FreeBSD on RPI4 B 8G rev 1.4

From: adr <adr_at_SDF.ORG>
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2022 16:56:14 UTC
Hi,

I'm giving a try again to freebsd in arm (I'd problems before)
looking principally for system stability and a reasonable state of
the ports tree, something I can't find anymore in other BSDs, at
least with arm.

I'm using at this moment an Rpi4 B 8G rev 1.4. The only way I can
run this board no matter of using 13 release, stable or current
is with the EDK2 uefi firmware, in acpi mode only, and only with
the ram limit. I didn't expect this limitation after reading the
wiki. The xhci dma bug has been corrected in netbsd and openbsd.
Could someone share the state of this issue in freebsd? Also with
acpi the ethernet interface is not detected, I'm using RTL8152/3
usb cards.

I'm impressed with the performance (without overclocking the cpu),
really impressed. And the usb subsystem looks more stable. I had
problems in the past (and in the present with other bsds), like the
system crashing when attaching or detaching some devices.

Apart from the loss of ram and the inconvenience of not be able to
use the ethernet interface, I'm feeling very comfortable right
know.

Regards,
adr.