Re: RPi 5 prototype fan control, GigE, and soon WiFi needs testers, reviewers, PRs

On Sat, 23 May 2026, Jeremy McMillan wrote:

> https://github.com/aphor/FreeBSD15-RPi5-modules
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> This started as a challenge to learn to use Claude Code, but now I'm far enough along I want to eventually get it merged into CURRENT. It's not quite "vibe coded" as I've been supervising WAY too closely to call it a "vibe" thing, but
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> - it works
> - even if I hand coded it, still need more eyeballs
> - I know this will need refactoring and rewriting ergo opinions guiding that effort are also needed.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_You_Give_a_Mouse_a_Cookie
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> It started out with just the fan control because on the latest firmware the fan header doesn't do anything when booting a plain ARM FreeBSD kernel/system, and my poor Pi5 kept locking up without an external fan blowing on it...
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> Then I wasn't happy with the USB Ethernet performance, and so I churned out a GigE NIC driver.
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> Then someone on the forums suggested I try the WiFi driver too. Today I crossed a milestone and got a wlan if attached and scanned SSIDs. That stuff may be complete enough this weekend to join a network.

If you want to save yourself the tokens you can have other AI generated results for that; see here: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-wireless/2026-March/004128.html and all the follow-ups; I think he sorted ARM64 as well etc. later.  I wonder if your result actually differs to his of getting an entire driver rather than just change for what's missing in the tree.


> I'm having some fun with this, but we're better together, so I want to openly invite constructive criticism and contributions. Later I may need some help from the community, like exploring FDT without ACPI, as the RP1 ACPI seems meh and the FDT seems better maintained wrt firmware updates.


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Bjoern A. Zeeb                                                     r15:7