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Date:      Sun, 14 Jul 2019 15:04:03 -0700
From:      bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net>
To:        Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org>
Cc:        bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net>, freebsd-arm@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 11.3-RELEASE and 11.2-RELEASE images fail to boot on BeagleBone Black
Message-ID:  <20190714220403.GA84263@www.zefox.net>
In-Reply-To: <900bc3467c7e28f58e8e6cf17e881bdefcb3b751.camel@freebsd.org>
References:  <8352f841-0522-9f45-148d-d2948e97857e@gmail.com> <20190713152404.GJ1503@dendrobates> <b6876ce7-5147-5f1a-d712-3515e124cd36@gmail.com> <6b3dcec02b425a8559605b4e6c5ada19ee642728.camel@freebsd.org> <20190713194256.GK1503@dendrobates> <85e35455-793a-84fe-c8cf-39b89ade7c11@gmail.com> <900bc3467c7e28f58e8e6cf17e881bdefcb3b751.camel@freebsd.org>

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On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 10:04:30AM -0600, Ian Lepore wrote:
> 
> Such is life for a tier-2 platform.  Two or three years ago it looked
> like arm was at the point where it should be a tier-1 platform, and I
> put a lot of effort into things like testing releases, because releases
> that actually work seem like an important thing for a tier-1 platform. 
> Eventually it became clear to me that arm was never going to be a tier-
> 1 platform in freebsd.  

That last sentence is quite a surprise. Could you elaborate a little?

Thanks for reading!

bob prohaska



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