why do you choose lighttpd over the one distributed with n?
On Sun, Apr 21, 2024 at 4:08 PM Ramiro Aceves <ea1abz%gmail.com@localhost
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El 21/4/24 a las 20:33, Justin Parrott escribió:
> what do you use it for?
Lighttpd Web server, home minidlna film server.
>
> On Sat, Apr 20, 2024 at 2:24 PM Ramiro Aceves <ea1abz%gmail.com@localhost
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> <mailto:ea1abz%gmail.com@localhost <mailto:ea1abz%gmail.com@localhost>>> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am thinking about buying a more powerful Raspberry Pi than
my actual
> Raspberry Pi ZeroW. I like very much how NetBSD operating
system is
> working although I was a bit dissapointed with WIFI driver
for the
> builtin WIFI device, I feel that I can control the OS and it
is the
> OS I
> was looking for, simple and straightforward without bells and
whistles.
>
> In general NetBSD works fine in the Pi once you get used to it,
> everything makes sense soon, you fell confortable and why not
to say, I
> am in a new world after many years using Linux and needed new
> sensations. On the Zero W WIFI bwfm driver did not work well and
> overcome that buying a USB WIFI dongle with RTL 8188EU chip
that works
> almost ok (with no channel switching in the router). Now I
am going to
> use only ethernet network connection so WIFI will not be a
problem.
>
>
> I have been reading
> https://wiki.netbsd.org/ports/evbarm/raspberry_pi/
<https://wiki.netbsd.org/ports/evbarm/raspberry_pi/>
> <https://wiki.netbsd.org/ports/evbarm/raspberry_pi/
<https://wiki.netbsd.org/ports/evbarm/raspberry_pi/>>
> but information is a bit confusing.
>
> "As of early 2024, NetBSD does not support the Raspberry Pi 5."
>
> Reading that I inmediatly discarded the Raspberry Pi 5
choice. Being
> realistic I think It does not work in NetBSD 10 now and I
estimate it
> will not work well for perhaps some years. Life is short, I
cannot wait
> and so I think RaspberryPi 4 should be my buying target.
>
>
> "NetBSD 10"
>
> "RPI4 general support (but there are issues)"
>
> Seems explained below.
>
>
> "RPI4 ethernet (Broadcom GENETv5) (but the man page for
> genet(4) is
> missing)"
>
> Can I be sure that ethernet will work fine and reliable?
Network speed?
>
>
> "builtin bluetooth on RPI3 (RPI0W? RPI4?)"
>
> Does bluetooth work on the Pi4?
>
>
> "builtin WiFi on RPI0W, RPI3 and RPI4 - bwfm(4)"
>
> Does WIFI bwfm driver work as badly as in the ZeroW? Not
relevant for
> my future use of the Pi 4 cause I will use it through
ethernet but that
> will be a bonus, just curious.
>
>
> "RPI4 xhci does not work with a straight netbsd-10 install"
>
> I seems that below is the explanation.
>
> "RPI4 hardware rng does not work with a straight netbsd-10
> install"
>
> I seems that below is the explanation.
>
>
> The following chapter is very confusing for me:
>
>
> "Issues and Workarounds"
> "RPI4 xhci"
>
> "With the netbsd-10 arm64.img on a RPI4 (most of them), the
pci driver
> is missing and therefore xhci will not attach, so the USB
ports will
> not
> work. One workaround is to switch to UEFI, but that leads to
a 3GB
> memory limit and needing a monitor. Another is to add kernel
config.
> One
> can also add the hardware rng. Adding the following to
GENERIC64.local
> results in both working; you likely also need a dtb that
includes the
> RNG. \todo Explain why this isn't in GENERIC64 or link to a PR.
>
> GENERIC64
>
> bcm2838pcie* at fdt? # STB PCIe host
controller
> bcm2838rng* at fdt? # RPI4 RNG
>
> There is some need to load firmware for the xhci driver, but
apparently
> that works, once the above is added"
>
>
> Does it mean that using "traditional booting" you end with
non working
> USB ports? Will you even end without keyboard? I mainly will
use the Pi
> headless via ssh but need the keyboard in the first
configuring steps.
>
> After switching to UEFI you will make USB ports work but 8 GB
> RapberryPi
> will be reduced to 3 GB only with no workaround? What do
"needing a
> monitor" mean? Why?
> If the fix for USB and rng is recompiling the KERNEL, why is not
> enabled
> by default in the standard image?
>
>
> "RPI4 UEFI 3 GB"
>
> "To work around bugs in hardware (that may or may not be fixed in
> recent
> RPI4) and because not all OSes have workarounds, the UEFI
firmware's
> default is to limit RAM to 3GB. NetBSD 10 can be used with
more, so
> this
> needs to be configured in UEFI."
>
> That should be explained more in detail for newcomers.
>
> Last questions:
>
> Do GPIO pins work ok?
>
> Does I2C work? That is important for me cause I plan to read some
> sensors.
>
> Does HDMI output work or should I use serial console?
traditional boot
> vs UEFI difference in this matter?
>
> What is your final opinion about NetBSD in that board? Are
there better
> supported boards perhaps?
>
> Many thanks and sorry for so many questions, just I want to
be sure
> that
> I am going to make a good and useful purchase. If I purchase
a Rpi 4
> instead of Rpi 5 to have NetBSD support and It does not work
ok, it
> will
> be a absolute nonsense.
>
> I appreciate your work very much and your comments and advice
will be
> welcome and very valuable for me.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
> Ramiro.
>
>
>
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