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RockChip ARM SoCs
Introduction
The following SoCs are supported in 13 and -CURRENT:
- RK3328
- RK3399
Support is still under development so some features (video for example) might not work as intended and drivers might be missing however for "general" usage there shouldn't be any major issues at this point.
Images can be found here (13.0 and 14-CURRENT): http://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/ISO-IMAGES/13.0/ http://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/ISO-IMAGES/14.0/
Not all supported boards have a dedicated image generated, in most cases it is sufficient to overwrite u-boot with the correct one.
At this stage mainline u-boot support is a requirement, you might be able to use vendor u-boot but no support is guaranteed.
Planned support/in development
- RK3566
Early development stages, please use the (freebsd-)arm mailinst list and/or join #bsdmips on EFNet if interested. Primary target is Quartz64 Model A by PINE64.
SBCs / Boards
FriendlyELEC
NanoPC-T4
- RK3399
- No upstream u-boot support
Product page: http://wiki.friendlyarm.com/wiki/index.php/NanoPC-T4
NanoPi R4S
- RK3399
Product page: https://wiki.friendlyarm.com/wiki/index.php/NanoPi_R4S
- Images will be available soon
Radxa
Rock Pi 4(a)
- RK3399
Supported as of r367340
Product page: https://wiki.radxa.com/Rockpi4
No image available, use image for PINE64 RockPro64 and overwrite u-boot.
PINE64
Pinebook Pro
- RK3399
Product page: https://www.pine64.org/pinebook-pro/
No image available, use image for PINE64 RockPro64 and overwrite u-boot.
Rock64
- RK3328
Product page: https://www.pine64.org/devices/single-board-computers/rock64/
- Image available
RockPro64
- RK3399
Product page: https://www.pine64.org/rockpro64/
- Image available
FreeBSD Prebuilt Images
The image names are of the general form <FreeBSD-<identification>-arm64-aarch64-PINE64<datestamp>.img.xz.
Examples of <identification>:
13.0-CURRENT
13.0-BETA1
You can download the most recent image for -CURRENT here
Please keep in mind that images based on -CURRENT have debugging enabled by default which will affect performance, see https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/tree/UPDATING for more information.
If you want to compile your own image (including instructions on how to disable debugging) you can use this tutorial
Serial / UART
Defaults to 1.5Mbaud which not all adapters may support, see USB/Peripherals/Serial for more information
- Example: tip -1500000 ucom1
- Tested with a FT232R USB UART dongle
Optimization for SoCs
Best matching setting for CPUTYPE in /etc/make.conf
RK3399: CPUTYPE?=cortex-a53+crc+crypto
Known issues
There are stability issues using more than one CPU cluster simultaneously due to kernel related bug(s).
Reference: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=360321
Help is wanted regarding this bug, please use arm mailinglist if interested.
As of r367268 testing is wanted.
Removed as of https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=183d6cc0e0db8bd4653245abc1ca30b34ed09d9f in main branch
dwmmc might stop working during certain operations (fsck is known to be broken)
Proposed patch: https://github.com/strejda/freebsd/commit/34116751f057524338e9b2fe9ea75ccb8070c7e7.patch
Fixed as of https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=8727c174b0fe44766bb7ea765dac6d5f82818103 in main branch
There are reports of an additional bug that triggers a panic using fsck on dwmmc devices, it's being looked into.
Proposed patch: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D30387
Fixed as of https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=dfb7360222856e7e4f5e0e5564281a25af63319c in main branch
PCIe card compatibility
Due to hardware limitations of the SoC some PCIe cards may not work such as ones using bifurcation.
Reference: https://www.freebsd.org/news/status/report-2019-10-2019-12.html#RockChip-Support
No HDMI output, you can use UART (serial) to obtain output using a baud rate of 1.5M which not all adapters may support. Expected support is to arrive in uboot-2020.07.
Reference: https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/commit/1266ef105f671b41b7e3e77bf68c7564e355995e
As of 13-BETA1, HDMI is tested as working well on a RockPro64, both on console and X, on non-standard resolutions. (uboot-2020.10)
HDMI to VGA-adapters may not work (HAMA 54569 doesn't)
MarkLinimon notes no HDMI output on Rock64 13.0-RELEASE as of 20210603.
4K monitors will make boot halt due to framebuffer size
Reference: https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-arm/2021-January/023078.html
Currently the kernel doesn't support running clusters (big.LITTLE) at different speeds, doing so will result in (silent) crashes.
Running powerd will change frequency on demand and keep both clusters in sync.
GPIO is broken on RK3399
Reference: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=269993
Fan Control on RockPro64
To control the fan you can install sysutils/fand. The full set of options can be found at fand(8), but the following rc.conf configuration seems to work well for the RockPro64:
fand_enable="YES" fand_sensor="hw.temperature.CPU" fand_device="pwmc1.0" fand_temp="55" fand_off_temp="35" fand_period="50000" fand_duty="25000" fand_kelvin="YES" fand_multiplier="0.1" fand_flags="-T 70 -P 0 -D 0"
Alternatively, use the pwm(8) command.
- This is known to work but is a bit loud: pwm -E -f pwmc1.0 -d 50%
- This is quieter: pwm -E -f pwmc1.0 -p 50000 -d 25000
Set video output as primary console
While this isn't specific to any SoC it can be a bit hard to find relevant information about this settings.
Change boot_serial="YES" to NO in /boot/loader.conf
Tested PCIe devices on RockPro64
Category |
Brand - Model |
Status |
Branch + version hash |
Additional Notes |
Network adapter (Ethernet, Single port) |
IBM NetXtreme II 1000 Express Adapter (FRU 39Y6070) |
|
stable/13 - n245283-70a2e9a3d44 |
Doesn't get detected, BCM5708 controller |
Network adapter (Ethernet, Single port) |
Intel Gigabit CT Desktop Adapter |
|
main/14 - n253065-8dc42f98047 |
Doesn't get detected, 82574L controller |
Network adapter (Ethernet, Dual port) |
Fujitsu D3035-A11 |
|
stable/13 - n245283-70a2e9a3d44 |
Intel I350-T2 variant, I350-AM2 controller [1] |
Network adapter (Ethernet, Dual port) |
Supermicro AOC-PG-I2+ |
|
releng/13.1-n250141-2e9ad6042be |
Intel 82576EB controller |
Network adapter (Ethernet, Dual port) |
Supermicro AOC-SG-I2 |
|
releng/13.1-n250141-2e9ad6042be |
Freezes during boot, Intel 82575EB controller |
Network adapter (Ethernet, Quad port) |
Fujitsu D2745-A11 |
|
stable/13 - n245283-70a2e9a3d44 |
Intel I340-T4 variant, 82580 controller |
Network adapter (WiFi, 802.11ac) |
Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 (M.2) |
|
main/14 - n250752-756bb50b6a8 |
PCIe 1x adapter, only 11g works due to driver limitations |
Storage adapter (SATA, 2-port) |
Micro Connect MC-SATA3-T4 |
|
stable/13 - n245283-70a2e9a3d44 |
Sold under different names, ASM1061 controller |
Storage adapter (SATA, 2-port) |
SSU SU-SA3011 |
|
main/14 - c257339-g07564e176201 |
ASM1061 controller, unreliable at SATA-3 speed |
Storage adapter (SATA, 6-port) |
SilverStone ECS06 |
|
stable/13 - n247814-f9f5d846b72 |
ASM1166 controller, enumerates 32-ports (PR 259705) |
Storage adapter (SATA, 6-port) |
Startech 6P6G-PCIE-SATA |
|
releng/13.1-n250141-2e9ad6042be |
ASM1166 controller, enumerates 32-ports (PR 259705) |
Storage adapter (SATA, 8-port) |
SSU (Shenzen Suyou Technology Co) (SU_)SA3008 |
|
stable/13 - n245283-70a2e9a3d44 |
Sold under different names, 4xASM1061 controllers, Bifurcation |
Storage adapter (SAS/SATA, 8-port) |
Avago Technologies (LSI) SAS2008 |
|
main/14 - c257339-g07564e176201 |
Doesn't get detected. mps(4) device |
Notes:
1. Disabling LSO, TSO and VLANHWTSO stops NIC from flapping (link status up/down) occasionally
This table is by no means complete
On RockPro64 PCIe training can sometimes be a bit sensitive which can lead to cards/devices not being detected, this is not common but can be troublesome. Below is a (hacky) script which reboots the device if a network device (igb0 in this case) is missing which you can put in a @reboot entry in crontab: