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
