RE: Firefox crashes all the time on the RaspBerry Pi Zero 2W
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2025 14:33:11 UTC
The native freebsd ports use gnu make, to use cmake (as a pre-processor for make), you will need to describe a cmakelist file. Remember that cmake is just a pre-processor for gnu make. I don’t think the native i686 port has entries for cross-compiling to ARM. You might need to get the firefox git source, then use mozbuild as a frontend for the build system (think it is Python based frontend that generates the build scripts). Regards Clinton From: Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> Sent: 15 April 2025 15:09 To: Clinton Bessesen <cbessesen@kbcnetworks.com> Cc: Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com>; Zach Metzinger <zmetzing@pobox.com>; freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Firefox crashes all the time on the RaspBerry Pi Zero 2W Trying to cross compile Firefox for armv7 / 32 bit for the Raspy Zero 2W / on my AMD64 PC following this tutorial : https://www.siberoloji.com/how-to-cross-compile-software-for-arm-architecture-on-freebsd-operating-system/ failing...please give a look below : marietto# cd /usr/ports/www/firefox marietto# pkg install gcc llvm binutils marietto# export TARGET=arm marietto# export TARGET_ARCH=armv7 marietto# export CROSS_TOOLCHAIN=llvm marietto# export CC=clang marietto# export CXX=clang++ marietto# export AS=llvm-as marietto# export LD=ld.lld marietto# ls Makefile distinfo pkg-descr Makefile.options files pkg-message marietto# cmake -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Generic \ -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR=armv7 \ -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=arm-none-eabi-gcc \ -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=arm-none-eabi-g++ . CMake Warning: No source or binary directory provided. Both will be assumed to be the same as the current working directory, but note that this warning will become a fatal error in future CMake releases. CMake Error: The source directory "/usr/ports/www/firefox" does not appear to contain CMakeLists.txt. Specify --help for usage, or press the help button on the CMake GUI. marietto# make CC=arm-none-eabi-gcc CXX=arm-none-eabi-g++ make: "/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk<http://bsd.port.mk>" line 1061: Cannot open /usr/local/share/toolchains/gcc.mk<http://gcc.mk> make: "/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk<http://bsd.port.mk>" line 1083: Unknown directive "export" make: Fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue make: stopped in /usr/ports/www/firefox On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM Clinton Bessesen <cbessesen@kbcnetworks.com<mailto:cbessesen@kbcnetworks.com>> wrote: Armv7 is 32bit with NEON optimised instruction, so should be more suitable than armv6. Regards Clinton From: Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com<mailto:marietto2008@gmail.com>> Sent: 15 April 2025 14:08 To: Clinton Bessesen <cbessesen@kbcnetworks.com<mailto:cbessesen@kbcnetworks.com>> Cc: Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com<mailto:marklmi@yahoo.com>>; Zach Metzinger <zmetzing@pobox.com<mailto:zmetzing@pobox.com>>; freebsd-arm@freebsd.org<mailto:freebsd-arm@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Firefox crashes all the time on the RaspBerry Pi Zero 2W For the cross compilation of Firefox for the Raspberry Pi zero 2W at 32 bit on my AMD64 PC,should I choose armv6 or armv7 ? Define the cross-compilation toolchain variables: export TARGET=arm export TARGET_ARCH=armv7 thanks. On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com<mailto:marietto2008@gmail.com>> wrote: In addition,I will try to cross compile Firefox for 32 and 64 bit on my PC where I have installed FreeBSD for x86-64 following this fresh tutorial : https://www.siberoloji.com/how-to-cross-compile-software-for-arm-architecture-on-freebsd-operating-system/ because doing it directly on the raspberry pi zero is impossible... On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com<mailto:marietto2008@gmail.com>> wrote: I made a mistake before. The image that's seems to be more appropriate for the raspberry pi at 32 bit does not seems to be this one : FreeBSD-14.2-RELEASE-arm-armv7-GENERICSD.img.xz<https://download.freebsd.org/releases/arm/armv7/ISO-IMAGES/14.2/FreeBSD-14.2-RELEASE-arm-armv7-GENERICSD.img.xz> but this one : FreeBSD-13.5-STABLE-arm-armv6-RPI-B-20250403-f8cd0c8e20b0-259236.img.xz Don't know what differences there are between these versions. With that said,the Superuser.com post says : Install the 32 bit version of Firefox By installing the 32 bit version of firefox (apt-get install firefox:i386) the base memory usage is only about 50% of what it is with the 64 bit. To be able to cut 50% of the memory usage in one only shot is very appealing. It's hard to refuse this benefit.... On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 12:48 PM Clinton Bessesen <cbessesen@kbcnetworks.com<mailto:cbessesen@kbcnetworks.com>> wrote: Be careful when suggesting 32bit application on a 64bit RISC architecture. The 32bit instruction set is a separate license and not every silicon manufacturer is still going to be implementing the ARMv7 instruction set on ARMv8 or ARMv9 architecture. I would rather go down the path of optimising firefox memory management (remove some of the legacy code). Regards Clinton From: owner-freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.org<mailto:owner-freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.org> <owner-freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.org<mailto:owner-freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.org>> On Behalf Of Mario Marietto Sent: 15 April 2025 11:10 To: Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com<mailto:marklmi@yahoo.com>> Cc: Zach Metzinger <zmetzing@pobox.com<mailto:zmetzing@pobox.com>>; freebsd-arm@freebsd.org<mailto:freebsd-arm@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Firefox crashes all the time on the RaspBerry Pi Zero 2W I think,this version : https://download.freebsd.org/releases/arm/armv7/ISO-IMAGES/14.2/FreeBSD-14.2-RELEASE-arm-armv7-GENERICSD.img.xz or, maybe, Firefox can be optimized to run with 512 MB. For example,installing the 32 bit version of Firefox on the Raspberry Pi zero (if it exists),according with this post : [superuser.com] How can I configure Firefox to assume I have less memory? <https://superuser.com/questions/459448/how-can-i-configure-firefox-to-assume-i-have-less-memory> just because on a 64 bit OS we can run 32 bit applications....at least in Linux... Mario. On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 12:06 PM Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com<mailto:marietto2008@gmail.com>> wrote: Can I install FreeBSD at 32 bit (if it exists) on the Raspberry Pi Zero 2W ? On Mon, Apr 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com<mailto:marietto2008@gmail.com>> wrote: I will try all your suggestions one by one. Regarding the wi-fi on the raspberry pi,I want to open a parentheses... ( I'm looking for a way to transform a BT keyboard like that I've bought (LILYGO t-keyboard) into a wired / USB keyboard. I need this conversion because FreeBSD on the Raspy (and not only here) does not recognize almost all the BT/Wi-fi devices or if it does,they will not work. I found this adapter : https://www.intelletto.com/products?id=3004 I would like to understand if it works like I imagine. Basically what I want to do to reach the final goal are the following tasks : 1) I attach the BT dongle 2) I turn on my LILYGO bt and it starts waiting for the signal 3) I attach your adapter 4) I do the pairing 5) FreeBSD recognizes the Keyboard as a USB device and it starts working. I would like to know if,using that adapter, I can exonerate FreeBSD from recognition or maybe it's better to say make it work,the BT dongle that I use to do the pairing with my LILYGO keyboard....if the keyboard will be recognized as one USB keyboard I can use use it on FreeBSD installed on the Raspy. closed parentheses ) On Mon, Apr 14, 2025 at 1:59 AM Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com<mailto:marklmi@yahoo.com>> wrote: On Apr 13, 2025, at 15:41, Zach Metzinger <zmetzing@pobox.com<mailto:zmetzing@pobox.com>> wrote: > On 4/13/25 16:47, Mario Marietto wrote: >> Why isn't there a specific version of FreeBSD for the raspberry pi zero 2W ? > > Hello Mario, > > You might think about re-wording that question. It sounds like that you're demanding that others do work, gratis, for you. > > Perhaps a softer way to ask this question is: > > "Is there a specific version for each of the RPi platforms, specifically the Zero 2 W?" > > I haven't checked recently, but one of the issues I've seen preventing a fully-functioning Zero 2 W on FreeBSD is the lack of the wireless driver (closed source). You might do some research into that and see if the situation has changed and, if possible, contribute to such work. > https://wiki.freebsd.org/arm/Raspberry%20Pi does not list any RPi* has having "WiFi" OK. It explicitly lists "Unsupported" for each of: RPI 3 / RPi3B+ / RPI 2 1.2 / RPi4 . As far as I know, no RPi* has ever had support for any built-in WiFi or the like. In other words: the normal FreeBSD RPi* type of context. === Mark Millard marklmi at yahoo.com<http://yahoo.com> -- Mario. -- Mario. -- Mario. -- Mario. -- Mario. -- Mario. -- Mario.