Smallest device running BSD
reddit / BSD

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the_hiacer · 2020-06-25 15:04

I am looking for a small device that runs BSD. The Pi Zero runs Net
and Free but the WiFi is not supported.

I am looking for a small device that runs BSD with WiFi support.

Thanks r/BSD

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alx741 · 2020-06-25 15:17

I'm running FreeBSD 12.1 on a RPI 1 Model B (512 MB of RAM) with a USB
WiFi dongle, everything works fine, haven't try to use the GPIO
though... I assume it works

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the_hiacer · 2020-06-25 15:34

Thanks.

Ideally I am looking forward to pi w zero. The only concern is that
the built in WiFi is not supported yet.

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techsnapp · 2020-06-25 16:32

What's your plan with the device if size is a concern?

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pras00 · 2020-06-25 16:58

If I can replace OpenWRT to FreeBSD in my travel router, that will be
coool !

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DrJackGriffin · 2020-06-25 18:10

Look at NetBSD, that runs on everything.

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jcigar · 2020-06-25 20:16

Apu2 from pcengines

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PitifulView · 2020-06-25 21:51

I am under the impression that netbsd has a driver for the wifi on the
rpi0w.

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teksimian · 2020-06-25 21:53

My apu4d runs freebsd. I love it

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crest_ · 2020-06-25 21:54

NanoPi NEO or NEO2?

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the_hiacer · 2020-06-26 00:59

Something like [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/openbsd/comments/gwjg07
/openbsd_on_pi_zero_w/) .

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the_hiacer · 2020-06-26 01:01

I have got the same impression but could not verify. I could not find
a bootable NetBSD image for Pi 0 W

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the_hiacer · 2020-06-26 01:03

I will check that out. I have seen some comments of some online shop
says that it is very hot even with a heat sink.

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techsnapp · 2020-06-26 01:56

Take a look at these

[https://www.friendlyarm.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=69]
(https://www.friendlyarm.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=69)

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ubuntufig · 2020-06-26 03:23

Their slogan's a bit misleading... yeah, they support a lot of CPU
architectures, but not as much hardware as something like Linux or
even FreeBSD.

https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/024/574/Screen_Shot_2
017-11-06_at_12.41.31_PM.png

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DimestoreProstitute · 2020-06-26 03:45

[pcengines.ch](https://pcengines.ch), I built my own custom 20MB
FreeBSD router with some help from the old
[http://www.minibsd.org/](http://www.minibsd.org/) (looks like its
changed since I last used it) site many years ago. Its a good start
though.

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linuxbuild · 2020-06-26 04:20

Look at [https://wiki.freebsd.org/SDIO](https://wiki.freebsd.org/SDIO)

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PitifulView · 2020-06-26 08:03

I don't think you need a special image for it. regular arm64.img is
supposed to just work.