svn commit: r346598 - head/sys/modules

[Rodney W. Grimes]

> On Tue, 23 Apr 2019 at 13:26, Rodney W. Grimes
> <freebsd at gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> wrote:
> >
> > Very cool, now how do I get a PCIe slot into a RPI3!!! lol  :-)
> 
> I know you're joking but the comment does highlight an issue in the
> AArch64 world - there's a lack of good mid-range developer platforms.

I may of been joking with respect to the RPI3, but at the same
time I do know that the RockPro64 exists and does have that
PCIe slot I want, I also know that Michael Dexter has one he would
loan me should I wish to investigate our state of support.

> FreeBSD runs on Cavium/Marvell ThunderX and ThunderX2 and now on
> Ampere eMAG with the WIP discussed in PR 237055. These platforms have
> room for lots of memory, very high core/thread counts (32 to 256), and
> a good complement of PCIe interfaces. The specs go far beyond those of
> a typical desktop software development platform, and the price does
> too. We also run on small embedded boards like the RPi, Pine64, etc.
> just fine, but there's not much in the middle. What we really need is
> something like a Mini-ITX form factor 4 to 8 core system that can take
> 8 to 32GB of RAM, has a PCIe slot or two, and is readily available
> selling for well below $1000 US.
> 
> > I am hopeing some of that PCIe WIP might include some of the
> > bits needed or do we already have PCIe slot on RockPro64 code that works?
> 
> I don't think this will do anything for RockPro64, it's just a
> workaround for limitations in our current arm64 PCI code for some
> functionality unused by ThunderX* but required for eMAG.

Ok


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Rod Grimes                                                 rgrimes at freebsd.org