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

Test Mount MBR ExFAT factory partition of a Samsung T7 500GB USB SSD disk for a Raspberry Pi 500 Keyboard, or a Raspberry Pi 5 Hardware with FreeBSD O/S Test mount Samsung T7 USB SSD normal EXFAT 7 partition as from the factory. freebsd@generic:~ % mount /dev/ufs/rootfs on / (ufs, local, soft-updates) devfs on /dev (devfs) /dev/msdosfs/EFI on /boot/efi (msdosfs, local, noatime) tmpfs on /tmp (tmpfs, local) freebsd@generic:~ % mount /dev/ufs/rootfs on / (ufs, local, soft-updates) devfs on /dev (devfs) /dev/msdosfs/EFI on /boot/efi (msdosfs, local, noatime) tmpfs on /tmp (tmpfs, local)   freebsd@generic:~ % cd /mnt/usb freebsd@generic:/mnt/usb % ls freebsd@generic:/mnt/usb % ls -la total 8 drwxr-xr-x  2 root wheel 512 Nov 26 06:42 . drwxr-xr-x  7 root wheel 512 Nov 26 06:42 .. freebsd@generic:/mnt/usb % mount /dev/ufs/rootfs on / (ufs, local, soft-updates) devfs on /dev (devfs) /dev/msdosfs/EFI on /boot/efi (msdosfs, local, noatime) tmpfs on /tmp (tmpfs...

  https://wiki.freebsd.org/arm/Raspberry%20Pi%205   Raspberry Pi 5 Boot stuff   Setting up FreeBSD on a Raspberry Pi 5,  many URL links to share.  How to build a bootable microSD card or USB flash disk stick. RPI5  uboot  github files, Home Assistant Operating System files https://github.com/home-assistant/operating-system/tree/dev/buildroot-external/board/raspberrypi/patches/uboot Recklessberry  Patch Injection   https://wiki.freebsd.org/arm/RecklessberryPatchInjection ARM64   freebsd kernels for various Single Board Computers.   https://wiki.freebsd.org/arm64 https://wiki.freebsd.org/arm64#Raspberry_Pi_5 https://download.freebsd.org/releases/arm64/aarch64/ISO-IMAGES/14.3/    Index to 14.3 ISO images    https://download.freebsd.org/releases/arm64/aarch64/ISO-IMAGES/14.3/FreeBSD-14.3-RELEASE-arm64-aarch64-RPI.img.xz   RPI 3/4 image URL link for download   Steps to follow: Steps to follow ...

Link to this QEMU Aarch64 blog post: This manual test of markdowntohtml.com L_Finster34982 Status X.com post of this blogpost The Raspberry Pi 500 is essentially a rebranded Raspberry Pi 5 with 8GB RAM integrated into a keyboard, similar to the Raspberry Pi 400. Since the Raspberry Pi 5 does not have a pre-built FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE image (support is limited to Raspberry Pi 3 and 4 for this release), running FreeBSD arm64 14.3-RELEASE in a virtual machine (VM) on a Raspberry Pi 500 running Raspberry Pi OS is a viable approach. Below is a step-by-step guide to set this up using QEMU, a popular emulator and virtualization tool, on Raspberry Pi OS (64-bit, aarch64). Prerequisites Hardware : Raspberry Pi 500 (8GB RAM) running Raspberry Pi OS (64-bit). Software : Raspberry Pi OS (latest recommended, e.g., based on Debian Bookworm). QEMU installed on Raspberry Pi OS. FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE arm64 virtual machine image or ISO. Storage : At least 8GB free space on an SD card or e...

PACKAGESITE  for  aarch64  FreeBSD package updates ntpd, ntpq, ntpdate http://pkg.freebsd.org/ Check this to confirm the proper URL echo $PACKAGESITE export PACKAGESITE="https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:aarch64" echo $PACKAGESITE  or use "https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:aarch64"  for FreeBSD 15.x-CURRENT