FreeBSD on Raspberry Pi 3B+

Ed Maste emaste at freebsd.org
Thu Apr 19 19:01:48 UTC 2018


>  On Wed, 18 Apr 2018 17:25:15 -0600 Pavan Rampalli
> <santoshrps at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> Greetings.
>>
>> I am trying to compile FreeBSD-12 for Raspberry Pi 3B+. The compiled
>> image is booting up properly, but not able to bring-up the ethernet
>> interface. The raspberry pi 3B+ uses the LAN78XX on USB hub.

We do not yet have a driver for the LAN78XX USB-Ethernet controller in
FreeBSD. I have two co-op students from the University of Waterloo
working for the FreeBSD Foundation this term, and one of them is
making good progress on a LAN78XX driver. I expect we'll have
something in the tree before long.


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