[#]FreeBSD 14.2 is now running perfectly on my Geekom A7 (my daily driver workstation). This is literally the only operating system I've run on this hardware that can play a 4K Youtube video with zero dropped frames from start to finish. Void Linux couldn't, Windows 11 Pro (preinstalled OS on the device) couldn't. My mind continues to be blown.
Why was it a struggle? Because the FreeBSD driver for the RTL8125 2.5G Ethernet adapter in the device doesn't work, and there is no FreeBSD driver for the MediaTek 7922 Wi-Fi adapter it came with.
Solution? Swap the Wi-Fi adapter with a natively supported one, and after installation but before rebooting, enter the chroot and pkg install the RTL8125 alternate driver. Reboot, and bask in the glory of FreeBSD on a mini powerhouse PC!
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@kaidenshi which version of the driver works for you?
For me, both versions crash my machine. Looks like something with number of bytsles/frames...
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@brnrd it's the realtek-re-kmod-1100.00_1 available in packages. So far it's been rock solid for me.
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@kaidenshi lucky you! There's some issue with the driver prompting the existence of a 998 version.
The dual 8125 in my Ryzen 7 5825U is now unused. Using an ASIX USB3 thing for now (axe driver)
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@brnrd interesting, I wasn't aware. I guess I am lucky! It's been an astounding little machine no matter what OS is installed, but so far it runs best with FreeBSD so I'm more than happy with it.
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