From nobody Wed Jun 02 11:13:55 2021 X-Original-To: freebsd-arm@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D465EF95A7 for ; Wed, 2 Jun 2021 11:14:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-arm@dino.sk) Received: from mailhost.netlabit.sk (mailhost.netlabit.sk [84.245.65.72]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4Fw5y512Jmz4rTx for ; Wed, 2 Jun 2021 11:14:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-arm@dino.sk) Received: from zeta.dino.sk (fw3.dino.sk [84.245.95.254]) (AUTH: LOGIN milan) by mailhost.netlabit.sk with ESMTPA; Wed, 02 Jun 2021 13:13:55 +0200 id 00DD63AB.60B767F3.000083CF Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2021 13:13:55 +0200 From: Milan Obuch To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Oversimplification Message-ID: <20210602131355.0edf2167@zeta.dino.sk> In-Reply-To: <35728cba-0152-9b73-77f9-48683e870bbd@m5p.com> References: <35728cba-0152-9b73-77f9-48683e870bbd@m5p.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.8 (GTK+ 2.24.33; i386-portbld-freebsd11.4) List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to ARM processors List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-arm List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-arm@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4Fw5y512Jmz4rTx X-Spamd-Bar: --- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of freebsd-arm@dino.sk designates 84.245.65.72 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=freebsd-arm@dino.sk X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.30 / 15.00]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RBL_DBL_DONT_QUERY_IPS(0.00)[84.245.65.72:from]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+mx]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[dino.sk]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; SPAMHAUS_ZRD(0.00)[84.245.65.72:from:127.0.2.255]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-0.997]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:5578, ipnet:84.245.64.0/18, country:SK]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-arm] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N On Sun, 30 May 2021 17:49:01 -0400, George Mitchell wrote: > I've never been shy about oversimplifying complex questions, so here > goes: What's the ARM system that presents the least hassle to a > prospective FreeBSD user? Here's what I mean by low hassle: > > 1. Widely available. > 2. Runs some standard FreeBSD image with minimal (or no) tweaking. > 3. I suspect ARM64 means less hassle than ARM32. > 4. Friendly to an external high-speed (at least USB 3; possibly SATA?) > disk. > 5. Hopefully 8GB on-board memory, though 4GB is probably okay if high > speed swapping is available (see point 4). > 6. Affordable, but not cheap. > > And next on my Santa list ... -- George > Did you consider RockPro64 from pine64.com? Two models are available, with 2 GB RAM and 4 GB RAM. There is PCIe x4 slot, USB ports (3.0 and 2.0, four total), so your prerequisites are probably met. Also, you can download FreeBSD-13.0-RELEASE-arm64-aarch64-ROCKPRO64.img.xz from FreeBSD ftp site and start. I could test it in past for some days and it worked. I did not have opportunity to test what could be connected to PCIe slot, but from the same vendor some cards could be had as well - dual SATA-II or M.2/NGFF interface card. Just one a bit odd detail using stock image - console line speed was 1.5 Mb/s. I spent some time figuring this. 4 GB version currently out of stock, unfortunately. They are preparing Quartz64 card, up to 8 GB RAM, no ETA yet. Regards, Milan