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

WiFI SDIO Broadcom, Infineon 43455,  Notes to learn from for FreeBSD / GhostBSD-Arm64 https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi4_64_Bit_Install#WiFi WiFi WiFi needs three firmware files from in /lib/firmware/brcm/ : brcmfmac43455-sdio.bin brcmfmac43455-sdio.clm_blob brcmfmac43455-sdio.txt Which is almost but not quite the same as the Pi3. The catch is in brcmfmac43455-sdio.txt where grep boardflags3 produces different results for the Pi3 and Pi4 files. The Pi4 version returns boardflags3=0x44200100 The Pi3 version returns boardflags3=0x48200100 With the wrong brcmfmac43455-sdio.txt file, bluetooth will work but not WiFi. These files, including the Pi 4 version of above file, are found in sys-firmware/raspberrypi-wifi-ucode , to install it you'll also need to install sys-kernel/linux-firmware with the savedconfig USE flag and remove the conflicting files from the saved configuration, and then re-emerge linux-firmware to apply the new de-conflicted saved configuration: /...

Raspberry Pi OS works, is supported.  Why select and use GhostBSD-Arm64?   Why would you choose to port FreeBSD (GhostBSD-Arm64) to the Raspberry Pi 4B?  Well I had experience installing & running PCBSD on a x86 laptop in June 2014.  Then I  went back to work and the next time I had time to install PCBSD was October, November 2016, yet there was no PCBSD available then.  Looking around I found https://GhostBSD.org/download and installed GhostBSD.  Networkmgr python app was not working for me.  So I studied about setting up wifi manual using google searches.  I will share forum posts related to that wifi learning experience. https://forums.ghostbsd.org/ucp.php?i=pm&mode=view&f=-1&p=162   Letter Note I wrote about my noob experience with GhostBSD in December 2016. Sorry, but when you are new, you don't have a procedure to follow or know the command names from the very beginning of your journey to knowledge.  Yet,...

 Read all the posts at ghostbsd_arm.blogspot.com Figure out how to tether your android cell phone as wifi network connection via usb cable to FreeBSD on Raspberry Pi 4B.  Then you can create a text file that I will add as new blog post at ghostbsd-arm64.blogspot.com https://srobb.net/fbsdquickwireless.html https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/advanced-networking/#network-usb-tethering https://wiki.freebsd.org/WiFi/FAQ

Link to Groke post: https://x.com/i/grok/share/CUrXWVrQGq3wkfx5ABlSaua2m My Manual Wifi notes Note that the TP Link TL-WN823N rtl8192eu chip, has driver problems and does not connect with a Wifi Access Point using the wpa_supplicant program. The "ifconfig wlan0 up scan"  does work to view nearby access points. # edit 3 Files to add configuration lines into /boot/loader.conf /etc/rc.conf /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf # for the file  /boot/loader.conf # using Keyboard, change into the 'root' user, before editing.  on a stock FreeBSD snapshot the sudo command is not installed su - root_password #use the ee, nano,or vi editor to edit the file /boot/loader.conf #  pkg  install ee nano vi       ## CLI command to install 3 text editors` #  See an example of manually setting up Realtek RTL8188eu wifi chipset at  https://old-forums.ghostbsd.org   https://old-forums.ghostbsd.org/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=526&sid=4ebd1daaa0dbba22e72a5c18c60...