On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 05:42:24PM +0700, Frank Beuth wrote:

> (resending as 1st message didn't go through?)
> 
> 
> Has OpenBSD's support for Raspberry Pi devices improved much with 6.4? All the
> documentation I can find online regarding this platform and OpenBSD refers to
> 6.3, and suggest that the Raspberry Pi support is very limited (no packages?).
> 
> The changelog for 6.4 notes for example:
> "Implemented an EFI driver to allow PXE boot over EFIs Simple Network
> Protocol, allowing TFTP boot on U-Boot based armv7 and arm64 machines."
> 
> Does this allow installing without a serial console?

pxe boot means network boot. This does not have much to do with the
type of console used. AFAIK, you still need a serial console.

> 
> These posts seems to suggest booting from the microSD card (vs needing 
> external
> USB drive) may be possible, but it's not very clear:
> http://openbsd-archive.7691.n7.nabble.com/OpenBSD-current-doesn-t-boot-on-Raspberry-Pi-3-Model-B-td352103.html
> http://openbsd-archive.7691.n7.nabble.com/OpenBSD-on-Raspberry-pi-3-model-B-td332780.html#a343278
> 

I think http://www.openbsd.org/arm64.html gives a reasoable account of
the state of affairs.

I'm running a rpi3 and it works for my needs as long as I do not hit
swap.  I'm using an external USB drive, since an sd card makes it even
more slow than using an USB attached SSD disk. 

        -Otto

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