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Date:      Mon, 18 May 2020 11:13:38 -0600
From:      Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org>
To:        David Mehler <dave.mehler@gmail.com>, freebsd-arm@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 12.1 on Raspberry Pi 3B+, completely headless?
Message-ID:  <e80d78f93c746ced7b1034f4960ad7127e222fac.camel@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <CAPORhP4wTqc0xZLatb=K0TozrAYogE7qXQ6Bw5WAynhAzW-QPQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 2020-05-18 at 13:02 -0400, David Mehler wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I've got a Raspberry Pi 3b+ that I'd like to put FreeBSD 12.1 on. It
> is completely headless the only thing it has is it's power
> connection.
> I have downloaded and wrote to sd the latest 12.1 amd64 rpi3 image.
> 
> As this is headless I have looked and read that the pi 3b+ onboard
> wireless adapter is not supported out of the box. Is this so? Is
> there
> a way perhaps with a custom kernel to make this work?
> 
> My goal is to drop this sd card in the pi, start it up, and have it
> come up on the wireless network and be ready for me to ssh in to it.
> 
> Any suggestions appreciated.
> 
> Thanks.
> Dave.
> 

We currently have no driver for the onboard wireless.  Your only option
for the setup you describe would be to plug in a usb wireless adapter
that freebsd does have a driver for.

-- Ian




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