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authorFrederic Cambus <fcambus@cvs.openbsd.org>2022-08-29 17:05:39 +0000
committerFrederic Cambus <fcambus@cvs.openbsd.org>2022-08-29 17:05:39 +0000
commitc00bf932fda0b222b4798ef23c9d062cae703840 (patch)
tree80b4f65faab4ec7529b5cf4b3270117f958c99fd /distrib/notes
parent8568212eb4373d0dd74b5fa502aad4add539023f (diff)
Mention installation using the framebuffer console on armv7.
It is possible to install OpenBSD/armv7 using the framebuffer console on systems supporting the simplefb(4) driver, such as the Cubieboard2. OK miod@
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-dnl $OpenBSD: prep,v 1.19 2020/05/17 17:04:28 deraadt Exp $
+dnl $OpenBSD: prep,v 1.20 2022/08/29 17:05:38 fcambus Exp $
Please be aware that OpenBSD support for this platform is far from
complete.
To perform an installation you must be able to interact with the serial
-console of the machine. USB OTG ports such as the one found on the
-BeagleBone will not function as a console. You need to be able to
-interact with the firmware on the console. Often this requires a 3.3V
-TTL level adapter connected to pins or a header on the board.
+console of the machine in most cases. USB OTG ports such as the one
+found on the BeagleBone will not function as a console. You need to be
+able to interact with the firmware on the console. Often this requires
+a 3.3V TTL level adapter connected to pins or a header on the board.
+
+On systems supporting the simplefb(4) driver, such as the Cubieboard2,
+it is possible to install the system using the framebuffer console.
+You will need to enter the following at the ``boot>'' prompt:
+
+ boot> set tty fb0
Firmware which provides an EFI interface with a Device Tree Blob (DTB)
file is required to boot. In most cases this is provided by images of