Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 09:31:05 +0900 (JST) From: Mori Hiroki <yamori813@yahoo.co.jp> To: Balanga Bar <balanga.bar@gmail.com>, Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> Cc: "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Marvell Kirkwood - anyone? Message-ID: <510843521.1045902.1555374665813.JavaMail.yahoo@jws700008.mail.kks.yahoo.co.jp> In-Reply-To: <CADocevC8LpuxuFd9rpo3VPn1Otwws3qRr2rY6c2VuMyTGqF8Cw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CADocevBefY03R2QMKfnsuSp=XM4WBGC3yQFLzQ=1zuD7GGk5qQ@mail.gmail.com> <693425711bdc5e7fbff22bb4056c33326fca8c4d.camel@freebsd.org> <CADocevC8LpuxuFd9rpo3VPn1Otwws3qRr2rY6c2VuMyTGqF8Cw@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi I tried like OpenRD-Base target. I use ZRouter build system. I have two problems. One is network is now work. Second is cpu is very slow. I seem L2 cache issue. Thanks Hiroki Mori ----- Original Message ----- > From: Balanga Bar <balanga.bar@gmail.com> > To: Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> > Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org > Date: 2019/4/15, Mon 17:10 > Subject: Re: Marvell Kirkwood - anyone? >=20 > All I'm really looking for is some update for a number of web pages > including https://wiki.freebsd.org/FreeBSDMarvell=20 > which show how to build FreeBSD for the platform. The build process seems > to have changed somewhat over the last few years and instructions do not > mention which version of FreeBSD is being used. >=20 > Since I already have a couple of GoFlex Home units I would like to try an= d > get FreeBSD installed on them. It seems that people managed to get FreeBS= D > working on these as long ago as seven years ago, so I'm only trying to > recreate something that has already been done, but getting a working buil= d > installed is proving somewhat problematic. >=20 > The most frustrating things is that when I manage to create a build which > will boot, there is generally a kernel panic soon after, and the system > will not subsequently boot and I don't know how to identify why this > occurred. >=20 > On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 4:12 PM Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> wrote: >=20 >> On Wed, 2019-04-10 at 06:23 +0000, Balanga Bar wrote: >> > Is anyone using any Marvell Kirkwood devices? >> > >> > I'm trying to build a reliable system, but am struggling to make=20 > it >> > work. >> > Could do with some help on the correct way of building it. >> > _______________________________________________ >> > >>=20 >> To be honest, the Kirkwood stuff is all but completely unsupported at >> this point.=C2=A0 A few people over the past few years have reported so= me >> success with it.=C2=A0 My own experience is that no armv4 or v5 platfor= ms >> have really worked reliably for many years.=C2=A0 When it does work for >> people, they're just lucky that they're not running into any of the >> bugs that are known to exist in the old arm support. >>=20 >> Basically the problem is resources: there is nobody both willing and >> able to support the old armv5 stuff anymore.=C2=A0 The company I work f= or >> used to put their resources into supporting old arm chips, but we've >> moved on to armv7 stuff for the current products, so I don't get to >> spend $work hours on armv5 support anymore. >>=20 >> So all in all, you're really better off with some newer armv7 or v8 >> (64-bit) hardware.=C2=A0 It's cheaper and more powerful, but you do mis= s out >> on one thing that Kirkwood supported: dual GigE ports, which just don't >> seem to exist in the modern arm world. >>=20 >> -- Ian >>=20 >>=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-arm@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arm=20 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arm-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >=20
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