the usual place.
>> >> >> > j.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 10:46 AM Sagar Acharya <
>> >> >> sagaracha...@tutanota.com>
>> >> >> > wrote:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> I finally recognized the beauty of OpenBSD with extremely easy
>> >> configs
>> >> >> of
>> >> >> >> OpenSMTPD, doas, xenocara, and many more such softwares. I have
>> been
>> >> a
>> >> >> dev
>> >> >> >> at Hyperbola soon to be HyperbolaBSD.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> I was trying to install OpenBSD Lime2. I tried flashing cubieboard
>> >> image
>> >> >> >> of miniroot followed by flashing u-boot as shown in installation
>> >> >> >> instructions. I built a fresh binary from 2022.10 release of
>> u-boot.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> dd if=miniroot-cubie.img of=/dev/sda bs=1M conv=sync
>> >> >> >> dd if=u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin of=/dev/sda bs=1024 seek=8
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> u-boot tries to search for /etc/random.seed which it doesn't find.
>> >> There
>> >> >> >> are just 2 files, bsd and bsd.mp . After the prompt,
>> >> >> >> "EHCI fails to shut down host controller", a completely black
>> screen
>> >> >> turns
>> >> >> >> up. So, I'm unable to get the kernel booted. Kindly help.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Thanking you
>> >> >> >> Sagar Acharya
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >>
>>

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