--- wikisrc/ports/evbarm.mdwn 2020/09/15 07:33:25 1.89 +++ wikisrc/ports/evbarm.mdwn 2020/10/20 13:42:03 1.98 @@ -1,52 +1,52 @@ [[!template id=port port="evbarm" port_alt="arm" -port_var1="earm" -port_var2="earmeb" -port_var3="earmv6hf" -port_var4="earmv7hf" -port_var5="earmv7hfeb" -port_var6="aarch64" +port_var1="earmv6hf" +port_var2="earmv7hf" +port_var3="earmv7hfeb" +port_var4="aarch64" +no_install_notes=YES port_var_install_notes="evbarm-earm" -cur_rel="9.0" +pkg_rel="9.0" +cur_rel="9.1" future_rel="10.0" -changes_cur="9.0" +changes_cur="9.1" changes_future="10.0" -thumbnail="//www.netbsd.org/images/ports/evbarm/adi_brh.gif" +thumbnail="//wiki.netbsd.org/ports/evbarm/images/beaglebone.jpg" about=""" NetBSD/evbarm is the port of NetBSD to various systems based on chips implementing the ARM architecture. The "evb" component is a reference -to evaluation boards, the original target of the port, but this -is no longer relevant - NetBSD/evbarm now runs on a range of -hardware based on APCI or devicetrees, including a range of development -boards, powerful servers, virtual machines, and even some laptops. +to evaluation boards, the original target of the port. However, the +single GENERIC/GENERIC64 kernel now supports a range of machines including +development boards, virtual machines, "ServerReady" (SBBR/SBSA) hardware, +and laptops through both device tree and ACPI based booting. """ - +supported_hardware=""" ### CPU types Various CPU variants are supported, e.g: -- evbarm-earmv6hf - ARMv6 with EABI and hardware floating point, e.g. +- evbarm-earmv6hf - ARMv6-A with EABI and hardware floating point, e.g. the original Raspberry Pi. -- evbarm-earmv7hf - ARMv7 with EABI and hardware floating point, e.g. +- evbarm-earmv7hf - ARMv7-A with EABI and hardware floating point, e.g. most recent and common 32-bit ARM boards. - evbarm-earmv7hfeb - Same as the above, but with the CPU running in big endian mode. -- evbarm-aarch64 - 64-bit ARMv8 +- evbarm-aarch64 - 64-bit ARMv8-A - evbarm-aarch64eb - Same as the above, but with the CPU running in big endian mode. -evbarm variants are little endian unless otherwise stated. NetBSD provides -big endian images primarily for testing purposes and to ensure that the code -is endian-clean. - Since NetBSD 9.0, 64-bit ARM processors are supported (referred to here as aarch64). These run with fully 64-bit kernels and userland. Running -32-bit ARM binaries is also supported with `compat32`. +32-bit ARM binaries is also supported with `compat32`. The 64-bit +kernel supports up to 256 CPUs and the 32-bit kernel supports up to 8. -### armbsd.org builds +Since NetBSD 9.0, there is support for symmetric and asymmetrical +multiprocessing (aka big.LITTLE). -NetBSD developer Jared McNeill provides [builds of NetBSD 9 and -current for a vast variety of hardware.](https://www.armbsd.org/) In addition to the standard build, these images have board-specific U-Boot contents. See also /usr/pkgsrc/sysutils/u-boot*. +evbarm variants are little endian unless otherwise stated. NetBSD provides +big endian images primarily for testing purposes and to ensure that the code +is endian-clean. ### Board specific information (often including installation information) @@ -58,18 +58,28 @@ NetBSD developer Jared McNeill provides - [[RockChip SoCs|RockChip]] - [[Terasic DE0 Nano-SoC|Cyclone5]] -**NOTE**: This list is incomplete. For a full list of supported boards, please see the list of [32-bit](https://github.com/NetBSD/src/blob/netbsd-9/sys/arch/evbarm/conf/GENERIC#L18) and [64-bit](https://github.com/NetBSD/src/blob/netbsd-9/sys/arch/evbarm/conf/GENERIC64#L20) device trees. +**NOTE**: This list is incomplete. For a full list of supported device tree +based boards, please see the list of +[32-bit](https://github.com/NetBSD/src/blob/netbsd-9/sys/arch/evbarm/conf/GENERIC#L18) and +[64-bit](https://github.com/NetBSD/src/blob/netbsd-9/sys/arch/evbarm/conf/GENERIC64#L20) device trees. ### QEMU See the [[NetBSD/evbarm under QEMU|qemu_arm]] page for instructions on how to get started with QEMU. +""" +additional=""" +### armbsd.org builds + +NetBSD developer Jared McNeill provides [builds of NetBSD 9 and -current for a vast variety of hardware.](https://www.armbsd.org/) In addition to the standard build, these images have board-specific U-Boot contents. See also /usr/pkgsrc/sysutils/u-boot*. ### anita anita can be used to test builds. (In addition to anita, install qemu and dtb-arm-vexpress from pkgsrc.) The release subdirectory should follow the naming convention on the autobuild cluster, used below. - - evbarm-earmv7hf uses "qemu-system-arm -M vexpress-a15" - - evbarm-aarch64 uses "qemu-system-aarch64 -M virt" + - evbarm-earmv7hf uses 'qemu-system-arm -M vexpress-a15' + - evbarm-aarch64 uses 'qemu-system-aarch64 -M virt' - Information on how to test emulated versions of other specific hardware is welcome. +""" +]] [[!tag tier1port]]