Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2012 17:42:17 +0100 From: Lars Engels <lme@freebsd.org> To: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD on RaspberryPi Message-ID: <20121107164217.GL31744@e-new.0x20.net> In-Reply-To: <31C904E6-F230-4187-AE32-F9A7B1A7C38E@freebsd.org> References: <31C904E6-F230-4187-AE32-F9A7B1A7C38E@freebsd.org>
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--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--
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