So I am trying to boot #FreeBSD on my #LibreComputerAlta featuring an #A311D. I have tried boot only aarch64 image. The SoC supports upstream #uboot. FreeBSD bootloader comes up, some text are corrupted and USB keyboard doesn't work. Anyway it boots into the installer, tries loading kernel then it prints error that these files are not there:

I'm guessing that the bootloader is supposed to populate these files. Anyway, if you have hints, let me know. I will study about FreeBSD boot process myself after lunch.

PS: I don't want to use FreeBSD on my #SBC. I want to use the GPU and the #NPU and I'm, pretty sure FreeBSD hasn't got support for those. But I want to collect some data and make it public in the case anyone was interested.

PS2: At some point I might be interested in adding driver support to FreeBSD myself, if I could do it with #Rust. The plan would be for the next 1-2 years, God willing.

#BSD #RunBSD #LibreComputer #Amlogic #amlogica311d #SingleBoardComputer

But there's more. A few months ago a customer sent in his Khadas VIM3 Pro SBC that did not boot.

He said that it was used for car audio and somehow 12V entered the CPU on SPDIF GPIO pin.

CPU was dead obviously.

But from what I've seen everything else was perfectly intact.

#sbc #khadas #khadasvim #electronics #repair #amlogic #amlogica311d #soldering #bga #ifixit

Radxa Expands SBC Lineup with ZERO 2 Pro, A Compact Powerhouse: https://www.reviewspace.info/radxa-expands-sbc-lineup-with-zero-2-pro-a-compact-powerhouse

#Radxa #SingleBoardComputer #SBC #ZERO2Pro #ARMCortex #AmlogicA311D #AIPerformance #Raspberry #TechnologyNews