GhostBSD ARM64 porting from x86 code base (RISC-V in the future??)

HDMI Audio sound patches into GhostBSD source code /usr/ghost14/ghostbsd-src   January 19, 2024  SOLVED Jan 20, 2024 Applied the three patches manually: D36431, D37878 ,  D37879      D36431 date was September 2, 2022 D37879 date was December 26, 2022 D37878 date was December 26, 2022 fetch https://reviews.freebsd.org/D36431?download=true wget -c https://reviews.freebsd.org/file/data/cc5gnx6lx7pcvduupcbj/PHID-FILE-ombv7ctfqm3de2dyqgeq/D36431.diff fetch https://reviews.freebsd.org/D37878?download=true wget -c https://reviews.freebsd.org/file/data/bicc7vdmyzwnylvq5soa/PHID-FILE-wc6uoit423pb3lpagwsq/D37878.diff fetch https://reviews.freebsd.org/D37879?download=true wget -c https://reviews.freebsd.org/file/data/ln65jga5vwpz4j2ijmnx/PHID-FILE-cnp5deghq74u3kcfwtxs/D37879.diff Standard update to /usr/src  code to the latest git -C /usr/src pull --ff-only root@usr/src # git -C /usr/src pull --ff-only Already up to date. Go to bottom of this post and read  https://ghostbsd-arm64.blogspot.com/202

 Download a Raspberry Pi 4B bootable image for a USB Flash drive 16GB or larger size March 6, 2024  update:  use  Feb27_2.img.xz  file http://ghostbsdarm64.hopto.org/packages/    Here is the directory to look at. http://ghostbsdarm64.hopto.org/packages/write_freebsd_img_dd_to_da1.sh   Here is the shell script for GhostBSD / FreeBSD that will download the  FreeBSD-14.0-RELEASE image GhostBSD Feb27_2.img.xz  image file. HDMI Audio will eventually be working  Paste in any URL link to download that file using BSD Fetch command 0.)  Select '0' to download the FreeBSD-14.0-RELEASE CHECKSUM-RPI text file and compare against the FreeBSD-14.0-RELEASE  sha512 checksum value   

   January 18 2024 More Random notes on GhostBSD 14.0-STABLE O/S bring up      Be patient and wait for memory checking to complete before blindly typing ctrl-C.   Have fun wildly swinging the mouse arrow cursor around the screen. Sort of Like Pong?   Edit the /mnt/esp msdosfs  config.txt file to modify the video output to fit INSIDE the borders of the screen. overscan_left=100 overscan_right=25 overscan_top=30 overscan_bottom=24 On a Samsung TV you may adjust the video: use the remote "menu" button ---> Picture --> Right arrow button,  Down arrow button to Picture Size --> Enter Button or Right arrow button.   Make your selection " Screen Fit "  Enter Button.  Down arrow button to Position.  Use the 4 arrow buttons to move the picture position around.  When adjusted, Hit Enter ,  Down arrow to "Close" menu Enter Button ,  then Hit Return button or Exit Button.   Happy Full Visual Computing.  Will add a couple pictures here later. Use the addus

 I wish to test an embedded post from X.com testing here.  Probably does not work <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I certainly am porting GhostBSD to Arm64! , Klara Articles help me do this task. <a href="https://t.co/4d6imqgnIh">https://t.co/4d6imqgnIh</a><a href="https://t.co/EL0la3Z04N">https://t.co/EL0la3Z04N</a> <br>Help me test on Raspi 4B,3B,400 hardware.<br>1 USB Flash Drive, 1 USB SSD, 5 shell script files<a href="https://t.co/eKdaxNNhC9">https://t.co/eKdaxNNhC9</a> Thank you Klara for the help!</p>&mdash; Fred L Finster (@l_finster34982) <a href="https://twitter.com/l_finster34982/status/1743068442453012566?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 5, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> This is my test.  Fre

 How to install GhostBSD-Arm64 into a USB Flash Drive stick January 5, 2024 edition, update April 24 2024 The steps below are based on using a Raspberry Pi 4B,3B,400 computer, running sh shell scripts using FreeBSD or GhostBSD-ARM64.    1.)  You can  may run these scripts on a standard X86_64 PC booting a live image of https://GhostBSD.org/download    " latest build " or the regular released version, then written to a USB flash Drive for booting up a live media version of GhostBSD or    booting a snapshot .ISO image of FreeBSD. https://freebsd.org/where    FreeBSD.org/where   13.2-RELEASE or 14.0-RELEASE https://download.freebsd.org/releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/14.0/ 2.)  Balena Etcher Tool for Windows and Linux to burn an image file into a USB flash drive https://etcher.balena.io/ 3.)   h ttp://ghostbsdarm64.hopto.org/packages/   Directory of  images you can download. http://ghostbsdarm64.hopto.org/packages/Ghost14_5G_selfbuilt_raspi4b_Feb27_2.img.xz     Download this 72