On 2025/03/31 07:45, ken.dic...@whidbey.com wrote: > On 2025-03-30 19:26, b...@courriel.fr.eu.org wrote: > > > I search a board compatible with openbsd for a daily low power > > desktop-mobile computer but I'm kind of lost after too many searches > > and sometimes not enough info. So here I am. > > ... > > > > At start I was thinking about a RISC-V board but it looks like it still > > needs some works for a small desktop so I'm falling back to arm. > > > > Any recommendations? > > I use a Raspberry Pi 5 as my desktop computer. > > My backup computer is a Pi 500 (Pi 5 in a keyboard) with a RasPi display > which together costs ~$200. > > Does need a mouse and you plug audio jack into the display port. > > Don't know about OpenBSD, but it runs most OSs I have tried, including just > using a frame buffer rather than a window system.
OpenBSD does not currently run on rpi5. I'm not 100% sure but I don't think you will have accelerated video with OpenBSD on any of the ARM SBCs, so while X will work in most cases, it will use a fair bit of CPU and won't be too fast. It's not really great for video playback. If not averse to a more mainstream platform, there are various low-power intel based systems that would fit most of the stated requirements (e.g. various n100-based mini PCs and similar). The missing one is gpio support, that could possibly be done via a USB module though that won't work via gpio(4), unless you write a driver..
