From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 7 16:42:19 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9969E988; Wed, 7 Nov 2012 16:42:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars@e-new.0x20.net) Received: from mail.0x20.net (mail.0x20.net [IPv6:2001:aa8:fffb:1::3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 212D18FC0C; Wed, 7 Nov 2012 16:42:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from e-new.0x20.net (mail.0x20.net [IPv6:2001:aa8:fffb:1::3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.0x20.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5675B6A6000; Wed, 7 Nov 2012 17:42:17 +0100 (CET) Received: from e-new.0x20.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by e-new.0x20.net (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id qA7GgHL7001689; Wed, 7 Nov 2012 17:42:17 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from lars@e-new.0x20.net) Received: (from lars@localhost) by e-new.0x20.net (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id qA7GgHrj000950; Wed, 7 Nov 2012 17:42:17 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from lars) Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2012 17:42:17 +0100 From: Lars Engels To: Tim Kientzle Subject: Re: FreeBSD on RaspberryPi Message-ID: <20121107164217.GL31744@e-new.0x20.net> References: <31C904E6-F230-4187-AE32-F9A7B1A7C38E@freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="eXeQRtP7FdKTPOB4" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <31C904E6-F230-4187-AE32-F9A7B1A7C38E@freebsd.org> X-Editor: VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 X-Operation-System: FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE-p4 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: FreeBSD Hackers X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:42:19 -0000 --eXeQRtP7FdKTPOB4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Nov 07, 2012 at 08:01:08AM -0800, Tim Kientzle wrote: > WARNING: This is still highly experimental and by no > means ready for "production use", but some folks might > find it interesting. >=20 > To boot FreeBSD on your RaspberryPi, you'll need: > 1) A RaspberryPi. > 2) A serial cable similar to this one: www.adafruit.com/products/954 > 3) An SD card of 2GB or larger >=20 > Download this 111MB file (~1.6G uncompressed): > http://people.freebsd.org/~kientzle/FreeBSD-RPI-B-r242362-2012-10-30.i= mg.xz >=20 > Uncompress it, dd it onto your SD card, pop it in and apply power. > (The serial cable above can also provide power; just leave the red > lead disconnected until you get the SD card plugged in.) >=20 >=20 > KNOWN BROKEN STUFF >=20 > * There's no framebuffer/syscons yet. Hence the need for a serial cabl= e. >=20 > * The memory is mis-probed (actually a boot loader problem, > not a FreeBSD kernel issue), so you'll only get to use 128MB > (you might be able to change this for a single boot by breaking > into ubldr and editing the FDT by hand) >=20 > * There has been NO attempt to reduce the footprint of this image. > It's a completely stock build of FreeBSD-CURRENT. > (Actually, I have turned off sendmail and a few other things in rc.co= nf, > but compensated by building world with full debug enabled.) >=20 > * I've personally not tried USB or Ethernet and have no idea if they wo= rk. =2E.. Are you aware of this? http://kernelnomicon.org/?p=3D178 --eXeQRtP7FdKTPOB4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlCaj2kACgkQKc512sD3afidrACgqaO3e7ppA8MqUjoXd/+GpB4Q MoEAnjyVVi4TSsOY1eRBMmBtzcvFnPIL =JLFE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --eXeQRtP7FdKTPOB4--