Preliminary support for Raspberry Pi 5

Contributed by rueda on 2025-09-02 from the puffier raspberries! dept.

OpenBSD -current has gained initial support for the Raspberry Pi 5:

CVSROOT:	/cvs
Module name:	src
Changes by:	mglocker@cvs.openbsd.org	2025/09/01 12:56:04

Modified files:
	distrib/arm64/iso: Makefile 
	distrib/arm64/ramdisk: Makefile install.md list 

Log message:
Add Raspberry Pi 5 Model B support for RAMDISK.

Known issues:
* Booting from PCIe storage HATs doesn't work because of missing U-Boot
support.
* WiFi on the Raspberry Pi 5 Model B "d0" boards doesn't work.
* The active cooler (fan) doesn't work because of missing pwm/clock
drivers (some work is in-progress).

ok kettenis@, deraadt@

This is still marked as work in progress, but progress this definitely is. A lot of work by kettenis@ and others went into this early-stage support, and more improvements are in the pipeline. Perhaps we can hope for full-ish support for this hardware in the upcoming release?

As usual, testing and feedback will be much appreciated by the developers.

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