Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 00:09:47 +0200 From: Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely7.cicely.de> To: Jingcheng zhang <jczhang80@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-arm <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Does FreeBSD 10 supports ARM well? Message-ID: <20140924220947.GF26563@cicely7.cicely.de> In-Reply-To: <CABSuJbMMFz0PmBWzv8WdnuddQieVDE5qN5n_jSdsCRE=ozog7g@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 01:12:43PM +0800, Jingcheng zhang wrote: > Hi all, > > We have a storage system based on FreeBSD 10. We want to run the system on > ARM platform. We know that the FreeBSD support development is in > progress. Could some guys help answer the following questions? > 1) Does FreeBSD 10 supports ARM? > 2) Are the disk and network adapters support ready for ARM? Well - it really depends on your requirements and system. ARM systems are very different from each other - there is no single answer. Same goes for disk and network adapters - they are very different too, plus you need a board which supports adding adapters. It is very possible to run FreeBSD ARM with long uptime. This is a self build board based on Atmel AT91RM9200: uname -[51]beaver.cicely.de# uname -a FreeBSD beaver.cicely.de 8.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT #0: Sun Nov 22 07:52:33 CET 2009 ticso@beaver.cicely.de:/mnt2/arm-2009-04-17/head/sys/arm/compile/BEAVER arm [52]beaver.cicely.de# uptime 11:57PM up 1370 days, 2:07, 1 user, load averages: 0.33, 0.14, 0.04 A more modern design with a Wandboard Quad using the Freescale iMX6: [304]wb1# uname -a FreeBSD wb1.cicely.de 11.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 11.0-CURRENT #0 r271289M: Tue Sep 9 00:26:36 CEST 2014 ticso@cicely1.cicely.de:/root/crochet-freebsd/work/obj/arm.armv6/home/builder/arm-build/head/sys/IMX6 arm [305]wb1# cat / [305]wb1# uptime 8:55PM up 13 days, 10:16, 1 user, load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 About disk and network adapters - hard to tell, because most ARM boards are SOC without slots to add anything and most people don't use cards. USB usually works fine - with all the pros and cons of USB. Usually the most popular adapters should work if the board has a supported Slot system. The iMX6 for example has single port PCI express and single port SATA. I never tried the SATA and most baords don't have a PCIe slot. I do own a Fairy board carrier for the Wandboard modules, which has a mini PCIe slot, but I don't own a card. But in any case - a different SOC and the iMX6 answers are useless. -- B.Walter <bernd@bwct.de> http://www.bwct.de Modbus/TCP Ethernet I/O Baugruppen, ARM basierte FreeBSD Rechner uvm.home | help
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