From owner-freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Sat Jan 9 20:34:43 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3532B4E2B13 for ; Sat, 9 Jan 2021 20:34:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu) Received: from gromit.dlib.vt.edu (gromit.dlib.vt.edu [128.173.49.70]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "gromit.dlib.vt.edu", Issuer "Chumby Certificate Authority" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4DCsCQ3gsfz4TNV for ; Sat, 9 Jan 2021 20:34:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu) Received: from mbp-2012.gromit23.net (unknown [73.99.214.146]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by gromit.dlib.vt.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id AF473156; Sat, 9 Jan 2021 15:34:36 -0500 (EST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 13.4 \(3608.120.23.2.4\)) Subject: Re: RPi4b 8GB - kudos to OBSD From: Paul Mather In-Reply-To: <0cfbea05-a00c-f8f6-1044-a98e43c11506@ip-ether.net> Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2021 15:34:35 -0500 Cc: freebsd-arm Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <00802F30-4151-4D5E-8560-FF0100AE7218@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> References: <0cfbea05-a00c-f8f6-1044-a98e43c11506@ip-ether.net> To: Andy McClements X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3608.120.23.2.4) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4DCsCQ3gsfz4TNV X-Spamd-Bar: / Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=fail reason="No valid SPF, No valid DKIM" header.from=vt.edu (policy=none); spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu has no SPF policy when checking 128.173.49.70) smtp.mailfrom=paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-0.50 / 15.00]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; FREEFALL_USER(0.00)[paul]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RBL_DBL_DONT_QUERY_IPS(0.00)[128.173.49.70:from]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(1.00)[1.000]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; SPAMHAUS_ZRD(0.00)[128.173.49.70:from:127.0.2.255]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_PBL(0.00)[73.99.214.146:received]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-0.998]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[no SPF record]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:1312, ipnet:128.173.0.0/16, country:US]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-arm]; DMARC_POLICY_SOFTFAIL(0.10)[vt.edu : No valid SPF, No valid DKIM,none] X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: "Porting FreeBSD to ARM processors." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 Jan 2021 20:34:43 -0000 On Jan 9, 2021, at 1:45 PM, Andy McClements wrote: > I trust this message does not breach any term-of-use for this list. >=20 > However I thought it worth saying that the OpenBSD team have done a = great job with their support for the RPi4b 8GB. I used the release = version of 6.8 arm64 (miniroot68.img), and the 1.22 release of = https://github.com/pftf/RPi4/. >=20 > 8GB RAM > USB: all working > GENET: working (not quite as fast as FreeBSD) > USB boot: no problemo >=20 > This is working fully in pure ACPI mode, NO DEVICE-TREE ! (As far as = OS is concerned). >=20 > The only manual intervention required during installation was to copy = the EDK2 boot files to the DOS partition. >=20 > The system has not been fully tested yet but so far it appears that = 'everything works' :) FWIW, the same is true of NetBSD on RPi 4, too. > However I am hoping to continue keeping this shop a 'FreeBSD shop'. = Shame the FreeBSD 'genet' driver has no ACPI support.. I, too, hope to be able to switch back over to FreeBSD if/when its = Raspberry Pi support improves. I do acknowledge, though, that FreeBSD = developers have historically seen it as not a priority for developer = time and resources due to the "closed" nature of its documentation = making it difficult to work on. I respect that stance. Cheers, Paul.