Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 04:21:17 +0100 From: =?utf-8?Q?Klaus_K=C3=BCchemann?= <maciphone2@googlemail.com> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>, freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: arm64 as Tier 1 for FreeBSD 13 Message-ID: <DCAEADE1-7291-4570-B249-65A132FAC2BA@googlemail.com> In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfrUui%2B2_WQ7b-wA%2BAcp-MQFyUQqNQqjc2f4grk6ik8xgA@mail.gmail.com> References: <84926.1580333803@critter.freebsd.dk> <202001292142.00TLgV9N066161@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> <CANCZdfrUui%2B2_WQ7b-wA%2BAcp-MQFyUQqNQqjc2f4grk6ik8xgA@mail.gmail.com>
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> Am 29.01.2020 um 22:51 schrieb Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>: >=20 > =E2=80=A6.. manpower... >=20 > Warner > _______________________________________________ > 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=E2=80=9C =46rom my personal view the RPI-thing is overrated , it=E2=80=99s just another 4-core.. and if you ever made e.g. a -j16 buildworld buildkernel in 90 minutes or so on aarch64 : you = won=E2=80=99t=20 expect the big revolution in computing from this RPI-gadget. :-) but it doesn't look that bad for fbsd on RPI4 ( e.g. better than on = Rock960 which causes u-boot-issues(only openbsd runs on it via the stock = firmware): With me RPI4 survived a make- j4 buildworld buildkernel with only few = problems(had to increase sizeof /tmp-folder)... directly on uSD, mounted as root. Well , after trying to boot to GENERIC-MMCCAM it actually hangs=20 @ mountroot ... something like this should be implemented : https://reviews.freebsd.org/D15955 , I guess it will then no problem to first get network from proprietary = brcmfmac-driver (because I had no problem doing that in netbsd with their = SDIO-implementation). Another question is if using the proprietary Broadcom-drivers will be an = accepted way to go, But why not , RPI wouldn=E2=80=99t boot fbsd without those drivers and = WIFI is even prepared in src : ( /usr.bin/sdiotool/sdiotool.c ) .. Well,of course manpower is a problem(e.g. I=E2=80=99m too tired tonight = to write code :-)=20 =E2=80=94 Regards=20 Klaus
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