Peter Cornelius <pcc at gmx.net> writes:
> [Retransmssion, stupid HTML mails]
>
> G'day, Carl,
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> On 2/28/21 11:26 AM, Carl Johnson wrote:
>> I have an 8GB RPi 4B that I am trying out, but it has no USB response
at
>> all.? [...]
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> I second the suggestion to do a brief trial with Raspbian or so.? I
> currently run mine under -current as below, but can confirm that I
> have been able to run it since 13 with USB keyboard and mouse. I
> currenly am logged in via the net, so without further USB devices, at
> least the hubs should be present:
I had tested it with Raspbian, and everything worked properly.
> [root at rpi4 ~]# usbconfig ?
> ugen0.1: <0x1106 XHCI root HUB> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=SUPER
(5.0Gbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
> ugen0.2: <vendor 0x2109 USB2.0 Hub> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH
(480Mbps) pwr=SAVE (100mA)
> ?
> [root at rpi4 ~]# uname -a
> FreeBSD rpi4 14.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 14.0-CURRENT #1: Tue Feb 23 02:30:31
> UTC 2021???? root at rpi4:/usr/obj/usr/src/arm64.aarch64/sys/GENERIC?
> arm64
> ?
> I can share a 14.0 image I used to initially boot if you have
> somewhere to push it
> (FreeBSD-aarch64-14.0-GENERIC-a63eae65ff8-RaspberryPi4.img, seven and
> a half gig, roughly; an xz. I'd expect at around two).
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> I did, though, have to do a couple of tries with Raspbian initially to put
a recent firmware onto my RPI4B8GB.
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> HOWEVER.
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> I also have an odd observation which is that there is NO OTHER USB
> device BUT the above and my mouse/keyboard. This is quite odd since I
> do have more devices connected (most notably a umass
> JMicron-JMS561-based device [1]) and naively hoped that also on arm,
> USB devices would at least show up as ugen-something. Well, at least
> keyboard and mouse did work, did they not?
> ?
> I did boot with rasbian, all comes to life instantly and
> beautifully. I even was able to update some firmware on the
> JMS-thingo, see the disks, all blinkenlights there. Back to FreeBSD --
> again, silence. I now really am scratching my head and also have run
> out of ideas... though kind of luxury, compared to you, I guess.
> ?
> Any help appreciated, and Carl, as written, if you want my image, where
should I put it?
> ?
> Cheers,
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> Peter.
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> [1] https://www.jmicron.com/file/download/1033/JMS561_Product+Brief.pdf
There is another response that states this is a known problem that will
be fixed in -RC1, so I will wait to test that one. Maybe your problem
will be fixed with that one also. Meanwhile, I will just go back to
Raspbian until -RC1 comes out.
Thanks for your information.
--
Carl Johnson carlj at peak.org