Re: Raspberry Pi 500 Keyboard with 8 GB dram, trying to boot FreeBSD 15.0-CURRENT BETA1 Image

Hi,

Don't know if it helps, but I wrote down what I did yesterday evening with my RPI5 16GB.

https://wiki.freebsd.org/RonaldKlop/Raspberry%20Pi%205%2016GB

Regards,
Ronald.

 
Van: Mark Millard <[email protected]>
Datum: woensdag, 15 oktober 2025 22:32
Aan: Fred Finster <[email protected]>
CC: [email protected]
Onderwerp: Re: Raspberry Pi 500 Keyboard with 8 GB dram, trying to boot FreeBSD 15.0-CURRENT BETA1 Image
> 
> On Oct 15, 2025, at 02:51, Fred Finster <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > . . .
> > I have followed the wiki entry, but not quite there to boot up FreeBSD.  https://wiki.freebsd.org/arm/Raspberry%20Pi%205 Raspberry Pi 5 Boot stuff  
> > . . .
> >
> > https://wiki.freebsd.org/arm/Raspberry%20Pi%205     FreeBSD Raspberry Pi 5  wiki entry
> 
> I have one comment area, an incompleteness in what
> 
> https://wiki.freebsd.org/arm/Raspberry%20Pi%205
> 
> lists: there are 2 distinct EDK2 UEFI drafts for RPi5's
> based on differing RPi5 hardware vintages (before D0 and
> on/after D0):
> 
> 
> Before D0 based models:
> https://github.com/worproject/rpi5-uefi   (listed on the wiki)
> 
> and (newer):
> 
> D0 and later based models:
> https://github.com/NumberOneGit/rpi5-uefi (not listed on the wiki)
> 
> 
> For reference for the new one:
> 
> QUOTE
> Thanks to Mario Balanica for the work enabling UEFI support
> on the Raspberry Pi 5. This project aims to provide UEFI
> access for users with D0 models—including the 16 GB, 2 GB,
> and other recently manufactured variants—as well as all
> Compute Modules.
> 
> This fork remaps pinctrl for the D0 revision of the BCM2712,
> ensuring newer Pi 5 boards boot correctly with UEFI. There
> is currently a known framebuffer issue affecting the UEFI
> menu and some operating systems on these models. I’ve
> reported this issue to the Raspberry Pi Foundation, and they
> have confirmed it will be addressed in their next major
> EEPROM update.
> 
> UPDATE: Upgrade your system in Raspberry Pi OS or manually
> to the 6/9/25 EEPROM to avoid framebuffer issues.
> END QUOTE
> 
> 
> ===
> Mark Millard
> marklmi at yahoo.com
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