Raspberry Pi3 Model B+ - FreeBSD

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Newsky TV28T, rtl_433, [z30b], c2,

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2026-06-01: mmcsd0sd2a - hmm, rtl_433 stopped sending data. I replaced the dongle - didn't help. I replaced the Pi PSU - didn't help. I tried all the usb ports on the Pi. When I switch ports I get 1 - to a few readings, then it stops again. Maybe the usb ports on the Pi (or the usb huv) are broken? I switched to a Pi4, testing both donbgles - no dice. Testing with one dongle on my c2 workstation says it can be noise., ok, nothing to do about that.

2026-05-25: mmcsd0s2a - rootfs - hmm, when I run rtl_433 via service rtl_433 start it runs, but doesn't publish any mqtt messages. Strange. ok, I'll just do sudo rtl_433 then, that way works.

2026-05-25: mmcsd0s2a - rootfs - enable rtl_433

root@rtl3:~ # sysrc rtl_433_enable="YES"
rtl_433_enable:  -> YES

2026-05-25: mmcsd0s2a - rootfs - info about the microSD card from dmesg

root@rtl4:~ # dmesg | grep mmc
mmc0: <MMC/SD bus> on sdhci_bcm0
mmc0: Card at relative address 1 failed to set high speed timing
mmcsd0: 63GB <SDHC SD64G 6.1 SN 45900296 MFG 09/2022 by 159 TI> at mmc0 0.4MHz/4bit/65535-block

2026-05-25: I created this page.

2026-05-25: mmcsd0s2a - rootfs - booting the FreeBSD 14.4-release-p5 microSD card that I configured on the Pi 4.

root@rtl4:~ # freebsd-version -ku
14.4-RELEASE-p5
14.4-RELEASE-p5

kernel

root@rtl4:~ # uname -a
FreeBSD rtl4 14.4-RELEASE-p5 FreeBSD 14.4-RELEASE-p5 GENERIC arm64

it seems the card has a problem in this machine too. From /var/log/messages

May 25 13:10:05 rtl4 kernel: WARNING: Cannot find freebsd,dts-version property, cannot check DTB compliance

May 25 13:10:05 rtl4 kernel: regfix0: <Fixed Regulator> on ofwbus0
May 25 13:10:05 rtl4 kernel: clk_fixed2: clock-fixed has no clock-frequency
May 25 13:10:05 rtl4 syslogd: last message repeated 1 times
May 25 13:10:05 rtl4 kernel: regfix1: <Fixed Regulator> on ofwbus0
May 25 13:10:05 rtl4 kernel: regfix2: <Fixed Regulator> on ofwbus0
May 25 13:10:05 rtl4 kernel: regfix3: <Fixed Regulator> on ofwbus0
May 25 13:10:05 rtl4 kernel: bcm2835_firmware0: <BCM2835 Firmware> on simplebus0
May 25 13:10:05 rtl4 kernel: ofw_clkbus1: <OFW clocks bus> on bcm2835_firmware0
May 25 13:10:05 rtl4 kernel: clk_fixed2: clock-fixed has no clock-frequency
May 25 13:10:05 rtl4 syslogd: last message repeated 3 times

May 25 13:10:05 rtl4 kernel: clk_fixed2: clock-fixed has no clock-frequency
May 25 13:10:05 rtl4 syslogd: last message repeated 13 times
May 25 13:10:05 rtl4 kernel: lintc0: <BCM2836 Interrupt Controller> mem 0x40000000-0x400000ff on simplebus0
May 25 13:10:05 rtl4 kernel: clk_fixed2: clock-fixed has no clock-frequency
May 25 13:10:05 rtl4 syslogd: last message repeated 1 times
May 25 13:10:05 rtl4 kernel: intc0: <BCM2835 Interrupt Controller> mem 0x7e00b200-0x7e00b3ff irq 39 on simplebus0
May 25 13:10:05 rtl4 kernel: clk_fixed2: clock-fixed has no clock-frequency
May 25 13:10:05 rtl4 syslogd: last message repeated 3 times
May 25 13:10:05 rtl4 kernel: gpio0: <BCM2708/2835 GPIO controller> mem 0x7e200000-0x7e2000b3 irq 7,8 on simplebus0
May 25 13:10:05 rtl4 kernel: gpiobus0: <OFW GPIO bus> on gpio0
May 25 13:10:05 rtl4 kernel: gpio1: <Raspberry Pi Firmware GPIO controller> on bcm2835_firmware0
May 25 13:10:05 rtl4 kernel: gpiobus1: <GPIO bus> on gpio1
May 25 13:10:05 rtl4 kernel: regfix0: Cannot configure GPIO pin: 5
May 25 13:10:05 rtl4 kernel: REGNODE_INIT failed: 6
May 25 13:10:05 rtl4 kernel: regfix0: Cannot register regulator.
May 25 13:10:05 rtl4 kernel: clk_fixed2: clock-fixed has no clock-frequency
May 25 13:10:05 rtl4 syslogd: last message repeated 1 times
May 25 13:10:05 rtl4 kernel: mbox0: <BCM2835 VideoCore Mailbox> mem 0x7e00b880-0x7e00b8bf irq 6 on simplebus0
May 25 13:10:05 rtl4 kernel: clk_fixed2: clock-fixed has no clock-frequency
May 25 13:10:05 rtl4 syslogd: last message repeated 5 times

May 25 13:10:05 rtl4 kernel: mmc0: Card at relative address 1 failed to set high speed timing
May 25 13:10:05 rtl4 kernel: mmcsd0: 63GB <SDHC SD64G 6.1 SN 45900296 MFG 09/2022 by 159 TI> at mmc0 0.4MHz/4bit/65535-block

a symotion is the the disk access is slow as hell.