FreeBSD on RaspberryPi

[Sami Halabi]

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On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 12:32 AM, Sami Halabi <sodynet1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> are there any plans to do images that support the hdmi output ? what about
> analog sound vs the hdmi?
> can the images be taken to the gui stage , ie xbmc or any other multimedia
> screen ?
>
> Sami
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 10:42 AM, Stefan Esser <se at freebsd.org> wrote:
>
>> Am 09.11.2012 05:44, schrieb Tim Kientzle:
>> >> On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Tim Kientzle <kientzle at freebsd.org>
>> wrote:
>> >> WARNING:  This is still highly experimental and by no
>> >> means ready for "production use", ...
>> >>
>> >> To boot FreeBSD on your RaspberryPi, you'll need:
>> >>   1) A RaspberryPi.
>> >>   2) A serial cable similar to this one:
>> www.adafruit.com/products/954
>> >
>> >
>> > On Nov 8, 2012, at 9:13 AM, Sami Halabi wrote:
>> >>
>> >> why the console cable is needed ?
>> >>
>> > As far as I can tell, the code in FreeBSD-CURRENT
>> > does not yet support the video out.  So you need
>> > a serial console cable to interact with it.
>>
>> All it takes to get the framebuffer working is that the hash chars are
>> removed. I.e. the following works:
>>
>> device          sc
>> device          kbdmux
>> options         SC_DFLT_FONT    # compile font in
>> makeoptions     SC_DFLT_FONT=cp437
>>
>> > You might be able to interact via SSH but
>> > that requires a little bit more setup (a root
>> > password needs to be set and you need to
>> > edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config to allow root logins).
>>
>> I used SSH, and the framebuffer helps to see how far the boot process
>> has come. It takes about 60 seconds to generate the SSH host keys, for
>> example.
>>
>> [The following points are not specific to the R-PI, and I'm sure you
>> know them, but I list them for others that may want to use their R-PI
>> without serial console.]
>>
>> In order to use SSH I modified sshd_config to accept direct root logins.
>> The root password must be set (best method: "vipw -d /mnt/etc", else
>> you must remember to invoke "pwd_mkdb -d /mnt/etc" when you are done).
>>
>> The host name and IP address should be set in rc.conf (or assigned via
>> DHCP).
>>
>> If you do not want to enable direct root login, then a non-privileged
>> account in group wheel is required to be able to "su" to root.
>>
>> That's all I remember ...
>>
>> I used the build script from "http://kernelnomicon.org/?p=164" with
>> one slight modification (tar -x ... --no-same-owner ...).
>>
>> My R-PI kernel contains MSDOSFS and NFS client support to allow it
>> to mount its boot partition and NFS exported /usr/src, /usr/obj,
>> /usr/ports and /usr/work (where I build ports). Most of them are
>> R/O mounts. I have not tried to build world on the R-PI (cross
>> building is so much faster ...). But ports can be build, if a swap
>> partition is available (e.g. on SD card or via NFS - I did not try
>> to mount a USB stick, but that might be another option).
>>
>> Regards, STefan
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> Sami Halabi
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Sami Halabi
Information Systems Engineer
NMS Projects Expert
FreeBSD SysAdmin Expert