<![CDATA[PINE64 - BSD on Rock64]]> https://forum.pine64.org/ Fri, 08 May 2026 02:14:14 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[Netbds10.0 on Rock64 not booting]]> https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=19239 Fri, 17 May 2024 10:09:41 +0000 Ingen]]> https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=19239 I have bought a Rock64 for running Netbsd and downloaded pre-built, bootable 10.0 image from https://nycdn.netbsd.org/pub/arm/ for this board.
Then I verify, gunzip and dd the .img file to sd/emmc, insert card and power on. I get a green power light a red st.by and a white pwr light and that's it. Ive done this the exact same on pinebook pro and rpi3b many times with no issues. Just works. I also tried the "daily" but no noticable difference.

I have successfully booted an image from armbian just to verify the hw is working.

Even tried the 9.4 image so now i'm running out of ideas. Btw also tried the dd u-boot to sd but it should not be necessary with these images as far as I know...

Anyone using these images who could help me out here?]]> I have bought a Rock64 for running Netbsd and downloaded pre-built, bootable 10.0 image from https://nycdn.netbsd.org/pub/arm/ for this board.
Then I verify, gunzip and dd the .img file to sd/emmc, insert card and power on. I get a green power light a red st.by and a white pwr light and that's it. Ive done this the exact same on pinebook pro and rpi3b many times with no issues. Just works. I also tried the "daily" but no noticable difference.

I have successfully booted an image from armbian just to verify the hw is working.

Even tried the 9.4 image so now i'm running out of ideas. Btw also tried the dd u-boot to sd but it should not be necessary with these images as far as I know...

Anyone using these images who could help me out here?]]> <![CDATA[FreeBSD and gig ethernet]]> https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=15246 Tue, 02 Nov 2021 17:23:39 +0000 roboman]]> https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=15246 Objective: 2 clusters, high availability
cluster one - pihole running Armbian
cluster two - NFS server running FreeBSD

I was able to get the Armbian systems working with pihole without issue.

1. On FreeBSD, only one of the 4 boards will recognize the 1-gig ethernet.  The other three boards don't work. I can take the SDCard out of the working machine and place it in any of the other three machines - no ethernet.

2. If I manually downgrade the 1-gig connection to 100 MB, it works.

3. Verified 1-gig works on all four boards under Armbian

4. This led me to believe that a "plug-in" kernel hack is needed to instruct FreeBSD how to properly use this hardware.  I contacted FreeBSD-ARM and FreeBSD-USB forum.  No solution.  They suspect this is a hardware bug.  I asked if their is a software band-aid such as a kernel overlay - no response. No response from the forum typically means everyone was thinking "I don't personally know of a kernel overlay for that, so I'm not speaking up".  No answer typically means no.

5. Tried to OpenBSD/NetBSD - can't even get it installed w/o serial console configuration (which I didn't have on-hand); ---or--- they also experienced the problem and just didn't connect to Ethernet.

Question for Pine64 team and anyone/everyone who reads this:

Can anyone confirm that this is related to: minor differences in hardware, faulty hardware --or-- u-boot misconfiguration, etc..  I just want to put a period on the end of this sentence.  I've worked hard to resolve this and successfully got 1 working; but not the other 3.  All 4 of them run Armbian w/o any issue.  Only 1 will run BSD.]]> Objective: 2 clusters, high availability
cluster one - pihole running Armbian
cluster two - NFS server running FreeBSD

I was able to get the Armbian systems working with pihole without issue.

1. On FreeBSD, only one of the 4 boards will recognize the 1-gig ethernet.  The other three boards don't work. I can take the SDCard out of the working machine and place it in any of the other three machines - no ethernet.

2. If I manually downgrade the 1-gig connection to 100 MB, it works.

3. Verified 1-gig works on all four boards under Armbian

4. This led me to believe that a "plug-in" kernel hack is needed to instruct FreeBSD how to properly use this hardware.  I contacted FreeBSD-ARM and FreeBSD-USB forum.  No solution.  They suspect this is a hardware bug.  I asked if their is a software band-aid such as a kernel overlay - no response. No response from the forum typically means everyone was thinking "I don't personally know of a kernel overlay for that, so I'm not speaking up".  No answer typically means no.

5. Tried to OpenBSD/NetBSD - can't even get it installed w/o serial console configuration (which I didn't have on-hand); ---or--- they also experienced the problem and just didn't connect to Ethernet.

Question for Pine64 team and anyone/everyone who reads this:

Can anyone confirm that this is related to: minor differences in hardware, faulty hardware --or-- u-boot misconfiguration, etc..  I just want to put a period on the end of this sentence.  I've worked hard to resolve this and successfully got 1 working; but not the other 3.  All 4 of them run Armbian w/o any issue.  Only 1 will run BSD.]]> <![CDATA[OpenBSD 6.7 microSD card image]]> https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=9920 Fri, 22 May 2020 00:25:12 +0000 krjdev]]> https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=9920
I have created an image from OpenBSD 6.7 for Rock64 board.

root password: rock64

I have added a user with the name rock64 (password same as username).

Following sets are installed:
  • bsd
  • bsd.mp
  • bsd.rd
  • base67.tgz
  • comp67.tgz
  • man67.tgz
  • game67.tgz
[Image: openbsd67-rock64_build2020-05-21_sets.png]

All current patches are installed.

How to use (You need a microSD card with at least 4GiB):


Code:
$ unxz -k openbsd67-rock64_build2020-05-21.img.xz
$ dd if=openbsd67-rock64_build2020-05-21.img of=/dev/sdx bs=1024


The image is on my private homepage (only 1TiB traffic):
[REMOVED]

SHA256 sum:
Code:
SHA256 (openbsd67-rock64_build2020-05-21.img.xz) = 2924afda7c3047e9e77e4e0410d667c24d4a1596d6a23016f1a2ffabe1b2454b

File size: 216MiB

Please can somebody also test the image and put it on a server with a greater traffic limit?
Tried it only with one  different microSD card.

[Image: openbsd67-rock64_build2020-05-21_hello.png]]]>
I have created an image from OpenBSD 6.7 for Rock64 board.

root password: rock64

I have added a user with the name rock64 (password same as username).

Following sets are installed:
  • bsd
  • bsd.mp
  • bsd.rd
  • base67.tgz
  • comp67.tgz
  • man67.tgz
  • game67.tgz
[Image: openbsd67-rock64_build2020-05-21_sets.png]

All current patches are installed.

How to use (You need a microSD card with at least 4GiB):


Code:
$ unxz -k openbsd67-rock64_build2020-05-21.img.xz
$ dd if=openbsd67-rock64_build2020-05-21.img of=/dev/sdx bs=1024


The image is on my private homepage (only 1TiB traffic):
[REMOVED]

SHA256 sum:
Code:
SHA256 (openbsd67-rock64_build2020-05-21.img.xz) = 2924afda7c3047e9e77e4e0410d667c24d4a1596d6a23016f1a2ffabe1b2454b

File size: 216MiB

Please can somebody also test the image and put it on a server with a greater traffic limit?
Tried it only with one  different microSD card.

[Image: openbsd67-rock64_build2020-05-21_hello.png]]]> <![CDATA[Rock64 ethernet not working during install OpenBSD]]> https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=9466 Thu, 19 Mar 2020 18:32:43 +0000 Enig123]]> https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=9466

Just got my Rock64 v2 1GB ram yesterday, and I failed installing OpenBSD, just because the Ethernet not working.

This was my first time dealing with a series connection, it went fine, until when actual installing, it stuck at not being able to downloading anything through network.

The Rock64 actually got an IP address from DHCP ant it seemed fine, the ethernet just didn't transfer.

I was using the steps from OpenBSD mailing list as follow:

dd if=miniroot66.fs of=/dev/rsd2c bs=1m

mount /dev/sd2i /mnt
mkdir /mnt/rockchip
cp /usr/local/share/dtb/arm64/rockchip/rk3328-rock64.dtb /mnt/rockchip
umount /mnt

dd if=/usr/local/share/u-boot/rock64-rk3328/idbloader.img of=/dev/sd2c bs=512 seek=64 conv=sync
dd if=/usr/local/share/u-boot/rock64-rk3328/u-boot.itb of=/dev/sd2c bs=512 seek=16384 conv=sync

It worked until failed to use the Ethernet to download data. How do I do to make it work?]]>

Just got my Rock64 v2 1GB ram yesterday, and I failed installing OpenBSD, just because the Ethernet not working.

This was my first time dealing with a series connection, it went fine, until when actual installing, it stuck at not being able to downloading anything through network.

The Rock64 actually got an IP address from DHCP ant it seemed fine, the ethernet just didn't transfer.

I was using the steps from OpenBSD mailing list as follow:

dd if=miniroot66.fs of=/dev/rsd2c bs=1m

mount /dev/sd2i /mnt
mkdir /mnt/rockchip
cp /usr/local/share/dtb/arm64/rockchip/rk3328-rock64.dtb /mnt/rockchip
umount /mnt

dd if=/usr/local/share/u-boot/rock64-rk3328/idbloader.img of=/dev/sd2c bs=512 seek=64 conv=sync
dd if=/usr/local/share/u-boot/rock64-rk3328/u-boot.itb of=/dev/sd2c bs=512 seek=16384 conv=sync

It worked until failed to use the Ethernet to download data. How do I do to make it work?]]> <![CDATA[OpenBSD: GPIO with the I2C device PCF8574(A)]]> https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=6377 Thu, 09 Aug 2018 12:41:18 +0000 krjdev]]> https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=6377
So I have written a driver for the good old PCF8574 from NXP.
You can find the driver on my Github page:

Additional drivers for OpenBSD

To use the PCF8574, add this to the device trees (Example):

Code:
/dts-v1/;
/include/ "rk3328-rock64.dts"

&i2c0 {
   status = "okay";

   pcf8574: gpio@20 {
       compatible = "nxp,pcf8574";
       status = "okay";
       reg = <0x20>;
       #gpio-cells = <2>;
       gpio-controller;
   };
};

Configuration of the Kernel (add the following):

Code:
pcfgpio*    at iic?
gpio*       at pcfgpio?

Compile the kernel.

dmesg output from my driver:

Code:
pcfgpio0 at iic0 addr 0x20
gpio0 at pcfgpio0: 8 pins



Use the driver with gpioctl:

Code:
$ gpioctl /dev/gpio0 0 on
Turns pin 0 to on.



Use the driver with ioctls (simple running light example):

Code:
#include <unistd.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/gpio.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
   int i, fd;
   int ret;
   struct gpio_info ginfo;
   struct gpio_pin_op gop;
   
   if (argc < 2) {
       printf("usage: gpio [DEV]\n");
       return 1;
   }

   fd = open(argv[1], O_RDWR);

   if (fd == -1) {
       printf("error: couldn't open file (%s)\n", strerror(errno));
       return 1;
   }

   ret = ioctl(fd, GPIOINFO, &ginfo);

   if (ret == -1) {
       printf("error: ioctl GPIOINFO failed (%s)\n", strerror(errno));
       close(fd);
       return 1;
   }

   printf("gpio: Number of pins: %d\n", ginfo.gpio_npins);

   while (1) {
       for (i = 0; i < ginfo.gpio_npins; i++) {
           gop.gp_pin = i;
           gop.gp_value = GPIO_PIN_HIGH;
           ret = ioctl(fd, GPIOPINWRITE, &gop);

           if (ret == -1) {
               printf("error: ioctl GPIOPINWRITE failed (%s)\n", strerror(errno));
               close(fd);
               return 1;
           }

           sleep(1);
           gop.gp_value = GPIO_PIN_LOW;
           ret = ioctl(fd, GPIOPINWRITE, &gop);

           if (ret == -1) {
               printf("error: ioctl GPIOPINWRITE failed (%s)\n", strerror(errno));
               close(fd);
               return 1;
           }
       }
   }

   close(fd);
   return 0;
}
]]>
So I have written a driver for the good old PCF8574 from NXP.
You can find the driver on my Github page:

Additional drivers for OpenBSD

To use the PCF8574, add this to the device trees (Example):

Code:
/dts-v1/;
/include/ "rk3328-rock64.dts"

&i2c0 {
   status = "okay";

   pcf8574: gpio@20 {
       compatible = "nxp,pcf8574";
       status = "okay";
       reg = <0x20>;
       #gpio-cells = <2>;
       gpio-controller;
   };
};

Configuration of the Kernel (add the following):

Code:
pcfgpio*    at iic?
gpio*       at pcfgpio?

Compile the kernel.

dmesg output from my driver:

Code:
pcfgpio0 at iic0 addr 0x20
gpio0 at pcfgpio0: 8 pins



Use the driver with gpioctl:

Code:
$ gpioctl /dev/gpio0 0 on
Turns pin 0 to on.



Use the driver with ioctls (simple running light example):

Code:
#include <unistd.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/gpio.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
   int i, fd;
   int ret;
   struct gpio_info ginfo;
   struct gpio_pin_op gop;
   
   if (argc < 2) {
       printf("usage: gpio [DEV]\n");
       return 1;
   }

   fd = open(argv[1], O_RDWR);

   if (fd == -1) {
       printf("error: couldn't open file (%s)\n", strerror(errno));
       return 1;
   }

   ret = ioctl(fd, GPIOINFO, &ginfo);

   if (ret == -1) {
       printf("error: ioctl GPIOINFO failed (%s)\n", strerror(errno));
       close(fd);
       return 1;
   }

   printf("gpio: Number of pins: %d\n", ginfo.gpio_npins);

   while (1) {
       for (i = 0; i < ginfo.gpio_npins; i++) {
           gop.gp_pin = i;
           gop.gp_value = GPIO_PIN_HIGH;
           ret = ioctl(fd, GPIOPINWRITE, &gop);

           if (ret == -1) {
               printf("error: ioctl GPIOPINWRITE failed (%s)\n", strerror(errno));
               close(fd);
               return 1;
           }

           sleep(1);
           gop.gp_value = GPIO_PIN_LOW;
           ret = ioctl(fd, GPIOPINWRITE, &gop);

           if (ret == -1) {
               printf("error: ioctl GPIOPINWRITE failed (%s)\n", strerror(errno));
               close(fd);
               return 1;
           }
       }
   }

   close(fd);
   return 0;
}
]]> <![CDATA[AMENDED: OpenBSD, GigE Adapters/Chipsets, and ROCK64 STEREO AUDIO DAC ADD-ON BOARD]]> https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=6360 Mon, 06 Aug 2018 11:50:36 +0000 jovval]]> https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=6360
(1) Should an Asix AA88179 GigE with and/or without a 3-port USB 3.0 hub work on OpenBSD?
Amendment: man usb shows
axen(4)ASIX Electronics AX88179 10/100/Gigabit USB Ethernet device
so, my question is about both GigE and the hub working (well) together.

(2) Does the 100BT of the audio dac add-on card work on OpenBSD?
Amendment: From
10/100Mbps MegJack on Audio DAC POT board Datasheet - http://files.pine64.org/doc/rock64/DGKYD...6GWA1D.pdf
I see ethernet as merely a feed-through from the board, but my original question remains.

(3) If unknown, shouldDoes the audio of the audio dac add-on card work on OpenBSD?

(4) That is, what driver does it use?

(5) And, worth a mention, does its audio work on OpenBSD?

(4) Can you specify other solutions involving USB 3.0 hubs with GigE?]]>
(1) Should an Asix AA88179 GigE with and/or without a 3-port USB 3.0 hub work on OpenBSD?
Amendment: man usb shows
axen(4)ASIX Electronics AX88179 10/100/Gigabit USB Ethernet device
so, my question is about both GigE and the hub working (well) together.

(2) Does the 100BT of the audio dac add-on card work on OpenBSD?
Amendment: From
10/100Mbps MegJack on Audio DAC POT board Datasheet - http://files.pine64.org/doc/rock64/DGKYD...6GWA1D.pdf
I see ethernet as merely a feed-through from the board, but my original question remains.

(3) If unknown, shouldDoes the audio of the audio dac add-on card work on OpenBSD?

(4) That is, what driver does it use?

(5) And, worth a mention, does its audio work on OpenBSD?

(4) Can you specify other solutions involving USB 3.0 hubs with GigE?]]> <![CDATA[NetBSD for Rock64]]> https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=6194 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 12:33:48 +0000 Luke]]> https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=6194
I am just relaying that NetBSD is now available for the Rock64. You can download their images from: http://www.invisible.ca/arm/
Many thanks to Jared McNeill]]>
I am just relaying that NetBSD is now available for the Rock64. You can download their images from: http://www.invisible.ca/arm/
Many thanks to Jared McNeill]]> <![CDATA[Tutorial: Install OpenBSD on ROCK64 media board]]> https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=6164 Mon, 11 Jun 2018 19:05:27 +0000 krjdev]]> https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=6164
I have wrote a tutorial how to install OpenBSD on a ROCK64 media board.
The tutorial is on my Github page available:

Tutorial to install OpenBSD


Check it out!

Cheers

krjdev]]>
I have wrote a tutorial how to install OpenBSD on a ROCK64 media board.
The tutorial is on my Github page available:

Tutorial to install OpenBSD


Check it out!

Cheers

krjdev]]>