singlestep wrote on 04.10.2026 01:57:
I am interested in running OpenBSD 7.9 on a Raspberry Pi 5 Model B,
booting *only* from an external USB SSD drive (no SD card in the device
on an ongoing basis).
Through research and testing, it appears that the version of U-Boot
(2025.07) that is included with the stock OpenBSD 7.9 install media
can't see the USB controller, so it stops at the U-Boot> prompt.
It appears that the current recommendation is to use EDK2 UEFI firmware
to get past the issue my question is if there is any plan to address
this with an updated U-Boot in the stock media (OpenBSD 8.0, 8.1, etc.)
so that it's unnecessary?
A few weeks back I tried with -current and USB is not supported in
2026.07. Searching through the internet for a few hours it seems U-Boot
does not support it (yet).
As long as support is not in upstream U-Boot, I doubt it will be
available in OpenBSD.
