Re: NetBSD/aarch64 on 8 GB Raspberry Pi 4B?

[Paul Mather <bsd-lists%gromit.dlib.vt.edu@localhost>]

> On Jun 11, 2020, at 3:20 AM, Sad Clouds <cryintothebluesky%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 10 Jun 2020 19:39:41 +0000 (UTC)
> John Klos <john%ziaspace.com@localhost> wrote:
> 
>>> Thanks, I tried booting NetBSD-current from today on RPi4 4 GiB, but
>>> kernel hangs half way through the boot. Last message printed
>>> "WARNING: extracting entropy too early".
>> 
>> This is the same problem I reported, which is apparently due to the
>> way that RPI_EFI.fd is written, I'm guessing.
>> 
>> If you'd like to try the copy from Paul (shared with permission)
>> which has the preference of limiting to 3 gigs disabled, then you can
>> get it here:
>> 
>> https://www.klos.com/~john/RPI_EFI.fd
>> MD5 (RPI_EFI.fd) = 416ecea306ace3778f7862f38061f7d7
>> 
>> If anyone wants to compare the one which works with the one that I
>> have which causes the kernel to hang, the bad one is here:
>> 
>> https://www.klos.com/~john/RPI_EFI.fd_BAD
>> MD5 (RPI_EFI.fd_BAD) = d09b5745a6e8aae68fb7d1f83321802d
>> 
>> John
> 
> Thanks, with this RPI_EFI.fd I was able to fully boot system.


The odd thing is that RPI_EFI.fd at John's site started life as a straight copy of the one in this release: https://rpi4-uefi.dev/v1-14-release-for-pi-4/

The only thing I remember doing was changing the console preference to "Serial" and disabling the 3 GB memory limit on the first boot.  So, I'm not sure why it isn't working for other people. :-\

Cheers,

Paul.