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=== FreeBSD Driver Development for BananaPi-R64/R2-PRO

Links: +
link:https://wiki.freebsd.org/arm/Bananapi[Wiki] URL: link:https://wiki.freebsd.org/arm/Bananapi[]

Contact: Martin Filla <[email protected]>

==== R64 Introduction

The Banana Pi R64 is a MediaTek MT7622-based development board (ARM Cortex-A53, dual-core ~1.35 GHz) featuring 4× Gigabit LAN, 1× Gigabit WAN, Wi-Fi (4×4n), Bluetooth 5.0, and multiple peripheral interfaces (UART, SPI, I²C, GPIO, SATA, mini-PCIe, eMMC, etc.).

==== Current State of FreeBSD Support R64

Implemented so far:

- **UART driver**
- **Clock management (clocks)**
- **Pinctrl**
- **Storage controllers (eMMC/SD/MMC) driver**
- **Ethernet Switch mt7531 driver**
- **Ethernet mt7622 driver**
- **XHCI driver**
- **Watchdog driver**
- **RTC driver**
- **RNG driver**
- **Pciecfg driver**
- **SysIRQ driver**

==== Development roadmap R64

Implement missing drivers:

- USB3 / T-PHY
- SATA / AHCI / T-PHY
- Wi-Fi (likely MediaTek MT7615)
- GPIO subsystems
- I2C
- SPI
- PWM
- PCIE

Work in progress drivers:

- T-PHY


==== R2-PRO Introduction

The Banana Pi BPI-R2 Pro is the next generation smart router development board.
It is powered by Rockchip RK 3568 processor.
Onboard 2GB LPDDR4 memory and 16GB eMMC storage, and supports 2 USB 3.0 interface, 5 gigabit network port.
M.2 key-E and mini PCIe interface, 2 mipi DSI interface (one can change to LVDS by software), 1 CSI camera interface, 1 HDMI output.

==== Current State of FreeBSD Support R2-PRO

Implemented so far:

- **UART driver**
- **Clock management (clocks)**
- **Pinctrl**
- **GPIO**
- **Storage controllers (eMMC/SD/MMC) driver**
- **XHCI driver**
- **Watchdog driver**
- **PCIE driver**

==== Development roadmap R2-PRO

Implement missing drivers:

- HDMI
- MIPI
- USB3

Work in progress drivers:

- AHCI/SATA
- PCIE