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Expand Up @@ -36,4 +36,6 @@ exclude = [
'mirror\.vofr\.net',
'void\.chililinux\.com',
'voidlinux\.com\.br',
'reddit\.com',
'raspberrypi\.com',
]
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Expand Up @@ -12,29 +12,33 @@ packages should be installed if you want to use any DKMS packages. Void ships
functionality.

The [command line](../../../config/kernel.md#cmdline) parameters passed to the
kernel are in the `rootfs/boot/cmdline.txt` file. Some of the relevant
parameters are documented in the [official
documentation](https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/cmdline-txt.md).
kernel are in the `/boot/cmdline.txt` file. Some of the relevant parameters are
documented in the [official
documentation](https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/configuration.html#the-kernel-command-line).

### Supported Models

| Model | Architecture |
|---------------------------------------------|--------------|
| 1 A, 1 B, 1 A+, 1 B+, Zero, Zero W, Zero WH | armv6l |
| 2 B | armv7l |
| 3 B, 3 A+, 3 B+, Zero 2W, 4 B, 400 | aarch64 |
| 3 B, 3 A+, 3 B+, Zero 2W, 4 B, 400, CM4, 5 | aarch64 |

> It is possible to run the armv7l images on an RPi 3, as the RPi 3's CPU
> supports both the Armv8 and Armv7 instruction sets. The difference between
> these images is that the armv7l image provides a 32-bit system while the
> aarch64 image provides a 64-bit system.

### USB mass storage boot on Raspberry Pi 4
### Raspberry Pi 5 Kernel

To boot an RPi 4 from a USB mass storage device, the [install process is the
same](./index.md), but after installation, the USB drive needs to be mounted on
the host and the `root=` argument in `/boot/cmdline.txt` needs to be changed to,
for example, `root=/dev/sda2`.
The `rpi5-kernel` and `rpi5-kernel-headers` packages provide a kernel and
headers optimized for the Raspberry Pi 5 with 16KB pages. To switch from the
generic `rpi-kernel`, install `rpi5-kernel`. This will remove `rpi-kernel` and
replace it with `rpi5-kernel`.

> Not all software is compatible with larger page-size kernels. View and report
> any compatibility problems in the [tracking
> issue](https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/48260).

### Enabling hardware RNG device

Expand All @@ -59,8 +63,8 @@ driver](../../../config/graphical-session/xorg.md#modesetting) or

More configuration information can be found in the Raspberry Pi Foundation's
[official
documentation](https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/). The
`raspi-config` utility isn't available for Void Linux, so editing the
documentation](https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/configuration.html).
The `raspi-config` utility isn't available for Void Linux, so editing the
`/boot/config.txt` file is usually required.

#### Audio
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