Re: Pi5 revision ID, was: about usb3 <> ethernet adapters for raspberry pi 5

On Wed, Jun 03, 2026 at 08:50:25AM -0700, Mark Millard wrote:
> On 6/2/26 16:11, bob prohaska wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 02, 2026 at 03:51:47PM -0700, Mark Millard wrote:
> >>
> >> If you do ever experiment with the draft/partial EDK2's for the RPi5, it
> >> would need to be the original one (or one of its forks that did not
> >> progress to D0 instead). The EDK2 for D0 parts would not work.
> >>
> > 
> > My plan thus far is to wait for a successor to the Pi5 and then introduce
> > FreeBSD to the Pi5. Hopefully by then at least some support will have come
> > into FreeBSD. There was some talk of Pi5 support from FreeBSD several months
> > ago, but I've seen no mention recently. Is it still being worked on?
> > 
> > Thanks for writing,
> > 
> > bob prohaska
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> The most visible effort currently is based on the draft/partial EDK2 for
> the vintage of RPi5 involved, used by selecting for it to provide both
> ACPI and DeviceTree. The code is not in the official git yet.
> 
> (It is possible that the effort only spans D0 stepping based RPi5's.)
> 
> The title in the freebsd-arm list is:
> 
> "Need testers for ALPHA RPi-5 fan control, GE NIC, WiFi drivers for
> FreeBSD-CURRENT"

I saw the title and failed to grasp its significance 8-(
Thank you for making me aware!

bob prohaska