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

 Learning to boot ASROCK Ampere Altra D8UD-1L2T  64 core Arm64 server board with Free BSD 15.0-CURRENT memstick image Ampere Altra D8UD-1L2T Arm64 CPU, purchase from NewEGG.com   What I do not know about what I am wishing to perform, having not done before

Booting RPI3  Raspberry Pi 3 from a USB Flash drive containing GhostBSD-Arm64 1 Gigabyte Dram memory,  BCM2835 SOC aarch64 core   RPI3 Booting from A USB flash drive & microSD card https://x.com/i/grok/share/GHZgm8yHvIiUx29PahcCI33SC     JavaScript is not available. We’ve detected that JavaScript is disabled in this browser. Please enable JavaScript or switch to a supported browser to continue using x.com. You can see a list of supported browsers in our Help Center. Help Center Terms of Service Privacy Policy Cookie Policy Imprint Ads info © 2025 X Corp. To view keyboard shortcuts, press question mark View keyboard shortcuts JavaScript is not available. We’ve detected that JavaScript is disabled in this browser. Please enable JavaScript or switch to a supported browser to continue using x.com. You can see a list of s...

File copy from local computer to remote computer using SCP  first check  target computer  /etc/ssh/sshd_config  file first edit the sshd_config file to allow  sshd  to answer requests for ssh  uncomment   permit root login  "YES"  line   change NO to YES #PermitRootLogin no  PermitRootLogin yes # override default of no subsystems Subsystem       sftp    /usr/libexec/sftp-server Edit the /etc/rc.conf  with  sysrc  command bash sysrc sshd_enable= "YES" service sshd start   Now check if a firewall is blocking port 22,  either pf  or ipfw man ipfw  or  man pf ps aux | grep -i pf     # to check for firewalls working to block you.   ipfw list ipfw 100 add  tcp allow any to me 22   let me show you how to SCP with commands:   SCP example https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/scp-command-in-linux-with-examples/ Example...

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

Using Linux to download FreeBSD 14.2 image and dd write image to USB flash drive stick at /dev/sdb or to /dev/mmcblk0   microSD card. First get the Linux shell script image file from this location. wget -c http://ghostbsdarm64.hopto.org/packages/write_using_Linux_a_freebsd_img_dd_to_sdX.sh   --2025-05-06 21:26:07--  http://ghostbsdarm64.hopto.org/packages/write_using_Linux_a_freebsd_img_dd_to_sdX.sh Resolving ghostbsdarm64.hopto.org (ghostbsdarm64.hopto.org)... 67.171.248.137 Connecting to ghostbsdarm64.hopto.org (ghostbsdarm64.hopto.org)|67.171.248.137|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 6795 (6.6K) [application/octet-stream] Saving to: ‘write_using_Linux_a_freebsd_img_dd_to_sdX.sh’ write_using_Linux_a_freebsd_img_dd_to 100%[=======================================================================>]   6.64K  --.-KB/s    in 0.02s    2025-05-06 21:26:07 (266 KB/s) - ‘write_using...

 Setting up Jenkins on my little Raspberry Pi 4B hardware with 8gb dram and 1 TB usb 3.0 SSD  April 13, 2025 Several Jenkins FreeBSD setup URLs to read https://wiki.jenkins.io/JENKINS/FreeBSD.html  Wiki Jenkins  FreeBSD Install https://wiki.freebsd.org/Jenkins/InstallGuide    Wiki FreeBSD Jenkins Install Guide https://www.server-world.info/en/note?os=FreeBSD_14&p=java&f=4   https://www.server-world.info/en/note?os=FreeBSD_14&p=java&f=6   Install Jenkins & OpenJDK 21 https://www.jenkins.io/doc/book/installing/other/    Jenkins Installing Other   https://erlangstar.com/2020/10/08/installing-jenkins-on-freebsd/   October 2020 Erlangstar installing Jenkins on FreeBSD.   https://medium.com/@veneraldo/installing-jenkins-on-freebsd-8c27ad5405   Veneraldo Medium article, "Installing Jenkins on FreeBSD"  Apr 20, 2023   edit  /etc/rc.conf    and add  1 line jenkins_enable="YES" ...

 Supporting source code for HDMI Audio in the BCM2712 Raspi5 Hardware.  Use the Linux source code as a help for missing Broadcom Documentation. Ronald Klop says in his wiki about running FreeBSD 15.0 CURRENT  on his Raspberry pi 5 hardware: https://wiki.freebsd.org/RonaldKlop/Raspberry%20Pi%205%2016GB https://wiki.freebsd.org/arm/Raspberry%20Pi%205   Setup of FreeBSD on Raspi 5 BCM2712 Hardware Grok  answer for Raspi5 HDMI Audio:     https://x.com/i/grok/share/HrunSIXyDIFTsBnK5eRhb75Om Text Copy of the Grok Answer: As of March 22, 2025, FreeBSD support for the Raspberry Pi 5 (BCM2712) is still evolving, and full HDMI audio functionality is not yet natively available in the mainline FreeBSD source tree for this specific hardware. However, there are ongoing efforts within the FreeBSD community to improve support for the Raspberry Pi 5, including its HDMI audio hardware. Below, I’ll outline the current state, point you to relevant resources, and sugg...