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 ## NetBSD 7 and NetBSD 8  ## NetBSD 7 and NetBSD 8
   
  - RaspberryPi 1, and 2 (including SMP)   - RaspberryPi 1, 2, 3 (except Pi 3 builtin WiFi and bluetooth)
  - Raspberry Pi 3 (excluding WiFi and bluetooth)   - multiple processors on 2/3
  - multi-user boot with root on SD card   - boots normally to multiuser, with FAT32 boot partition on uSD
    - root filesystem can be uSD or USB-attached mass storage
  - serial or graphics console (with EDID query / parsing)   - serial or graphics console (with EDID query / parsing)
    - X11 via HDMI
    - GPU (VCHIQ) - 3D and video decode. man page missing.
    - USB host controller - dwctwo(4) and most devices work
    - USB Ethernet - usmsc(4)
  - DMA controller driver and sdhc(4) support   - DMA controller driver and sdhc(4) support
    - RNG
  - Audio: works. man page missing.   - Audio: works. man page missing.
  - I²C: works, could use enhancements, man page  
  - GPIO   - GPIO
  - RNG   - I²C: works, could use enhancements, man page
  - SPI: could use enhancements, man page   - SPI: could use enhancements, man page
  - GPU (VCHIQ) - 3D and video decode. man page missing.  
  - USB (host) - dwctwo(4)  
  - USB Ethernet - usmsc(4)  
  - X windows.  
   
 ## NetBSD current  ## NetBSD current
   
  - Raspberry Pi 3 bluetooth   - Raspberry Pi 3 builtin bluetooth
  - Raspberry Pi 3 new SD host controller driver   - Raspberry Pi 3 new SD host controller driver
   
 ## What needs work  ## What needs work
   
  - USB (host); isochronous transfers.   - USB (host); isochronous transfers.
  - WiFi   - Raspberry Pi 3 builtin WiFi
   
 # CPU types  # CPU types
   
 Note that one can also use code for earlier models on later models.  
   
  - Raspberry Pi 1 uses "earmv6hf".   - Raspberry Pi 1 uses "earmv6hf".
  - Raspberry Pi 2 uses "earmv7hf".   - Raspberry Pi 2 uses "earmv7hf".
  - Raspberry Pi 3 uses "earmv7hf".   - Raspberry Pi 3 uses "earmv7hf".
   
 See also [[NetBSD/aarch64|aarch64]] for running the Pi 2/3 in 64-bit mode.  Note that one can run earmv6hf code on the 2 and 3.  See also
   [[NetBSD/aarch64|aarch64]] for running the Pi 2/3 in 64-bit mode.
   
 # Installation  # Installation
   
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  - [https://github.com/ebijun/NetBSD/blob/master/RPI/RPIimage/Image/README](https://github.com/ebijun/NetBSD/blob/master/RPI/RPIimage/Image/README)   - [https://github.com/ebijun/NetBSD/blob/master/RPI/RPIimage/Image/README](https://github.com/ebijun/NetBSD/blob/master/RPI/RPIimage/Image/README)
   
   # Maintaining a system
   
   ## vcgencmd
   
   The program vcgencmd can be found in pkgsrc/misc/raspberrypi-userland.
   
   
 ## Updating the kernel  ## Updating the kernel
   
  - Build a new kernel, e.g. using build.sh. It will tell you where the ELF version of the kernel is, e.g.   - Build a new kernel, e.g. using build.sh. It will tell you where the ELF version of the kernel is, e.g.
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  - Depending on your hardware version, copy this either to /boot/kernel.img (First generation Pi, Pi Zero hardware) or to /boot/kernel7.img (Pi 2, Pi 3 hardware)   - Depending on your hardware version, copy this either to /boot/kernel.img (First generation Pi, Pi Zero hardware) or to /boot/kernel7.img (Pi 2, Pi 3 hardware)
  - reboot   - reboot
   
   ## Updating the firmware
   
   A section below describes the process of updating NetBSD's copy of the firmware from upstream, with testing, by NetBSD developers.  This section is about updating a system's firmware from the firmware in a version of NetBSD.
   
   TODO: Explain where the firmware is in the source tree, and if it is in the installed system image (such as /usr/mdec).  Explain any particular cautions.
   
   ## Booting
   
   The device boots by finding a file "bootcode.bin".   The primary location is a FAT32 partition on the uSD card, and an additional location is on a USB drive.  See the [[upstream documentation on booting]](https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/hardware/raspberrypi/bootmodes/) and read all the subpages.
   
   The standard approach is to use a uSD card, with a fdisk partition table containing a FAT32 partition marked active, and a NetBSD partition.  The NetBSD partition will then contain a disklabel, pointing to an FFS partition (a), a swap paritiion (b) and the FAT32 boot partition mounted as /boot (e).  The file /boot/cmdline.txt has a line to set the root partition.
   
   One wrinkle in the standard approach is that the disk layout is "boot swap /", but the NetBSD fdisk partition starts at the location of /.   The / partition can hold a disklabel, while swap cannot.   It is normal to have swap after / (and thus within the fdisk partition), but the arrangement used permits growing / on first boot, for the typical case where a larger uSD is used, compared to the minimum image size.
   
   An alternate approach is to have the boot FAT32 partition as above, but to have the entire system including root on an external disk.  This is configured by changing root=ld0a to root=sd0a or root=dk0 (depending on disklabel/GPT).  Besides greater space, part of the point is to avoid writing to the uSD card.
   
   A third approach, workable on the Pi 3 only, is to configure USB host booting (already enableed on the 3+; see the upstream documentation) and have the boot partition also on the external device.  In this case the external device must have an MBR because the hardware's first-stage boot does not have GPT support.   \todo Explain if this has been observed to work.
   \todo In theory the [[procedure to program USB host boot mode]](https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/hardware/raspberrypi/bootmodes/msd.md) will function on a NetBSD system because the programming is done by bootcode.bin.
   
   \todo Explain USB enumeration and how to ensure that the correct boot and root devices are found if one has e.g. a small SSD for the system and a big disk.
   
 # Wireless Networking  # Wireless Networking
   
   Note that the built-in WiFi in the RPI3 is not yet supported.  Note that the built-in WiFi in the RPI3 is not yet supported.   USB WiFi interfaces (that work on NetBSD in general) should all work.
   
  - A Realtek 802.11n USB adaptor configures as urtwn(4).   - A Realtek 802.11n USB adaptor configures as urtwn(4).
    - Configure with wpa_supplicant in /etc/rc.conf -     - Configure with wpa_supplicant in /etc/rc.conf -
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