Re: Adding a new platform: renesas rz

2023-11-03 Thread Michele Bisogno
Hi Matt, > Does the Renesas/RZ U-boot have EFI support enabled ('bootefi' command)? > Could you try an armsr/armv8 image and see if it boots? I've just tried: => fatload mmc 1:1 0x4800 openwrt-armsr-armv8-generic-initramfs-kernel.bin 32223744 bytes read in 2669 ms (11.5 MiB/s) => bootefi 0x4

Re: Adding a new platform: renesas rz

2023-11-03 Thread Michele Bisogno
Torsten, > The question then is: are they similar enough to build from one kernel > source, or will they require different sets of patches? RZ includes different subseries, as of today: RZ/G, RZ/V and some new RZ/T run Linux. Renesas official SW package is based on the CIP Linux, even though the

Re: Adding a new platform: renesas rz

2023-11-03 Thread Torsten Duwe
Hi Michele, On Fri, 3 Nov 2023 09:04:08 +0100 Michele Bisogno wrote: > > is able to handle that at this folder level. Much of the above is > > "legacy" and does not run OpenWRT(?), but they also seem to aim for > > Risc-V. There is a platform called "ramips" and the broadcoms each > > have their

Re: Adding a new platform: renesas rz

2023-11-03 Thread Michele Bisogno
> Renesas offers different architectures in their portfolio[1], I haven't > dug into the OpenWRT build system for this issue yet to tell whether it > is able to handle that at this folder level. Much of the above is > "legacy" and does not run OpenWRT(?), but they also seem to aim for > Risc-V. The

Re: Adding a new platform: renesas rz

2023-11-02 Thread Torsten Duwe
On Mon, 30 Oct 2023 21:40:02 +0100 Robert Marko wrote: > On Mon, 30 Oct 2023 at 10:40, Michele Bisogno > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I've been a happy OpenWRT user for many years now, always buying > > routers that could allow me to run it easily. Same here :-) [...] > > > > For example, naming

Re: Adding a new platform: renesas rz

2023-11-02 Thread Michele Bisogno
Hi Matt, > Does the Renesas/RZ U-boot have EFI support enabled ('bootefi' command)? > Could you try an armsr/armv8 image and see if it boots? It does support it but I have never tried it. > (You will need to start U-Boot from qspi or sd card and OpenWrt from a USB or > different sd card) > > If

Re: Adding a new platform: renesas rz

2023-11-01 Thread Mathew McBride
Hi Michele, On Mon, Oct 30, 2023, at 8:39 PM, Michele Bisogno wrote: > Hi, > > I've been a happy OpenWRT user for many years now, always buying > routers that could allow me to run it easily. > > I've been working (actually only in my free time as a hobby) on > porting OpenWRT onto this Renesas

Re: Adding a new platform: renesas rz

2023-10-31 Thread Michele Bisogno
On Tue, 31 Oct 2023 at 10:06, Robert Marko wrote: > > To me, the most sense would be to provide one or 2 boards as part of the > initial > target but with multiple boot options supported so later boards can be > easily added. > > Personally, GH PR-s are rather good for adding new stuff as it make

Re: Adding a new platform: renesas rz

2023-10-31 Thread Robert Marko
On Tue, 31 Oct 2023 at 09:56, Michele Bisogno wrote: > > Hi Robert, > > thanks for the encouragement. > I'll go for plain "renesas" then. > > I am a bit hesitating on when / how to submit patches. > At the moment the image generated is for the sd card (similar to > Raspberry Pi) and for a single d

Re: Adding a new platform: renesas rz

2023-10-31 Thread Michele Bisogno
Hi Robert, thanks for the encouragement. I'll go for plain "renesas" then. I am a bit hesitating on when / how to submit patches. At the moment the image generated is for the sd card (similar to Raspberry Pi) and for a single device (RZ/G2L) However I am planning to support more boot memories (de

Re: Adding a new platform: renesas rz

2023-10-30 Thread Robert Marko
On Mon, 30 Oct 2023 at 10:40, Michele Bisogno wrote: > > Hi, > > I've been a happy OpenWRT user for many years now, always buying > routers that could allow me to run it easily. Hi, nice to hear this. > > I've been working (actually only in my free time as a hobby) on > porting OpenWRT onto this

Adding a new platform: renesas rz

2023-10-30 Thread Michele Bisogno
Hi, I've been a happy OpenWRT user for many years now, always buying routers that could allow me to run it easily. I've been working (actually only in my free time as a hobby) on porting OpenWRT onto this Renesas board: https://www.renesas.com/eu/en/products/microcontrollers-microprocessors/rz-mp