Durable/serious arm hardware ?

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Mon Jan 23 10:30:40 UTC 2017


On 22/01/2017 17:02, Paul Mather wrote:
> I'm just curious, but with the RPi 3 having only 1 GB of RAM, what is
> the compelling advantage in running it in 64-bit mode?  (I've heard
> that 64-bit applications can induce higher memory pressure.)  Is it a
> matter of providing a wide testing base for FreeBSD/arm64?

Sort of. I've started saving ports as packages if they successfully
build. It's still way faster than the rpi2B, even with only 1GB.

TBH, I've not 100% decided what eventual role it will have. If it had
4GB it'd be pressed into a server role and run 24/7

-- 
J.


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