From nobody Wed Dec 07 21:05:28 2022 X-Original-To: freebsd-arm@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4NS8vV2qq8z4jqkk for ; Wed, 7 Dec 2022 21:05:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sr@genyosha.net) Received: from ns4.genyosha.net (ns4.genyosha.net [50.53.250.75]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "float.home.genyosha.net", Issuer "float.home.genyosha.net" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4NS8vT6lktz3q3r for ; Wed, 7 Dec 2022 21:05:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sr@genyosha.net) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: from dragon.home.genyosha.net (ops.genyosha.net [50.53.250.77]) by ns4.genyosha.net (8.16.1/8.16.1) with ESMTPS id 2B7L5X9m037123 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 7 Dec 2022 13:05:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sr@genyosha.net) Received: from dragon.home.genyosha.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dragon.home.genyosha.net (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id 2B7L5SLs007624; Wed, 7 Dec 2022 13:05:28 -0800 Received: (from sr@localhost) by dragon.home.genyosha.net (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id 2B7L5Sxb007623; Wed, 7 Dec 2022 13:05:28 -0800 Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2022 13:05:28 -0800 From: Steve Rikli To: adr Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on RPI4 B 8G rev 1.4 Message-ID: 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> List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to ARM processors List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-arm List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-arm@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5f1ba830-60e-407d-c09f-d75ab0946ca6@SDF.ORG> X-Greylist: inspected by milter-greylist-4.6.4 (ns4.genyosha.net [50.53.250.75]); Wed, 07 Dec 2022 13:05:35 -0800 (PST) for IP:'50.53.250.77' DOMAIN:'ops.genyosha.net' HELO:'dragon.home.genyosha.net' FROM:'sr@genyosha.net' RCPT:'' X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.6.4 (ns4.genyosha.net [50.53.250.75]); Wed, 07 Dec 2022 13:05:35 -0800 (PST) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4NS8vT6lktz3q3r X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:20055, ipnet:50.53.0.0/16, country:US] X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N 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.