Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2022 13:05:28 -0800 From: Steve Rikli <sr@genyosha.net> To: adr <adr@SDF.ORG> Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on RPI4 B 8G rev 1.4 Message-ID: <Y5EAGFfRY4mwR9Ut@dragon.home.genyosha.net> In-Reply-To: <5f1ba830-60e-407d-c09f-d75ab0946ca6@SDF.ORG> References: <9c587c3-b6e5-fbe2-7dcc-f7d98dd47ace@SDF.ORG> <047DB634-2D87-402D-A65C-A4F517E042BD@yahoo.com> <3ebd7048-213e-8920-dfe5-44f6a1e5f3ac@SDF.ORG> <5f1ba830-60e-407d-c09f-d75ab0946ca6@SDF.ORG>
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On Wed, Dec 07, 2022 at 07:21:43PM +0000, adr wrote: > > It was a usb hub with sd card reader. There was no card there, > u-boot choked trying to read it. Yes, how silly of me. > > I would appreciate if someone share his/her experience with 13.1 > release, stable and current. It's there any advantage of using > stable|current at this moment? I'm running 13.1-STABLE on a rpi4 8GB, and it has been almost uneventful. It was originally installed using the 13.1 -RPI.img via 'dd' as per the install notes; I've been keeping it updated from src since then. I do miss the 'bsdinstall' method and being able to control the installation choices a bit more, but it's not a huge problem. No manual changes to uboot or similar. I'm using a regular microSDXC for sysdisk, I may switch to USB at some point but so far so good. I'd like to re-partition the sysdisk, either via reinstall with my own img or adjusting things post-'dd'; haven't sorted out what I want, or exactly what method, yet. Ideas and suggestions welcome. Since I plan to use it as a small DNS etc. server I don't miss the wifi NIC not being supported yet. Later on I might care more. The only somewhat interesting thing about it that comes to mind is I'm running the rpi4 headless using a GPIO "Serial Hat" for rs323 console; for those who might be interested it's this: https://www.pishop.us/product/serial-hat-rs232/ There are other similar solutions, I chose this one for simplicity and cost and finding a case with cutouts that match up well enough. This allows me to console my rpi4 the same way I do my FreeBSD NUC's and other PC's which also have rs232 COM ports. I'd prefer a nicer (and maybe aluminum?) case, but finding something taller for hats, as well as having the extra cutout(s) I want now and down the road, has been scarce pickings so far. Overall for the rpi4 and FreeBSD it has been a painless install and pretty seemless operation for me. I look forward to getting another one at some point when they're more readily available. Cheers, sr.
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