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Cavium's ThunderX platform is the primary reference target for the FreeBSD/arm64 port.
Network booting FreeBSD on Cavium ThunderX
- Install a supported PCIe network interface card
- Apply the patch from https://reviews.freebsd.org/D5366
- Build the world and kernel, and install to an NFS-exported location
- Configure a TFTP server to provide loader.efi
- Boot the ThunderX and break to the boot selection menu
- Add a new entry to boot from TFTP on the PCIe NIC.
- Configure the “Use DHCP”, “TFTP Server IP address” and “loader.efi location” settings as appropriate for your environment.
- Answer YES for “is the application an OS loader.” Leave “loader.efi arguments” empty.