Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 22:13:45 -0700 From: Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> To: Jeremy McMillan <jtmcmillan@pm.me>, "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Need testers for ALPHA RPi-5 fan control, GE NIC, WiFi drivers for FreeBSD-CURRENT Message-ID: <c91c21f5-ac69-44ad-94f1-2dff5cd4e8c0@yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <9YCJYFriU7X2_37aSWQTo5jJSmaf46t827hI4KjmCLaCFNGbgMj4MxRzc4-sUSig2RolfvNOWikCxYuWL3YJfqMgw-5d4FDjG8xtnRGJyMY=@pm.me>
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On 5/29/26 17:42, Jeremy McMillan wrote: > > > If anyone has a Raspberry Pi 5 that's not dedicated to anything > important, I'd appreciate some help testing this: > > https://github.com/aphor/FreeBSD15-RPi5-modules <https://github.com/ > aphor/FreeBSD15-RPi5-modules> > > The README.md is up to date, but other docs in there might be stale. > > IDK if I should try to implement Bluetooth yet. I haven't tried using > FreeBSD bluetooth with working known-good drivers on supported hardware, > but when this is relatively complete I'm planning to do some bug fixing > and performance improvements where necessary in a BETA phase, then a > rewrite from scratch for maintainability that can be submitted to > FreeBSD-CURRENT. I know the repo says FreeBSD15, but I'm currently > building against FreeBSD-16-CURRENT. I've had feedback that the fan > control works fine on FreeBSD-15. > > I also don't know what I should do about GPIO testing. I'd appreciate > any pointers if other people work with RPi hardware and have any > pointers for testing GPIO stuff. I think there's a few pins that can do > DAC and ADC and others that can do PWM (like the ones used for the fan > header) when programmed to different modes. I have an oscilloscope, but > I'd like to automate testing as much as possible because my spare time > is precious. > > It seems like RPi-5 will be around for a while under the current market > conditions for the semiconductor business, and it is my hope that > FreeBSD can deserve and get more attention and support from Broadcom and > Raspberry Pi. Also, I have my own projects :) > > Thanks in advance for your attention! On a Windows Dev Kit 2023: # make -f Makefile.rpi5 load /sbin/kldload -v /root/RPi5-fbsd-kernel-fan-control/rpi5.ko load: 0.79 cmd: kldload 7237 [running] 13.87r 0.00u 0.00s 100% 2392k make: Working in: /root/RPi5-fbsd-kernel-fan-control load: 1.06 cmd: kldload 7237 [running] 33.41r 0.00u 0.00s 100% 2392k make: Working in: /root/RPi5-fbsd-kernel-fan-control ^C^Z[1] + Suspended make -f Makefile.rpi5 load aarch64-main-pbase aarch64 1600018 1600018 # jobs [1] + Suspended make -f Makefile.rpi5 load aarch64-main-pbase aarch64 1600018 1600018 # kill %1 aarch64-main-pbase aarch64 1600018 1600018 # jobs [1] + Suspended make -f Makefile.rpi5 load aarch64-main-pbase aarch64 1600018 1600018 # kill -9 %1 aarch64-main-pbase aarch64 1600018 1600018 # jobs [1] Killed make -f Makefile.rpi5 load And: # make -f Makefile.bcm2712 load /sbin/kldload -v /root/RPi5-fbsd-kernel-fan-control/bcm2712.ko load: 2.04 cmd: kldload 7259 [kldbusy] 3.75r 0.00u 0.00s 0% 2388k #0 0xffff00000055eeb0 at mi_switch+0x110 #1 0xffff0000005c0584 at sleepq_catch_signals+0x3c4 #2 0xffff0000005c01a4 at sleepq_wait_sig+0xc #3 0xffff00000055e268 at _sleep+0x1cc #4 0xffff00000050ff38 at linker_kldload_busy+0xe4 #5 0xffff0000005102b4 at kern_kldload+0xb4 #6 0xffff000000510430 at sys_kldload+0x7c #7 0xffff0000009a13cc at do_el0_sync+0x63c #8 0xffff0000009741cc at handle_el0_sync+0x6c make: Working in: /root/RPi5-fbsd-kernel-fan-control load: 2.19 cmd: kldload 7259 [kldbusy] 11.77r 0.00u 0.00s 0% 2388k #0 0xffff00000055eeb0 at mi_switch+0x110 #1 0xffff0000005c0584 at sleepq_catch_signals+0x3c4 #2 0xffff0000005c01a4 at sleepq_wait_sig+0xc #3 0xffff00000055e268 at _sleep+0x1cc #4 0xffff00000050ff38 at linker_kldload_busy+0xe4 #5 0xffff0000005102b4 at kern_kldload+0xb4 #6 0xffff000000510430 at sys_kldload+0x7c #7 0xffff0000009a13cc at do_el0_sync+0x63c #8 0xffff0000009741cc at handle_el0_sync+0x6c make: Working in: /root/RPi5-fbsd-kernel-fan-control ^C*** Signal 2 # kldstat Id Refs Address Size Name 1 22 0xffff000000000000 14e39e0 kernel 2 1 0xffff000156800000 22000 hcons.ko 3 2 0xffff000156822000 24000 hidmap.ko 4 1 0xffff000156846000 22000 hms.ko 5 1 0xffff000156868000 22000 mac_ntpd.ko I move and use the same boot media across systems. So, for now I'll have to avoid such happening. -- === Mark Millard marklmi at yahoo.comhome | help
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