Banana Pi

firewalluser

Might be useful, list of ARM boards which support to some degree freebsd.

https://www.freebsd.org/platforms/arm.html

The architecture of the ARM CPU's make it ideal for multi threading programs compared to the Intel/AMD chips when considering the CPU delays caused by the L1/L2 misses but who spots their L2 cache misses except when compiling perhaps?

Considering how ARM is used pervasively for things like routers, set top tv boxes and smart phones which now out number pc's, personally I'd say pfsense would well suited to ARM boards.

badon

I'm hoping to see something assembled and tested from Netgate that has 2 ethernet ports. So far, they only have the kits. If we're lucky, maybe someday ARM will move up from Tier 2 to Tier 1 in FreeBSD. Since pfSense is updating to FreeBSD 10.1, maybe we'll get some extra ARM support from that.

Guest

Maybe

Guest

@firewalluser:

The architecture of the ARM CPU's make it ideal for multi threading programs compared to the Intel/AMD chips when considering the CPU delays caused by the L1/L2 misses but who spots their L2 cache misses except when compiling perhaps?

What are you trying to say?

DiskWizard

Still waiting for the board of my dream to become reality

firewalluser

The L1 & L2 cache misses for things like Out of Loop prefetches can add a 15% delay to proceeding according to a paper I read.

DiskWizard

Okay TooMeeK.

You can start up MII interface as separate compile option at Uboot

CONFIG_CMD_MII

necron

Any serious progress with this?
Gonzo, at https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=79007.msg465109#msg465109 you mention not being impressed.
Is this because you have very high standards?
Personally I'm looking for a decent replacement of a 19" 2U micro ATX box running pfsense for my home and small company.
IMHO it could easily run on a BPi hardware, since it has nothing to do all day ;D

toomeek

@DiskWizard:

Okay TooMeeK.

You can start up MII interface as separate compile option at Uboot

CONFIG_CMD_MII

Thank You for this information and PM. And sorry for delay with response, busy week :(

I've downloaded both latest U-boot versions from following sources:
git clone https://github.com/linux-sunxi/u-boot-sunxi.git
git clone git://git.denx.de/u-boot.git

Added CONFIG_CMD_MII to:
boards.cfg in case of Sunxi source
Configuring for Bananapi - Board: sun7i, Options: BANANAPI,SPL,SUNXI_GMAC,RGMII,MACPWR=SUNXI_GPH(23),STATUSLED=244,STATUSLED1=245,FAST_MBUS,CONFIG_CMD_MII
or
include/configs/sunxi-common.h entry #define CONFIG_CMD_MII in case of mainline source.

Compiled it:
gmake -j4 ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-eabi- HOSTCC=cc USE_PRIVATE_LIBGCC=yes clean
gmake -j4 ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-eabi- HOSTCC=cc USE_PRIVATE_LIBGCC=yes Bananapi_config
gmake -j4 ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-eabi- HOSTCC=cc USE_PRIVATE_LIBGCC=yes

Then tested one by one on my boot image:
# Cubieboard's 2 / BananaPi U-boot loader
dd if=u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin conv=notrunc of=banana.img bs=1024 seek=8

Sources used:
http://linux-sunxi.org/LeMaker_Banana_Pi
https://github.com/LeMaker/linux-sunxi
http://linux-sunxi.org/Mainline_U-boot
http://linux-sunxi.org/U-Boot
and my own scripts.

Hardware used:
BPi
1 x 4GB USB 2.0
1 x 32GB microSD card + adapter
1 x RS232 to USB converter, pl2303 based, read-only
Software used:
FreeBSD 10.0 64-bit VM
Linux Mint 64-bit OS
FreeBSD 10.0 64-bit OS for BPi

Image output summary is:
banana.img - 940MB - bootable SD card image
banana_data.img - 1024MB - OS data on USB drive

STATUS:
1. Normal booting process with an older U-boot take around 10 minutes to reach login prompt first time (generating RSA keys and so), then 415 seconds during normal boot. It takes 3 minutes to startup sshd service. No networking.
The output is on the screenshot and full log here:

U-Boot 2013.07-07794-gc0f3b94 (Aug 15 2013 - 18:01:45) Allwinner Technology

CPU:   Allwinner A20 (SUN7I)
Board: Cubieboard2
I2C:   ready
DRAM:  1 GiB
MMC:   SUNXI SD/MMC: 0
*** Warning - bad CRC, using default environment

In:    serial
Out:   serial
Err:   serial
Net:   emac
Hit any key to stop autoboot:  3  2  1  0 
reading uEnv.txt
** Unable to read file uEnv.txt **
Failed to mount ext2 filesystem...
** Unrecognized filesystem type **
Failed to mount ext2 filesystem...
** Unrecognized filesystem type **
reading boot.scr
119 bytes read in 9 ms (12.7 KiB/s)
Jumping to boot.scr
## Executing script at 44000000
reading kernel
4868872 bytes read in 215 ms (21.6 MiB/s)
## Starting application at 0x40200100 ...
KDB: debugger backends: ddb
KDB: current backend: ddb
Copyright (c) 1992-2014 The FreeBSD Project.
Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
	The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE #16: Sun Aug 31 17:38:34 CEST 2014
    root@freebsd:/usr/obj/arm.armv6/usr/src/sys/BANANAPI arm
FreeBSD clang version 3.3 (tags/RELEASE_33/final 183502) 20130610
WARNING: WITNESS option enabled, expect reduced performance.
WARNING: DIAGNOSTIC option enabled, expect reduced performance.
CPU: Cortex A7 rev 4 (Cortex-A core)
 Supported features: ARM_ISA THUMB2 JAZELLE THUMBEE ARMv4 Security_Ext
 WB disabled EABT branch prediction enabled
LoUU:2 LoC:2 LoUIS:2 
Cache level 1: 
 32KB/64B 4-way data cache WB Read-Alloc Write-Alloc
 32KB/32B 2-way instruction cache Read-Alloc
Cache level 2: 
 256KB/64B 8-way unified cache WB Read-Alloc Write-Alloc
real memory  = 1073741824 (1024 MB)
avail memory = 1043943424 (995 MB)
random device not loaded; using insecure entropy
random: <software, yarrow=""> initialized
simplebus0: <flattened device="" tree="" simple="" bus=""> on fdtbus0
gic0: <arm generic="" interrupt="" controller=""> mem 0x1c81000-0x1c81fff,0x1c82000-0x1c820ff on simplebus0
gic0: pn 0x10, arch 0x2, rev 0x1, implementer 0x43b nirqs 160
a20_cpu_cfg0: <a20 cpu="" configuration="" module=""> mem 0x1c25c00-0x1c25fff on simplebus0
a10_ccm0: <allwinner clock="" control="" module=""> mem 0x1c20000-0x1c203ff on simplebus0
a10_timer0: <allwinner a10="" a20="" timer=""> mem 0x1c20c00-0x1c20c8f irq 54 on simplebus0
Event timer "a10_timer Eventtimer" frequency 24000000 Hz quality 1000
Timecounter "a10_timer timer0" frequency 24000000 Hz quality 1000
a10wd0: <allwinner a10="" watchdog=""> mem 0x1c20c90-0x1c20c9f on simplebus0
gpio0: <allwinner gpio="" controller=""> mem 0x1c20800-0x1c20bff irq 60 on simplebus0
gpioc0: <gpio controller=""> on gpio0
gpiobus0: <gpio bus=""> on gpio0
ehci0: <allwinner integrated="" usb="" 2.0="" controller=""> mem 0x1c14000-0x1c14fff irq 71 on simplebus0
usbus0: EHCI version 1.0
usbus0 on ehci0
ehci1: <allwinner integrated="" usb="" 2.0="" controller=""> mem 0x1c1c000-0x1c1cfff irq 72 on simplebus0
usbus1: EHCI version 1.0
usbus1 on ehci1
uart0: <16750 or compatible> mem 0x1c28000-0x1c283ff irq 33 on simplebus0
uart0: console (115200,n,8,1)
Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec
usbus0: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
usbus1: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
ugen1.1: <allwinner> at usbus1
uhub0: <allwinner 1="" 9="" ehci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.00,="" addr=""> on usbus1
ugen0.1: <allwinner> at usbus0
uhub1: <allwinner 1="" 9="" ehci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.00,="" addr=""> on usbus0
random: unblocking device.
WARNING: WITNESS option enabled, expect reduced performance.
WARNING: DIAGNOSTIC option enabled, expect reduced performance.
uhub0: 1 port with 1 removable, self powered
uhub1: 1 port with 1 removable, self powered
Root mount waiting for: usbus1 usbus0
ugen0.2: <ralink> at usbus0
ugen1.2: <mode com=""> at usbus1
umass0: <mode 0="" 2="" com="" memodrive="" usb2.0,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.10,="" addr=""> on usbus1
umass0:  SCSI over Bulk-Only; quirks = 0x4100
umass0:0:0:-1: Attached to scbus0
da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0
da0: <mode com="" memodrive="" usb2.0="" pmap=""> Removable Direct Access SCSI-0 device 
da0: Serial Number 90891A001774
da0: 40.000MB/s transfers
da0: 3822MB (7827456 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 487C)
da0: quirks=0x2 <no_6_byte>Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/da0 []...
WARNING: / was not properly dismounted
warning: no time-of-day clock registered, system time will not be set accurately
Setting hostuuid: f90b367e-3129-11e4-ae46-3f68a54463b5.
Setting hostid: 0xa395f285.
Entropy harvesting: interrupts ethernet point_to_point swi.
Starting file system checks:
Expensive timeout(9) function: 0xc0263848(0xc3864c78) 0.002801708 s
Expensive timeout(9) function: 0xc04ad3a8(0) 0.011151875 s
/dev/da0: 12431 files, 67813 used, 186018 free (818 frags, 23150 blocks, 0.3% fragmentation)
Mounting local file systems:.
Writing entropy file:.
Setting hostname: banana-freebsd.
Starting Network: lo0.
lo0: flags=8049 <up,loopback,running,multicast>metric 0 mtu 16384
	options=600003 <rxcsum,txcsum,rxcsum_ipv6,txcsum_ipv6>inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 
	inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 
	inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 
	nd6 options=21 <performnud,auto_linklocal>Starting devd.
route: writing to routing socket: Network is unreachable
add net default: gateway 192.168.137.1 fib 0: Network is unreachable
add net fe80::: gateway ::1
add net ff02::: gateway ::1
add net ::ffff:0.0.0.0: gateway ::1
add net ::0.0.0.0: gateway ::1
Creating and/or trimming log files.
Starting syslogd.
ELF ldconfig path: /lib /usr/lib /usr/lib/compat
Clearing /tmp (X related).
Updating motd:.
Mounting late file systems:.
Performing sanity check on sshd configuration.
Starting sshd.
Starting sendmail_submit.
Starting sendmail_msp_queue.
Starting cron.
Starting background file system checks in 60 seconds.

Sun Aug 31 16:30:13 UTC 2014

FreeBSD/arm (banana-freebsd) (ttyu0)

login:</performnud,auto_linklocal></rxcsum,txcsum,rxcsum_ipv6,txcsum_ipv6></up,loopback,running,multicast></no_6_byte></mode></mode></mode></ralink></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></gpio></gpio></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></a20></arm></flattened></software,>

2. U-boot from Denx.de often ends up in kernel panic with CONFIG_CMD_MII, like this:

U-Boot 2015.04-rc4-00064-gb81bdf6-dirty (Mar 26 2015 - 01:01:52) Allwinner Technology

CPU:   Allwinner A20 (SUN7I)
I2C:   ready
DRAM:  1 GiB
MMC:   SUNXI SD/MMC: 0
*** Warning - bad CRC, using default environment

In:    serial
Out:   serial
Err:   serial
SCSI:  SUNXI SCSI INIT
SATA link 0 timeout.
AHCI 0001.0100 32 slots 1 ports 3 Gbps 0x1 impl SATA mode
flags: ncq stag pm led clo only pmp pio slum part ccc apst 
Net:   dwmac.1c50000
starting USB...
USB0:   USB EHCI 1.00
scanning bus 0 for devices... 2 USB Device(s) found
USB1:   USB EHCI 1.00
scanning bus 1 for devices... 2 USB Device(s) found
       scanning usb for storage devices... 1 Storage Device(s) found
Hit any key to stop autoboot:  2  1  0 
switch to partitions #0, OK
mmc0 is current device
Scanning mmc 0:1...
Found U-Boot script /boot.scr
reading /boot.scr
119 bytes read in 26 ms (3.9 KiB/s)
## Executing script at 43100000
reading kernel
4868872 bytes read in 246 ms (18.9 MiB/s)
## Starting application at 0x40200100 ...
KDB: debugger backends: ddb
KDB: current backend: ddb
Copyright (c) 1992-2014 The FreeBSD Project.
Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
	The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE #16: Sun Aug 31 17:38:34 CEST 2014
    root@freebsd:/usr/obj/arm.armv6/usr/src/sys/BANANAPI arm
FreeBSD clang version 3.3 (tags/RELEASE_33/final 183502) 20130610
WARNING: WITNESS option enabled, expect reduced performance.
WARNING: DIAGNOSTIC option enabled, expect reduced performance.
panic: lock "vmem list lock" 0xc05f3500 already initialized
KDB: enter: panic
[ thread pid 0 tid 0 ]
Stopped at      0xc034ef38:     ldrb    r15, [r15, r15, ror r15]!
db>

Sometimes it stuck at Starting application at 0x40200100 message. When it boots, there is still no networking or I'm missing the point how FreeBSD recognizes MII devices.
I've static IP configured for the interface, but it founds nothing. Boot in less than 2 minutes if successful. Here's full log:

U-Boot SPL 2015.04-rc4-00064-gb81bdf6-dirty (Mar 26 2015 - 01:01:52)
DRAM: 1024 MiB
CPU: 960000000Hz, AXI/AHB/APB: 3/2/2

U-Boot 2015.04-rc4-00064-gb81bdf6-dirty (Mar 26 2015 - 01:01:52) Allwinner Technology

CPU:   Allwinner A20 (SUN7I)
I2C:   ready
DRAM:  1 GiB
MMC:   SUNXI SD/MMC: 0
*** Warning - bad CRC, using default environment

In:    serial
Out:   serial
Err:   serial
SCSI:  SUNXI SCSI INIT
SATA link 0 timeout.
AHCI 0001.0100 32 slots 1 ports 3 Gbps 0x1 impl SATA mode
flags: ncq stag pm led clo only pmp pio slum part ccc apst 
Net:   dwmac.1c50000
starting USB...
USB0:   USB EHCI 1.00
scanning bus 0 for devices... cannot reset port 1!?
1 USB Device(s) found
USB1:   USB EHCI 1.00
scanning bus 1 for devices... 2 USB Device(s) found
       scanning usb for storage devices... 1 Storage Device(s) found
Hit any key to stop autoboot:  2  1  0 
switch to partitions #0, OK
mmc0 is current device
Scanning mmc 0:1...
Found U-Boot script /boot.scr
reading /boot.scr
119 bytes read in 24 ms (3.9 KiB/s)
## Executing script at 43100000
reading kernel
4868872 bytes read in 246 ms (18.9 MiB/s)
## Starting application at 0x40200100 ...
KDB: debugger backends: ddb
KDB: current backend: ddb
Copyright (c) 1992-2014 The FreeBSD Project.
Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
	The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE #16: Sun Aug 31 17:38:34 CEST 2014
    root@freebsd:/usr/obj/arm.armv6/usr/src/sys/BANANAPI arm
FreeBSD clang version 3.3 (tags/RELEASE_33/final 183502) 20130610
WARNING: WITNESS option enabled, expect reduced performance.
WARNING: DIAGNOSTIC option enabled, expect reduced performance.
CPU: Cortex A7 rev 4 (Cortex-A core)
 Supported features: ARM_ISA THUMB2 JAZELLE THUMBEE ARMv4 Security_Ext
 WB disabled EABT branch prediction enabled
LoUU:2 LoC:2 LoUIS:2 
Cache level 1: 
 32KB/64B 4-way data cache WB Read-Alloc Write-Alloc
 32KB/32B 2-way instruction cache Read-Alloc
Cache level 2: 
 256KB/64B 8-way unified cache WB Read-Alloc Write-Alloc
real memory  = 1073741824 (1024 MB)
avail memory = 1043943424 (995 MB)
random device not loaded; using insecure entropy
random: <software, yarrow=""> initialized
simplebus0: <flattened device="" tree="" simple="" bus=""> on fdtbus0
gic0: <arm generic="" interrupt="" controller=""> mem 0x1c81000-0x1c81fff,0x1c82000-0x1c820ff on simplebus0
gic0: pn 0x10, arch 0x2, rev 0x1, implementer 0x43b nirqs 160
a20_cpu_cfg0: <a20 cpu="" configuration="" module=""> mem 0x1c25c00-0x1c25fff on simplebus0
a10_ccm0: <allwinner clock="" control="" module=""> mem 0x1c20000-0x1c203ff on simplebus0
a10_timer0: <allwinner a10="" a20="" timer=""> mem 0x1c20c00-0x1c20c8f irq 54 on simplebus0
Event timer "a10_timer Eventtimer" frequency 24000000 Hz quality 1000
Timecounter "a10_timer timer0" frequency 24000000 Hz quality 1000
a10wd0: <allwinner a10="" watchdog=""> mem 0x1c20c90-0x1c20c9f on simplebus0
gpio0: <allwinner gpio="" controller=""> mem 0x1c20800-0x1c20bff irq 60 on simplebus0
gpioc0: <gpio controller=""> on gpio0
gpiobus0: <gpio bus=""> on gpio0
ehci0: <allwinner integrated="" usb="" 2.0="" controller=""> mem 0x1c14000-0x1c14fff irq 71 on simplebus0
usbus0: EHCI version 1.0
usbus0 on ehci0
ehci1: <allwinner integrated="" usb="" 2.0="" controller=""> mem 0x1c1c000-0x1c1cfff irq 72 on simplebus0
usbus1: EHCI version 1.0
usbus1 on ehci1
uart0: <16750 or compatible> mem 0x1c28000-0x1c283ff irq 33 on simplebus0
uart0: console (115200,n,8,1)
Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec
usbus0: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
usbus1: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
ugen1.1: <allwinner> at usbus1
uhub0: <allwinner 1="" 9="" ehci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.00,="" addr=""> on usbus1
ugen0.1: <allwinner> at usbus0
uhub1: <allwinner 1="" 9="" ehci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.00,="" addr=""> on usbus0
random: unblocking device.
WARNING: WITNESS option enabled, expect reduced performance.
WARNING: DIAGNOSTIC option enabled, expect reduced performance.
uhub0: 1 port with 1 removable, self powered
uhub1: 1 port with 1 removable, self powered
Root mount waiting for: usbus1 usbus0
Root mount waiting for: usbus1
ugen1.2: <mode com=""> at usbus1
umass0: <mode 0="" 2="" com="" memodrive="" usb2.0,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.10,="" addr=""> on usbus1
umass0:  SCSI over Bulk-Only; quirks = 0x4100
umass0:0:0:-1: Attached to scbus0
da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0
da0: <mode com="" memodrive="" usb2.0="" pmap=""> Removable Direct Access SCSI-0 device 
da0: Serial Number 90891A001774
da0: 40.000MB/s transfers
da0: 3822MB (7827456 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 487C)
da0: quirks=0x2 <no_6_byte>Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/da0 []...
WARNING: / was not properly dismounted
warning: no time-of-day clock registered, system time will not be set accurately
Setting hostuuid: f90b367e-3129-11e4-ae46-3f68a54463b5.
Setting hostid: 0xa395f285.
Entropy harvesting: interrupts ethernet point_to_point swi.
Starting file system checks:
/dev/da0: 12442 files, 67826 used, 186005 free (837 frags, 23146 blocks, 0.3% fragmentation)
Mounting local file systems:.
Writing entropy file:.
Setting hostname: banana-freebsd.
Starting Network: lo0.
lo0: flags=8049 <up,loopback,running,multicast>metric 0 mtu 16384
	options=600003 <rxcsum,txcsum,rxcsum_ipv6,txcsum_ipv6>inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 
	inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 
	inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 
	nd6 options=21 <performnud,auto_linklocal>Starting devd.
route: writing to routing socket: Network is unreachable
add net default: gateway 192.168.137.1 fib 0: Network is unreachable
add net fe80::: gateway ::1
add net ff02::: gateway ::1
add net ::ffff:0.0.0.0: gateway ::1
add net ::0.0.0.0: gateway ::1
Creating and/or trimming log files.
Starting syslogd.
ELF ldconfig path: /lib /usr/lib /usr/lib/compat
Clearing /tmp (X related).
Updating motd:.
Mounting late file systems:.
Performing sanity check on sshd configuration.
Starting sshd.
Starting sendmail_submit.
Starting sendmail_msp_queue.
Starting cron.
Starting background file system checks in 60 seconds.

Sun Aug 31 16:33:37 UTC 2014

FreeBSD/arm (banana-freebsd) (ttyu0)

login:</performnud,auto_linklocal></rxcsum,txcsum,rxcsum_ipv6,txcsum_ipv6></up,loopback,running,multicast></no_6_byte></mode></mode></mode></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></gpio></gpio></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></a20></arm></flattened></software,>

When I put following commands into boot script: help mii; mii device; mii info 1; then the output is:

U-Boot 2015.04-rc4-00064-gb81bdf6-dirty (Mar 26 2015 - 01:01:52) Allwinner Technology

CPU:   Allwinner A20 (SUN7I)
I2C:   ready
DRAM:  1 GiB
MMC:   SUNXI SD/MMC: 0
*** Warning - bad CRC, using default environment

In:    serial
Out:   serial
Err:   serial
SCSI:  SUNXI SCSI INIT
SATA link 0 timeout.
AHCI 0001.0100 32 slots 1 ports 3 Gbps 0x1 impl SATA mode
flags: ncq stag pm led clo only pmp pio slum part ccc apst 
Net:   dwmac.1c50000
starting USB...
USB0:   USB EHCI 1.00
scanning bus 0 for devices... cannot reset port 1!?
1 USB Device(s) found
USB1:   USB EHCI 1.00
scanning bus 1 for devices... 2 USB Device(s) found
       scanning usb for storage devices... 1 Storage Device(s) found
Hit any key to stop autoboot:  2  1  0 
switch to partitions #0, OK
mmc0 is current device
Scanning mmc 0:1...
Found U-Boot script /boot.scr
reading /boot.scr
106 bytes read in 24 ms (3.9 KiB/s)
## Executing script at 43100000
mii - MII utility commands

Usage:
mii device                     - list available devices
mii device <devname>           - set current device
mii info   <addr>              - display MII PHY info
mii read   <addr> <reg>        - read  MII PHY <addr> register <reg>
mii write  <addr> <reg> <data> - write MII PHY <addr> register <reg>
mii dump   <addr> <reg>        - pretty-print <addr> <reg> (0-5 only)
Addr and/or reg may be ranges, e.g. 2-7.
MII devices: 'dwmac.1c50000' 
Current device: 'dwmac.1c50000'
PHY 0x01: OUI = 0x0732, Model = 0x11, Rev = 0x05,  10baseT, HDX
SCRIPT FAILED: continuing...
Failed to mount ext2 filesystem...
** Unrecognized filesystem type **
scanning bus for devices...
Found 0 device(s).

SCSI device 0: 
    Device 0: not available

USB device 0: 
    Device 0: Vendor: Mode Com Rev: PMAP Prod: MemoDrive USB2.0
            Type: Removable Hard Disk
            Capacity: 3822.0 MB = 3.7 GB (7827456 x 512)
... is now current device
dwmac.1c50000 Waiting for PHY auto negotiation to complete...... done
Speed: 1000, full duplex
BOOTP broadcast 1
BOOTP broadcast 2
BOOTP broadcast 3
BOOTP broadcast 4
BOOTP broadcast 5
BOOTP broadcast 6
BOOTP broadcast 7
BOOTP broadcast 8
BOOTP broadcast 9
BOOTP broadcast 10
BOOTP broadcast 11
BOOTP broadcast 12
BOOTP broadcast 13
BOOTP broadcast 14
BOOTP broadcast 15
BOOTP broadcast 16
BOOTP broadcast 17

Retry time exceeded; starting again
Speed: 1000, full duplex</reg></addr></reg></addr></reg></addr></data></reg></addr></reg></addr></reg></addr></addr></devname>

3. U-boot from Sunxi seems to be stuck on loading kernel command with CONFIG_CMD_MII. Didn't tried other settings.

UPDATE:
Well, it seems that I simply missed:

# PCI Ethernet NICs that use the common MII bus controller code.
# NOTE: Be sure to keep the 'device miibus' line in order to use these NICs!
device          miibus     # MII bus support

in the kernel config. Will try this later.

UPDATE2:
Not exacly.. it is here already:
file: /usr/src/sys/arm/conf/BANANAPI

# Ethernet
device          loop
device          ether
device          mii
device          smscphy
#device         cpsw
device          bpf

# USB ethernet support, requires miibus
device          miibus
device          gem

UPDATE3:
After reading:

MII devices: 'dwmac.1c50000' 
Current device: 'dwmac.1c50000'
PHY 0x01: OUI = 0x0732, Model = 0x11, Rev = 0x05,  10baseT, HDX

I've found something here:
http://linux-sunxi.org/Ethernet

Allwinner's A20, A31, and the upcoming A80 contain a MAC unit called GMAC. The controller supports MII and RGMII modes. On the A20 it is pin compatible with the EMAC in MII mode. The controller is an early version of the Synopsys DWMAC (DesignWare MAC), with some hardware specific glue.

Mainline Kernel driver
DWMAC is supported by the stmmac driver. Platform glue for sunxi was merged in 3.14\. Device tree patches for supported A20 devices were merged in 3.15.

Then driver docs here:
http://fxr.watson.org/fxr/source/Documentation/networking/stmmac.txt?v=linux-2.6;im=3
STMicroelectronics 10/100/1000 Synopsys Ethernet driver
but I'm unable to locate this for MII config in FreeBSD kernel.

bpi-freebsd-login.png_thumb

Guest

I just wanted to add that FreeBSD11 Current now has an image available on the ARMv6 builds page. Just added..

ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/arm/armv6/ISO-IMAGES/11.0/

Guest

I would like to hear anyones experiences with the -CURRENT build. I am wondering if the A20 version Router board works. Also i see an All Winner A31s Quad core version of BPi called M2…Adds extra usb's as well.

I really need HDMI for an embedded app I am working on so any experiences with that I would be grateful.

toomeek

Hello,

I'm sorry to say, but.. still no go.
Tested latest image FreeBSD-11.0-CURRENT-arm-armv6-BANANAPI-20160408-r297692.img.xz.
Output:


U-Boot SPL 2015.04 (Apr 08 2016 - 06:36:29)
DRAM: 1024 MiB
CPU: 912000000Hz, AXI/AHB/APB: 3/2/2

U-Boot 2015.04 (Apr 08 2016 - 06:36:29) Allwinner Technology

CPU:   Allwinner A20 (SUN7I)
I2C:   ready
DRAM:  1 GiB
WARNING: Caches not enabled
MMC:   SUNXI SD/MMC: 0
reading u-boot.env

** Unable to read "u-boot.env" from mmc0:1 **
Using default environment

HDMI connected: Setting up a 1024x768 hdmi console
In:    serial
Out:   vga
Err:   vga
SCSI:  SUNXI SCSI INIT
SATA link 0 timeout.
AHCI 0001.0100 32 slots 1 ports 3 Gbps 0x1 impl SATA mode
flags: ncq stag pm led clo only pmp pio slum part ccc apst 
Net:   dwmac.1c50000
starting USB...
USB0:   USB EHCI 1.00
scanning bus 0 for devices... 1 USB Device(s) found
USB1:   USB EHCI 1.00
scanning bus 1 for devices... cannot reset port 1!?
1 USB Device(s) found
       scanning usb for storage devices... 0 Storage Device(s) found
Hit any key to stop autoboot:  2  1  0 
Booting from: mmc 0 ubldr
reading ubldr
262685 bytes read in 72 ms (3.5 MiB/s)
## Starting application at 0x42000094 ...
Consoles: U-Boot console  

Compatible U-Boot API signature found @0x7f235458

FreeBSD/armv6 U-Boot loader, Revision 1.2

(root@releng2.nyi.freebsd.org, Fri Apr  8 07:03:08 UTC 2016)

DRAM: 1024MB

MMC Device 1 not found
MMC Device 2 not found
MMC Device 3 not found
MMC Device 1 not found
Number of U-Boot devices: 3

U-Boot env: loaderdev='mmc 0'

Found U-Boot device: disk

  Checking unit=1 slice= <auto>partition=<auto>... good.

Booting from disk1s2a:

|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/boot/kernel/kernel data=0x634ca4+0x12735c /-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|syms=[0x4+0x8acb0/-\|+0x4+0x9eae7/-\|/]

Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt.

Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel] in 9 seconds... 
Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel] in 8 seconds... 
Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel] in 7 seconds... 
Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel] in 6 seconds... 
Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel] in 5 seconds... 
Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel] in 4 seconds... 
Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel] in 3 seconds... 
Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel] in 2 seconds... 
Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel] in 1 second... 
Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel]...               

-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\/boot/dtb/bananapi.dtb |size=0x80ef

Loaded DTB from file 'bananapi.dtb'.

/-\|/-Kernel entry at 0x0x42200100...

Kernel args: (null)

KDB: debugger backends: ddb
KDB: current backend: ddb
Copyright (c) 1992-2016 The FreeBSD Project.
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
FreeBSD 11.0-CURRENT #0 r297692: Fri Apr  8 07:10:09 UTC 2016
    root@releng2.nyi.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/arm.armv6/usr/src/sys/A20 arm
FreeBSD clang version 3.8.0 (tags/RELEASE_380/final 262564) (based on LLVM 3.8.0)
WARNING: WITNESS option enabled, expect reduced performance.
VT: init without driver.
CPU: Cortex A7 rev 4 (Cortex-A core)
 Supported features: ARM_ISA THUMB2 JAZELLE THUMBEE ARMv4 Security_Ext
 WB enabled LABT branch prediction disabled
LoUU:2 LoC:3 LoUIS:2 
Cache level 1: 
 32KB/64B 4-way data cache WB Read-Alloc Write-Alloc
 32KB/32B 2-way instruction cache Read-Alloc
Cache level 2: 
 256KB/64B 8-way unified cache WB Read-Alloc Write-Alloc
real memory  = 1073741824 (1024 MB)
avail memory = 1036029952 (988 MB)
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs
random: entropy device external interface
kbd0 at kbdmux0
ofwbus0: <open firmware="" device="" tree="">aw_ccu0 on ofwbus0
aw_oscclk0: <allwinner oscillator="" clock="">mem 0x1c20050-0x1c20053 on aw_ccu0
clk_fixed0: <fixed clock="">on aw_ccu0
aw_pll0: <allwinner pll="" clock="">mem 0x1c20000-0x1c20003 on aw_ccu0
aw_pll1: <allwinner pll="" clock="">mem 0x1c20008-0x1c2000f on aw_ccu0
aw_pll2: <allwinner pll="" clock="">mem 0x1c20020-0x1c20023 on aw_ccu0
aw_pll3: <allwinner pll="" clock="">mem 0x1c20028-0x1c2002b on aw_ccu0
aw_cpuclk0: <allwinner cpu="" clock="">mem 0x1c20054-0x1c20057 on aw_ccu0
aw_axiclk0: <allwinner axi="" clock="">mem 0x1c20054-0x1c20057 on aw_ccu0
aw_ahbclk0: <allwinner ahb="" clock="">mem 0x1c20054-0x1c20057 on aw_ccu0
aw_gate0: <allwinner ahb="" clock="" gates="">mem 0x1c20060-0x1c20067 on aw_ccu0
aw_apbclk0: <allwinner apb="" clock="">mem 0x1c20054-0x1c20057 on aw_ccu0
aw_gate1: <allwinner apb0="" clock="" gates="">mem 0x1c20068-0x1c2006b on aw_ccu0
aw_apbclk1: <allwinner apb="" clock="">mem 0x1c20058-0x1c2005b on aw_ccu0
aw_gate2: <allwinner apb1="" clock="" gates="">mem 0x1c2006c-0x1c2006f on aw_ccu0
aw_modclk0: <allwinner module="" clock="">mem 0x1c20080-0x1c20083 on aw_ccu0
aw_modclk1: <allwinner module="" clock="">mem 0x1c20084-0x1c20087 on aw_ccu0
aw_mmcclk0: <allwinner mmc="" clock="">mem 0x1c20088-0x1c2008b on aw_ccu0
aw_mmcclk1: <allwinner mmc="" clock="">mem 0x1c2008c-0x1c2008f on aw_ccu0
aw_mmcclk2: <allwinner mmc="" clock="">mem 0x1c20090-0x1c20093 on aw_ccu0
aw_mmcclk3: <allwinner mmc="" clock="">mem 0x1c20094-0x1c20097 on aw_ccu0
aw_modclk2: <allwinner module="" clock="">mem 0x1c20098-0x1c2009b on aw_ccu0
aw_modclk3: <allwinner module="" clock="">mem 0x1c2009c-0x1c2009f on aw_ccu0
aw_modclk4: <allwinner module="" clock="">mem 0x1c200a0-0x1c200a3 on aw_ccu0
aw_modclk5: <allwinner module="" clock="">mem 0x1c200a4-0x1c200a7 on aw_ccu0
aw_modclk6: <allwinner module="" clock="">mem 0x1c200a8-0x1c200ab on aw_ccu0
aw_modclk7: <allwinner module="" clock="">mem 0x1c200ac-0x1c200af on aw_ccu0
aw_modclk8: <allwinner module="" clock="">mem 0x1c200b0-0x1c200b3 on aw_ccu0
aw_modclk9: <allwinner module="" clock="">mem 0x1c200b4-0x1c200b7 on aw_ccu0
aw_modclk10: <allwinner module="" clock="">mem 0x1c200c4-0x1c200c7 on aw_ccu0
aw_usbclk0: <allwinner usb="" clocks="">mem 0x1c200cc-0x1c200cf on aw_ccu0
aw_modclk11: <allwinner module="" clock="">mem 0x1c200d4-0x1c200d7 on aw_ccu0
aw_gate3: <allwinner dram="" clock="" gates="">mem 0x1c20100-0x1c20103 on aw_ccu0
aw_codecclk0: <allwinner codec="" clock="">mem 0x1c20140-0x1c20143 on aw_ccu0
clk_fixed1: <fixed clock="">on aw_ccu0
clk_fixed2: <fixed clock="">on aw_ccu0
aw_gmacclk0: <allwinner module="" clock="">mem 0x1c20164-0x1c20167 on aw_ccu0
clk_fixed3: <fixed factor="" clock="">on aw_ccu0
aw_pll4: <allwinner pll="" clock="">mem 0x1c20010-0x1c20013 on aw_ccu0
aw_pll5: <allwinner pll="" clock="">mem 0x1c20030-0x1c20033 on aw_ccu0
aw_hdmiclk0: <allwinner hdmi="" clock="">mem 0x1c20150-0x1c20153 on aw_ccu0
aw_lcdclk0: <allwinner lcd="" ch0="" clock="">mem 0x1c20118-0x1c2011b on aw_ccu0
aw_lcdclk1: <allwinner lcd="" ch1="" clock="">mem 0x1c2012c-0x1c2012f on aw_ccu0
aw_debeclk0: <allwinner display="" engine="" backend="" clock="">mem 0x1c20104-0x1c20107 on aw_ccu0
simplebus0: <flattened device="" tree="" simple="" bus="">on ofwbus0
regfix0: <fixed regulator="">on ofwbus0
regfix1: <fixed regulator="">on ofwbus0
regfix2: <fixed regulator="">on ofwbus0
regfix3: <fixed regulator="">on ofwbus0
regfix4: <fixed regulator="">on ofwbus0
regfix5: <fixed regulator="">on ofwbus0
regfix6: <fixed regulator="">on ofwbus0
gpio0: <allwinner gpio="" pinmux="" controller="">mem 0x1c20800-0x1c20bff irq 10024 on simplebus0
gpiobus0: <ofw gpio="" bus="">on gpio0
gic0: <arm generic="" interrupt="" controller="">mem 0x1c81000-0x1c81fff,0x1c82000-0x1c82fff,0x1c84000-0x1c85fff,0x1c86000-0x1c87fff irq 10055 on simplebus0
gic0: pn 0x10, arch 0x2, rev 0x1, implementer 0x43b irqs 160
generic_timer0: <armv7 generic="" timer="">irq 10000,10001,10002,10003 on ofwbus0
Timecounter "ARM MPCore Timecounter" frequency 24000000 Hz quality 1000
Event timer "ARM MPCore Eventtimer" frequency 24000000 Hz quality 1000
rtc0: <allwinner rtc="">mem 0x1c20d00-0x1c20d1f irq 10031 on simplebus0
cpulist0: <open firmware="" cpu="" group="">on ofwbus0
cpu0: <open firmware="" cpu="">on cpulist0
cpu1: <open firmware="" cpu="">on cpulist0
a10_sramc0: <allwinner sramc="" module="">mem 0x1c00000-0x1c0002f on simplebus0
a10dmac0: <allwinner dma="" controller="">mem 0x1c02000-0x1c02fff irq 10007 on simplebus0
a10_mmc0: <allwinner integrated="" mmc="" sd="" controller="">mem 0x1c0f000-0x1c0ffff irq 10011 on simplebus0
mmc0: <mmc sd="" bus="">on a10_mmc0
awusbphy0: <allwinner usb="" phy="">mem 0x1c13400-0x1c1340f,0x1c14800-0x1c14803,0x1c1c800-0x1c1c803 on simplebus0
ehci0: <allwinner integrated="" usb="" 2.0="" controller="">mem 0x1c14000-0x1c140ff irq 10016 on simplebus0
usbus0: EHCI version 1.0
usbus0 on ehci0
ahci0: <allwinner integrated="" ahci="" controller="">mem 0x1c18000-0x1c18fff irq 10020 on simplebus0
ahci0: AHCI v1.10 with 1 3Gbps ports, Port Multiplier not supported
ahci0: quirks=0x2 <nopmp>ahcich0: <ahci channel="">at channel 0 on ahci0
ehci1: <allwinner integrated="" usb="" 2.0="" controller="">mem 0x1c1c000-0x1c1c0ff irq 10021 on simplebus0
usbus1: EHCI version 1.0
usbus1 on ehci1
gpioled0: <gpio led="">at pin 149 on gpiobus0
gpioc0: <gpio controller="">on gpio0
aw_wdog0: <allwinner a10="" watchdog="">mem 0x1c20c90-0x1c20c9f on simplebus0
pcm0: <allwinner audio="" codec="">mem 0x1c22c00-0x1c22c3f irq 10035 on simplebus0
uart0: <16750 or compatible> mem 0x1c28000-0x1c283ff irq 10037 on simplebus0
uart0: console (115384,n,8,1)
uart1: <16750 or compatible> mem 0x1c28c00-0x1c28fff irq 10040 on simplebus0
uart2: <16750 or compatible> mem 0x1c29c00-0x1c29fff irq 10044 on simplebus0
iichb0: <allwinner integrated="" i2c="" bus="" controller="">mem 0x1c2ac00-0x1c2afff irq 10045 on simplebus0
iicbus0: <ofw i2c="" bus="">on iichb0
iic0: <i2c generic="" i="" o="">on iicbus0
axp209_pmu0: <x-power axp209="" power="" management="" unit="">at addr 0x68 irq 10058 on iicbus0
iichb1: <allwinner integrated="" i2c="" bus="" controller="">mem 0x1c2b400-0x1c2b7ff irq 10047 on simplebus0
iicbus1: <ofw i2c="" bus="">on iichb1
iic1: <i2c generic="" i="" o="">on iicbus1
dwc0: <a20 gigabit="" ethernet="" controller="">mem 0x1c50000-0x1c5ffff irq 10050 on simplebus0
dwc0: Can't reset DWC.
device_attach: dwc0 attach returned 6
a10hdmi0: <allwinner hdmi="" tx="">mem 0x1c16000-0x1c16fff on simplebus0
pcm1: <allwinner hdmi="" audio="">on simplebus0
fb0: <allwinner framebuffer="">mem 0x1e60000-0x1e6ffff,0x1c0c000-0x1c0cfff on simplebus0
cryptosoft0: <software crypto="">Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec
usbus0: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
usbus1: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
ugen1.1: <allwinner>at usbus1
uhub0: <allwinner 1="" 9="" ehci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus1
ugen0.1: <allwinner>at usbus0
uhub1: <allwinner 1="" 9="" ehci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus0
mmcsd0: 17GB <sdhc 29="" 2011="" sd =""  ="" 1.0="" sn="" 21100adb="" mfg="" 06="" by="" ad="">at mmc0 50.0MHz/4bit/65535-block
fbd0 on fb0
VT: initialize with new VT driver "fb".
Release APs
WARNING: WITNESS option enabled, expect reduced performance.
Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ufs/rootfs [rw]...
WARNING: /releng/11-armv6-BANANAPI-snap/usr/obj/usr/src/release/ufs was not properly dismounted
uhub1: 1 port with 1 removable, self powered
uhub0: 1 port with 1 removable, self powered
Growing root partition to fill device
mmcsd0s2 resized
mmcsd0s2a resized
growfs: requested size 15GB is not larger than the current filesystem size 15GB
/etc/rc: WARNING: hostid: unable to figure out a UUID from DMI data, generating a new one
Setting hostuuid: 2697f859-1dd2-11b2-a3b4-b7bcc1a39a7a.
Setting hostid: 0x7340ff36.
No suitable dump device was found.
Starting file system checks:
/dev/ufs/rootfs: 20070 files, 199812 used, 3709523 free (211 frags, 463664 blocks, 0.0% fragmentation)
Mounting local file systems:.
Setting hostname: a20.
Setting up harvesting:[UMA],[FS_ATIME],SWI,INTERRUPT,NET_NG,NET_ETHER,NET_TUN,MOUSE,KEYBOARD,ATTACH,CACHED
Feeding entropy:random: unblocking device.
.
Starting Network: lo0.
lo0: flags=8049 <up,loopback,running,multicast>metric 0 mtu 16384
options=600003 <rxcsum,txcsum,rxcsum_ipv6,txcsum_ipv6>inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 
inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 
groups: lo 
nd6 options=21 <performnud,auto_linklocal>ELF ldconfig path: /lib /usr/lib /usr/lib/compat
Soft Float compatibility ldconfig path:
Starting devd.
add net fe80::: gateway ::1
add net ff02::: gateway ::1
add net ::ffff:0.0.0.0: gateway ::1
add net ::0.0.0.0: gateway ::1
Generating host.conf.
Creating and/or trimming log files.
Starting syslogd.
Clearing /tmp (X related).
Updating motd:.
Mounting late file systems:.
Configuring vt: blanktime.
Generating RSA host key.
2048 SHA256:some-SHA-key-here root@a20 (RSA)
Generating ECDSA host key.
256 SHA256:some-SHA-key-here root@a20 (ECDSA)
Generating ED25519 host key.
256 SHA256:some-SHA-key-here root@a20 (ED25519)
Performing sanity check on sshd configuration.
Could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
Starting sshd.
Could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
Starting cron.
Starting background file system checks in 60 seconds.
lock order reversal:
 1st 0xc40bcb74 ufs (ufs) @ /usr/src/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c:2498
 2nd 0xd9228758 bufwait (bufwait) @ /usr/src/sys/ufs/ffs/ffs_vnops.c:263
 3rd 0xc4694154 ufs (ufs) @ /usr/src/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c:2498
stack backtrace:
mount: /dev/ufs/rootfs: Device busy

Thu Jan  1 00:01:28 UTC 1970

FreeBSD/arm (a20) (ttyu0)

login:</performnud,auto_linklocal></rxcsum,txcsum,rxcsum_ipv6,txcsum_ipv6></up,loopback,running,multicast></sdhc></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></software></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></a20></i2c></ofw></allwinner></x-power></i2c></ofw></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></gpio></gpio></allwinner></ahci></nopmp></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></mmc></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></open></open></open></allwinner></armv7></arm></ofw></allwinner></fixed></fixed></fixed></fixed></fixed></fixed></fixed></flattened></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></fixed></allwinner></fixed></fixed></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></allwinner></fixed></allwinner></open></auto></auto>

However, some hints:
1. HDMI output is available until kernel loads, then no output
2. No need to use SD card and external USB storage, all boots from SD card
3. GMAC device seems to be detected:

dwc0: <a20 gigabit="" ethernet="" controller="">mem 0x1c50000-0x1c5ffff irq 10050 on simplebus0
dwc0: Can't reset DWC.
device_attach: dwc0 attach returned 6</a20>

But I cannot do anything more since USB keyboard no longer works in this kernel version.
I could try putting different commands into files like /boot/loader.conf or /etc/rc.local if You have an idea?