From owner-freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Mon Jan 23 10:30:40 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB427CBD06E for ; Mon, 23 Jan 2017 10:30:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tech-lists@zyxst.net) Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com (out1-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.25]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 826E4D5B for ; Mon, 23 Jan 2017 10:30:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tech-lists@zyxst.net) Received: from compute4.internal (compute4.nyi.internal [10.202.2.44]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id B828C20554 for ; Mon, 23 Jan 2017 05:30:38 -0500 (EST) Received: from frontend2 ([10.202.2.161]) by compute4.internal (MEProxy); Mon, 23 Jan 2017 05:30:38 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=zyxst.net; h= content-transfer-encoding:content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-me-sender :x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc:x-sasl-enc; s=mesmtp; bh=+/SE7+hBEEYikOg IhpTVzWcf9QY=; b=LGOfU4WoDzt8XUWJ9ViaAx22MuUmFiH6vyUUDSQnVen27Zw bDazpXXwzAfKgCf8BXF+QANzSxj9ECID87taz27BW5jN1KiNXcKE+/LhENC4pi+Y 1DWbQsRvIrjXjAOrR+MgX8CToxBJHi6r3036Bgcd+m87Lg5WQ0XeJUTpMjIE= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc:x-sasl-enc; s= smtpout; bh=+/SE7+hBEEYikOgIhpTVzWcf9QY=; b=cwu5ytjEzZxtpK8vupJz wqwQwvuCZ6FTjI/CLqnONPfPi3+IFErIBlzzw/FwqdkCiGdxpv+KmjGL+BuZDFtE AvGJEVlofqS0XbVYWRKZuO1px2wTtxZ9yzhdamsRAdv8IPb9BfGaI1L5NuZWyp+9 TAYW368wdhBDrmya3nLL8tE= X-ME-Sender: X-Sasl-enc: B/X7z9iU1yMrSHEK3oIvl4wP2toYtPVoQXecI7taLmmH 1485167438 Received: from pumpkin.growveg.org (pumpkin.growveg.org [82.70.91.101]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 5D0562450D for ; Mon, 23 Jan 2017 05:30:38 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: Durable/serious arm hardware ? References: <45d41ec7-3004-ea6c-560e-50bdff9b997a@caliopea.com> <185dbbb3-15eb-b63a-799f-d209858257b9@zyxst.net> <9AAE3A31-8EAE-4512-957C-40790C9D351B@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org From: tech-lists Message-ID: <2ec431c9-6c86-8be2-26e4-a94e2b38a66d@zyxst.net> Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2017 10:30:30 +0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <9AAE3A31-8EAE-4512-957C-40790C9D351B@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Porting FreeBSD to ARM processors." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2017 10:30:40 -0000 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.