Here are some notes about pasts and successfull experiments with UEFI boot from u-boot on ARM64 EspressoBin.
They were done on the 8th of september 2020 for OPNSense and on the 19th oo july 2021.
I still had to make a detailed howto, but it may be usefull for advanced users waiting for some tests.
They may also work ‘as-is’ or mainly close to on MochaBIn but I have not tested.
I already plan to Sell or CrowdFund a personal, secure, home cloud box.
It is only in prototyping stage.
The first candidate was the ESPRESSOBIN which came in a trap, because of a annoying MARVELL CPU BUGS which is still unresolved !
I actually use and customize one of the first 20th sale MOCHABIN from the first CrowdFunded campaign of GlobalScaleTechnologies…
Software will mainly be based on OpenWrt, NextCloud and CrowdSec, and will be enhanced with some other cool add-ons.
It is all based on GNU softwares.
Some for OpenWrt main system itself, others for the Dockerized components, and also some cool tweaks, scripts and features developed from my now long experiences about all these usage.
It make years now my own servers are daily used, from the first SheevaPlugs through GuruPlugs and others…
It makes more form my first PC (One of the first PENTIUM Pro 200 bought directly from a trip to USA/California, called Milenium, installed with a REDHAT and becoming the GK2.NET ISP provider at the very first beginning of what become the Internet…)
May be I will shared this story, also, one day !
I prefer my own method to flash from u-boot, than the one from the commit!
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OpenWrt (SnapShot):
Kernel (Linux patchworks):
U-Boot (Denx patchworks):
Specifications:
Note that 1G SFP and 1G WAN cannot be used at the same time as they are in
parallel connected to the same PHY.
SoC
Memory
Storage
Ethernet
USB Ports
Expansion
Debugging
