From owner-freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Sun Jul 29 14:40:54 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94C7A1058552 for ; Sun, 29 Jul 2018 14:40:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from danny@cs.huji.ac.il) Received: from kabab.cs.huji.ac.il (kabab.cs.huji.ac.il [132.65.116.210]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1095E82D0A for ; Sun, 29 Jul 2018 14:40:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from danny@cs.huji.ac.il) Received: from imac.bk.cs.huji.ac.il ([132.65.179.42]) by kabab.cs.huji.ac.il with esmtp id 1fjmsG-000BG9-5b; Sun, 29 Jul 2018 17:40:44 +0300 From: Daniel Braniss Message-Id: <1F3C1A04-C385-4A84-9208-2A2C451BEDCE@cs.huji.ac.il> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 11.5 \(3445.9.1\)) Subject: Re: rpi3 and Adafruit GPS hat continued Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2018 17:40:43 +0300 In-Reply-To: <2a0c3063-d1d3-00c5-ee59-0a78ca0aaad4@nethead.se> Cc: John Kennedy , freebsd-arm To: Per olof Ljungmark References: <2f55aaea-6832-7441-1011-b8288628a4a9@nethead.se> <2aee4fd4-c221-23a6-00e4-1db2694bfef6@nethead.se> <6DCECF08-1366-4289-9929-94A967284291@ralphsmith.org> <20180729134340.GH75644@phouka1.phouka.net> <2a0c3063-d1d3-00c5-ee59-0a78ca0aaad4@nethead.se> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.9.1) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.27 X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.27 Precedence: list List-Id: "Porting FreeBSD to ARM processors." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2018 14:40:54 -0000 > On 29 Jul 2018, at 17:28, Per olof Ljungmark wrote: >=20 > On 07/29/18 15:43, John Kennedy wrote: >> On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 01:29:17PM +0200, Per olof Ljungmark wrote: >>> Just FYI, I have the hat working now on the rpi2 v1.1 with 11-STABLE = and >>> about to learn how to use the rpi3+current with the hat as well. >>>=20 >>> One thing I have realised is the the pi's can be a bit flaky, = perhaps >>> you could recommend some other single board cpu that works with = FreeBSD >>> 12? Like the rpi3 or even better spec. >>=20 >> I gave the RPI2* a miss, but I've been running my RPI3B+ on 12 since = ~June 22nd >> (starting with the -RPI3-20180618-r335317 download image). I = wouldn't describe >> the RPI3 as being flaky (hardware-wise, *), and I'd say that 12 has = been pretty >> good for being "current" (vs stable). >>=20 >> I expect to follow 12-current down into stable and then release as = that process >> starts over the next few months, so I expect any transient OS = flakeyness to get >> better. >>=20 >> And I'm not using any hats. Yet, at least. So pretty stock setup, = with the >> exception of ZFS root and real swap partition. >>=20 >> *: I've been experimenting with ZFS and compiling kernels = on it for stress- >> testing, so I've had a fan aimed at it to try and reduce any = thermal >> throttling. >>=20 >=20 > Nice to hear! The flakiness I have seen is mainly with the USB > subsystem, for example every other time the RPI3B here loads u-boot it > detects 3 devices, and the next 4 devices, this is from cold start > without any soft- or hardware changes. >=20 > Another issue I've seen is file system corruption but of course this = is > current and I do not expect everything to be top notch. >=20 > Flaky or not, would be nice to try another arm or arm64 platform just = to > learn, preferably one of the bigger ones, already got an Orange Pi R1 = to > delv into now. >=20 i=E2=80=99m using nanopi-neo from Friendlyarm, it=E2=80=99s a bit = challenging to get all the pieces to work (boot et.all.) but it=E2=80=99s cheep and so far I only burned = one :-) can provide help if you want. danny > Cheers, > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-arm@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arm = > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arm-unsubscribe@freebsd.org = "