I have Pinebook Pro that's new as of Nov 2023. I can run NetBSD 1.0 from the image at http://nycdn.netbsd.org/pub/arm/
(NetBSD 9.3 and NetBSD 9 daily don't run - power light comes on and eventually goes off, followed several seconds later by a blink from the the other two lights, and that's it.)
But I can run it only as long as the battery lasts, because while I'm running NetBSD, the USB-C cable apparently doesn't charge the battery. Eventually it runs down and crashes, and Linux shows the battery at 0%.
envstat shows only voltage, all other parameters are 0; I could presumably infer charge state from voltage - looks like when we get down to 3.5V it's time to go back to Linux, but that could stand more research.
Is there a charging method that NetBSD supports?
[ edit ] Stuck my hand down in the paper bag packaging, and lo - I have a DC charger! And it seems to be holding a charge now under NetBSD. That is, still isn't getting charged, but I can run off the DC charger at 3.9V. When I pull it out, the voltage drops to 3.5V, and percent to about the 68% it was when I left Linux, and dropping.
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(NetBSD 9.3 and NetBSD 9 daily don't run - power light comes on and eventually goes off, followed several seconds later by a blink from the the other two lights, and that's it.)
But I can run it only as long as the battery lasts, because while I'm running NetBSD, the USB-C cable apparently doesn't charge the battery. Eventually it runs down and crashes, and Linux shows the battery at 0%.
envstat shows only voltage, all other parameters are 0; I could presumably infer charge state from voltage - looks like when we get down to 3.5V it's time to go back to Linux, but that could stand more research.
Is there a charging method that NetBSD supports?
[ edit ] Stuck my hand down in the paper bag packaging, and lo - I have a DC charger! And it seems to be holding a charge now under NetBSD. That is, still isn't getting charged, but I can run off the DC charger at 3.9V. When I pull it out, the voltage drops to 3.5V, and percent to about the 68% it was when I left Linux, and dropping.
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