Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2021 13:34:58 -0400 From: George Mitchell <george+freebsd@m5p.com> To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Oversimplification Message-ID: <985a5668-de53-66b5-c82e-568697d896ab@m5p.com> In-Reply-To: <20210602131355.0edf2167@zeta.dino.sk> References: <35728cba-0152-9b73-77f9-48683e870bbd@m5p.com> <20210602131355.0edf2167@zeta.dino.sk>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --PGWuHAAScxWhGoulUmULFPRJMJ8hr0RFQ Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="UDdhORyM4XHLwXIDXuTFThEWFHP56cZ4c"; protected-headers="v1" From: George Mitchell <george+freebsd@m5p.com> To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Message-ID: <985a5668-de53-66b5-c82e-568697d896ab@m5p.com> Subject: Re: Oversimplification References: <35728cba-0152-9b73-77f9-48683e870bbd@m5p.com> <20210602131355.0edf2167@zeta.dino.sk> In-Reply-To: <20210602131355.0edf2167@zeta.dino.sk> --UDdhORyM4XHLwXIDXuTFThEWFHP56cZ4c Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 6/2/21 7:13 AM, Milan Obuch wrote: > On Sun, 30 May 2021 17:49:01 -0400, George Mitchell > <george+freebsd@m5p.com> wrote: >=20 >> 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 >> >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > They are preparing Quartz64 card, up to 8 GB RAM, no ETA yet. >=20 > Regards, > Milan >=20 Thanks for the response! -- George --UDdhORyM4XHLwXIDXuTFThEWFHP56cZ4c-- --PGWuHAAScxWhGoulUmULFPRJMJ8hr0RFQ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="OpenPGP_signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="OpenPGP_signature" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- wsF5BAABCAAjFiEENdM4ZHktsJW5kKZXwRES3m+p4fkFAmC3wUIFAwAAAAAACgkQwRES3m+p4fkw DA//ZNCCBTZI+03Xzd1cYKvWEhenMSlVCCXkcJlT436aXVk4iOiaBVeG73EbyoN57s3M/JT1+SwK kbsOwvKa2B4q4LJDYPiK16+sQxcyH2CVP5IZDIw04Ihdz1EWh3MwGBiRGpRNDqAJMCOZ8EyPWWy+ o08pEO3X7SkXoPgaj8PfSPDKNGp9dWbhasTbkk07JMxPzTGOyW50J72m2O3qnh0O/YxNH0DrmXrR bDvr8YGVcWABAmG/LUXSIHEgWnyUZ6Yn7dwQezq3w84kyCfXwN2dSA89dYYxd+ZTzeS1aa5Z2mVp n2Yxq1TeoKg/m7PWx6d3WDLvBFAWBWb5RWCnMZBlCn3x55RyRcvMJG476bTbC77FgNyqrx9vzVd1 DgDVJ1MjS6YbYov14a98yng4Le11eALNwKhfF6Ks0+aucr76q9TGq/FqqH/FLJARY6SLGajumfYp z6tTQP/wx8lcLGgBc7mhSXjzg90QVBPlVqg1L/lhhqQuiatBNPDcQ3W8kmd1VZ3oD618ViglMvhv REEDGPKcpDZudOHxKE8il21DHMtld1KbuoKDCPWQhUNRcz1zUZoUgu+rnI1w3EhH7pZmjqwNRA4F XL8h5JFegnmvx8WCoJWMi/PGJNFSvOep4sIXLr4WtwWlfJoxoXcuN7Ny1av0KSNGkUiIUijMYs50 Jng= =HTJF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --PGWuHAAScxWhGoulUmULFPRJMJ8hr0RFQ--
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