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Models covered
Raspberry Pi 3
Sub-models (3B+) options :
- BCM2837B0 1.2GHz quad-core 64-bit Arm Cortex-A53 CPU
- ?VideoCore IV GPU
- 2.4GHz 802.11 b/g/n wireless LAN
- 1024MB SDRAM
- HDMI port
- four USB 2.0 ports
- Bluetooth 4.2, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), onboard antenna
- CSI-2 camera connector
Core Components | | |
Boot Standard Kernel: | | |
LAN network card: | | |
Detect hard drives: | | |
Secure boot: | [?] | |
Extra Features | ||
CPU Frequency Scaling | | |
Hibernation | [?] | |
Sleep / Suspend | [?] | |
Xorg | | |
- OpenGL | [?] | |
- Resize-and-Rotate(randr) | [?] | |
Switch to External Screen | [?] | |
Wireless/Wifi | | |
Legend :
= OK ; 
Unsupported(No Driver) ; 
= Error (Couldn't get it working); [?] Unknown, Not Test ; [-] Not-applicable
= Configuration Required; 
= Only works with a non-free driver and or firmware
lsusb
$ lsusbBus 001 Device 004: ID 0424:7800 Microchip Technology, Inc. (formerly SMSC) Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:2514 Microchip Technology, Inc. (formerly SMSC) USB 2.0 HubBus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:2514 Microchip Technology, Inc. (formerly SMSC) USB 2.0 HubBus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
$ sudo lsusb -v 2>/dev/null | grep -E '\<(^Bus|iProduct|bDeviceClass|bDeviceProtocol)'Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0424:7800 Microchip Technology, Inc. (formerly SMSC) bDeviceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class bDeviceProtocol 255 iProduct 0 Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:2514 Microchip Technology, Inc. (formerly SMSC) USB 2.0 Hub bDeviceClass 9 Hub bDeviceProtocol 2 TT per port iProduct 0 bDeviceClass 9 Hub bDeviceProtocol 0 Full speed (or root) hubBus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:2514 Microchip Technology, Inc. (formerly SMSC) USB 2.0 Hub bDeviceClass 9 Hub bDeviceProtocol 2 TT per port iProduct 0 bDeviceClass 9 Hub bDeviceProtocol 0 Full speed (or root) hubBus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub bDeviceClass 9 Hub bDeviceProtocol 1 Single TT iProduct 2 DWC OTG Controller
USB Host controllers entries (without OHCI, UHCI, EHCI) are removed too.
Note: This page was originally meant to provide support for the Raspberry Pi 3. Support for earlier families has been added since.
Raspberry Pi 3, like earlier models, require a non-free blob to boot
The Raspberry Pi 3 is a version of the RaspberryPi which was released in February 2016. It contains a 1.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A53 CPU and hence is the first version of the RaspberryPi to support the arm64 architecture. In 2018, two further models were added to the Raspberry Pi 3 family — The 3B+ and 3A+.
This device can run Debian/arm64, that requires integration work to get it booting. Raspberry Pi OS has the dtb files for that, but they haven't been upstreamed to Linux.
GPIO
You can use sysfs to configure and control the GPIO pins. The pin numbers are offset by 458 (see /sys/kernel/debug/gpio). Thus to enable pin 4 (as root):
# echo "462" > /sys/class/gpio/export
GPIO libraries work, but require some extra effort as of 2019-03-25.
For RPi.GPIO, see https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/pkg-raspi-maintainers/Week-of-Mon-20190318/000333.html
For gpiozero, see https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/pkg-raspi-maintainers/Week-of-Mon-20190318/000334.html
Sound
The buster kernel does not support at least the analog audio output on the Raspberry Pi 3B+ but installing the buster-backports kernel fixes it:
$ cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [ALSA ]: bcm2835_alsa - bcm2835 ALSA bcm2835 ALSA 1 [vc4hdmi ]: vc4-hdmi - vc4-hdmi vc4-hdmi
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