FreeBSD on the RaspberryPi 3

[Erik Moe]

I ordered one from element14 this morning.  No ETA when it will arrive.  From what I've read recent versions of NOOBS or Raspbian will run on it.  So I think you can run a 32-bit OS on the RPI3, which would mean you could run the current version of FreeBSD on the RPI3.  It's not entirely clear to me.  I quote from the website:

"At launch, we are using the same 32-bit Raspbian userland that we use on other Raspberry Pi devices; over the next few months we will investigate whether there is value in moving to 64-bit mode."

They only talk about userland and not the about the kernel.  But from my limited knowledge of ARMv8, I think it's possible.

I doubt that FreeBSD would support WiFi and Bluetooth out the gate.

Erik

> On Feb 29, 2016, at 4:58 PM, Peter Jeremy <peter at rulingia.com> wrote:
> 
> Has anyone gotten close enough to a RPi3 to know how difficult it will be
> to get FreeBSD to run on it - in particular the Bluetooth and WiFi?
> 
> -- 
> Peter Jeremy