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

 Booting  FreeBSD on Raspberry Pi 500 Keyboard model BCM2712 D0 stepping.   ASIX8872A USB to Ethernet Controller https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-arm/2025-October/005313.html   Ronald Klop https://wiki.freebsd.org/RonaldKlop/Raspberry%20Pi%205%2016GB   Steps for booting on 16GB  RPI5    Give this a test drive on your RPI 5.  Check the MD5DEEP  files audit values, from this source   md5deep -Zltr *    From: Ronald Klop <ronald-lists_at_klop.ws> Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2025 09:39:10 UTC Hi, Don't know if it helps, but I wrote down what I did yesterday evening with my RPI5 16GB. https://wiki.freebsd.org/RonaldKlop/Raspberry%20Pi%205%2016GB   https://wiki.freebsd.org/RonaldKlop/Raspberry%20Pi%205%2016GB    newfs_msdos /dev/da0p1 Copied the content of the rpi5-uefi zip to the ms-basic-data partition https://github.com/NumberOneGit/rpi5-uefi/releases/download/v0.1/RPI5_D0.zip mount -t msd...

 Testing  FreeBSD 15.0 Beta1  October 11 image on Raspberry Pi 500 Keyboard model https://download.freebsd.org/releases/arm64/aarch64/ISO-IMAGES/15.0/     FreeBSD-15.0-BETA1-arm64-aarch64-PINE64-LTS.img.xz 583211120 2025-Oct-11 10:16 FreeBSD-15.0-BETA1-arm64-aarch64-PINE64.img.xz 583222504 2025-Oct-11 10:16 FreeBSD-15.0-BETA1-arm64-aarch64-PINEBOOK.img.xz 583205364 2025-Oct-11 10:16 FreeBSD-15.0-BETA1-arm64-aarch64-ROCK64.img.xz 584444412 2025-Oct-11 10:16 FreeBSD-15.0-BETA1-arm64-aarch64-ROCKPRO64.img.xz 584562712 2025-Oct-11 10:23 FreeBSD-15.0-BETA1-arm64-aarch64-RPI.img.xz 590431668 2025-Oct-11 10:17   Directory Listing and wget download command  [kliktel@kliktel-pc FreeBSD ]$ cd Rpi500 [kliktel@kliktel-pc Rpi500 ]$ ls Rpi500_FreeBSD_install_Grok_October14.pdf [kliktel@kliktel-pc Rpi500 ]$ wget -c https://download.freebsd.org/releases/arm64/aarch64/ISO-IMAGES/15.0/FreeBSD-15...

Connecting an external USB SSD with a UFS partition to a FreeBSD virtual machine running on QEMU, hosted on a Raspberry Pi OS, involves several steps. The goal is to make the USB SSD accessible to the FreeBSD guest as a file storage system. Below is a step-by-step guide to achieve this, assuming the host is a Raspberry Pi running Raspberry Pi OS (Linux-based) and the guest is a FreeBSD virtual machine in QEMU. Prerequisites Hardware : Raspberry Pi (e.g., Pi 4 or 5) running Raspberry Pi OS. External USB SSD with a UFS partition (formatted on a FreeBSD system, as UFS is not natively supported by Linux). Sufficient power for the USB SSD (use a powered USB hub if needed, as Raspberry Pi USB ports may not provide enough power for some drives). Software : QEMU installed on the Raspberry Pi OS ( qemu-system-aarch64 for ARM64 architecture). FreeBSD disk image or installed FreeBSD VM for QEMU. Basic familiarity with Linux and FreeBSD command-line tools. Notes : Linux (Raspb...

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...