Re: [PATCH v5 edk2-platforms 00/22] Platform/RaspberryPi: Add Raspberry Pi 3 support

[Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>]

On Wed, 13 Feb 2019 at 04:50, Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@arm.com> wrote:
>
> the
> Hi,
>
> On 2/5/19 10:25 AM, Pete Batard wrote:
> > Changes for v5:
> >
> > * Raspberry/Pi3 -> RaspberryPi/RPi3
> > * Remove VirtualRealTimeClockLib as well as BUILD_EPOCH macro (use the upcoming
> >    EmbeddedPkg Virtual RTC from EDK2 instead)
> > * Use $(PLATFORM_NAME) where possible in .dsc and .fdf
> > * Update Readme to remove build instructions, describe ACPI limitations, fix
> >    ATF Readme link and split OS installation & test notes into a separate file.
> > * Add -Wl,--fix-cortex-a53-843419 to LINK_FLAGS
> >
> > IMPORTANT: Due to the removal of VirtualRealTimeClockLib this series requires
> > https://lists.01.org/pipermail/edk2-devel/2019-February/036301.html to have
> > been applied to your edk2 repository.
>
> I would just like to congratulate everyone working on this port. It is
> crazy awesome! I just applied these patches, followed the readme
> instructions for the SD card. Then grabbed a USB DVD drive, and a USB
> SSD, plugged in a keyboard/mouse/monitor/network and booted the fedora
> 29 1.2 install ISO. The graphical installer ran as expected, system
> installed as expected, and other than the nextboot not being reset (had
> to update it via the BDS, as is documented) it "just worked".
>
> There are a few rough edges here/there but the idea that we have another
> ARM machine that almost behaves like one expects a modern computing
> device to behave, is wonderful. The only real gocha continues to be the
> rpi's well known shortcomings, including the fact that it took nearly 6
> hours to install.
>
>
> so,
>
> Tested-by: Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@arm.com>
>

Thanks Jeremy.

I fully agree, and I am quite happy to have an example to point to the
next time someone wants to contribute some 96boards UEFI port that
looks like u-boot and only runs on the serial port