On 3/16/24 14:32, Peter J. Philipp wrote:
On 3/16/24 14:10, Gabor Nagy wrote:
hello,

maybe?

Running OpenBSD on Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W
https://www.tumfatig.net/2023/running-openbsd-on-raspberry-pi-zero-2-w/


This is incredible!  I have a zero 2W somewhere, though I put it into a GPI case.  The drawback with the GPI case is it will not boot with batteries, because it's really made for the zero 1W,  so it's bonded to the USB power cable.  I'm gonna try putting this on!  Thank you in advance.

The GPI case uses a LCD display (It's the gameboy) do you know any BSD drivers for this?

Best Regards,

-pjp

I have another use for this RPI Zero 2W, I want to make it a remote power switch for 5x USB and 3x 220V AC.  I once purchased this (for another project and I think I'll reuse this):

https://www.waveshare.com/catalog/product/view/id/3616/s/rpi-relay-board-b/category/37/

My question then is... would I have any problems with the GPIO controls with OpenBSD on RPI zero 2W?

Otherwise I'll have to make it another OS.

Best Regards,

-pjp

PS:  I'll probably do this next week I have a need for different hardware in my 9U rackmount cabinet.  And one particular one needs powercycles (and possibly console) as well.  It's the mango pi, which is currently in panic mode most likely or it's hung up, I was building ports on it and the 100 Mbit connection went down.


Olaf Schreck <ch...@syscall.de> ezt írta (időpont: 2024. márc. 15., P, 23:43):

    > Could you point out a hardware for this kind of use-case? I
    would liek to have something smaller than a regular-Pi SBC.

    I'm still playing with this kind of stuff.  Good luck on your
    journey, but
    it will be a rough ride.  You already mentioned some issues.

    I have/had a pair of Raspberry 3B and also a pair of Pine64 SBCs,
    running
    OpenBSD 7.x and CARP failover for experimental things. Working,
    but not as
    reliable as I would like.

    You seem to aim at even smaller boards like that, and newer ones
    should match
    the specs of Raspi3B or Pine64.  However:

    - there is no fine "sysupgrade" for these platforms, so you need
    to reinstall
      every time
    - which means fiddling with non-OpenBSD "uboot" and EFI
    definition files
    - consider creating a network boot infrastructure
    - these devices are very sensitive to power voltage
    instabilities, triggering
      spontaneous reboots.  You may want to run them from stable USB
    power source
    - I doubt this can be reasonably battery-powered, over longer
    time periods
    - storage like SD-card or eMMS draw extra power during operation,
    writes may
      be unreliable during voltage drops
    - storage like SD-card or eMMS will wear out and die hard, sooner
    or later
    - Wifi hardware may not be supported
    - RS232 serial usually provided (and working) by bus pinout, but
    you need to
      add a FTDI232 or CH340 adapter

    That said, I'd like to hear about it if you find interesting
    hardware :)

    Olaf

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