FreeBSD 10.0 on Raspberry PI B+ no network devices

[Bernd Walter]

On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 05:27:43AM +0200, Bernd Walter wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 02:14:00AM +0200, Andreas Schwarz wrote:
> > On Tue, 26 Aug 2014 19:20:38 -0400
> > George Rosamond <george at ceetonetechnology.com> wrote:
> > > Erich Dollansky wrote:
> > > > On Mon, 25 Aug 2014 16:35:36 +0200 (CEST)
> > > > Andreas Schwarz <Andreas.Schwarz at schwarzes.net> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> I've got also two B+ Models two weeks ago and I'm able to use the
> > > >> image (r269955) from my B Models without any problems. The only
> > > >> thing, what I had to do, was to upgrade the bootloader to a recent
> > > >> version.
> > > >>
> > > >> Have a look at :
> > > >>
> > > >>   https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/tree/master/boot
> > > >>
> > > > I used now the image from
> > > > 
> > > > http://freebsd-current.os-hackers.jp/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/20140725/raspberry-pi/
> > > > 
> > > > and the machine boots. I do not know more at the moment.
> > > 
> > > I assume the entire RPi firmware from Github directory gets dumped into
> > > /boot/msdos?
> > 
> > Yes, but we don't need the kernel.img, at this point we are loading the 
> > uboot.img (keep uboot.img and ubldr from your existing boot partition).
> 
> In my case the update was even required to work with the SD card.
> I got timeout errors after size line.
> The same card worked fine in a 512MB B.
> 
> After updating the bootcode to those from:
> https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/tree/master/boot
> Just bootcoed.bin wasn't enough, I also had to get fixup* and startup*.
> The card and USB worked fine after updating all the files.
> I also tested the updated bootcode on a normal 512MB B and it also booted.
> Would be nice to have crochet updated for the newer bootcode.
> If required I can also test boot on a 256MB B.

Ok - that card problem seems random or contact related.
Whatever, it is 6 am - time to sleep ;-)

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