Date: Mon, 18 May 2020 11:13:38 -0600 From: Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> To: David Mehler <dave.mehler@gmail.com>, freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 12.1 on Raspberry Pi 3B+, completely headless? Message-ID: <e80d78f93c746ced7b1034f4960ad7127e222fac.camel@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <CAPORhP4wTqc0xZLatb=K0TozrAYogE7qXQ6Bw5WAynhAzW-QPQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAPORhP4wTqc0xZLatb=K0TozrAYogE7qXQ6Bw5WAynhAzW-QPQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 2020-05-18 at 13:02 -0400, David Mehler wrote: > Hello, > > I've got a Raspberry Pi 3b+ that I'd like to put FreeBSD 12.1 on. It > is completely headless the only thing it has is it's power > connection. > I have downloaded and wrote to sd the latest 12.1 amd64 rpi3 image. > > As this is headless I have looked and read that the pi 3b+ onboard > wireless adapter is not supported out of the box. Is this so? Is > there > a way perhaps with a custom kernel to make this work? > > My goal is to drop this sd card in the pi, start it up, and have it > come up on the wireless network and be ready for me to ssh in to it. > > Any suggestions appreciated. > > Thanks. > Dave. > We currently have no driver for the onboard wireless. Your only option for the setup you describe would be to plug in a usb wireless adapter that freebsd does have a driver for. -- Ian
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