Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2014 20:56:40 +0200 From: Michael Tuexen <tuexen@fh-muenster.de> To: Tim Kientzle <tim@kientzle.com> Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: official packages for arm? Message-ID: <ECD755AB-33D9-4300-A453-0D864CFBDD79@fh-muenster.de> In-Reply-To: <A273CC92-B007-46F4-9C6E-872A63EC8296@kientzle.com> References: <201407041025.s64APml0031649@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <A273CC92-B007-46F4-9C6E-872A63EC8296@kientzle.com>
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On 04 Jul 2014, at 20:39, Tim Kientzle <tim@kientzle.com> wrote: > > On Jul 4, 2014, at 3:25 AM, Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bris.ac.uk> wrote: > >> Few silly questions, please don't shoot. >> >> 1. Why are there no official arm packages? > > Nathan answered this pretty completely, I think. > >> 2. Are there any specific arm considerations when >> building ports? To do with build time? To do with >> processor capabilities? > > Biggest issue is simply that key ports still > don't build on ARM. For example, a default > build of git breaks because libgcrypt requires > GCC 4.7 port, which doesn't build on ARM. Is it possible to build libgcrypt with clang? > > >> 3. As a guideline, if using external disk >> for building ports (e.g. usb flash media, >> usb hard disk, usb SSD) is the I/O speed >> important? Or is the bottleneck the processor speed? > > My impression is that I/O is the major problem. > Especially for larger packages where the compiler > can end up swapping. > >> 4. Of the three external media: (1) usb flash >> drive, (2) usb hard (moving parts) disk, >> (3) usb SSD, which is faster in broad terms. >> I understand YMMV. > > I haven't experimented with different USB drives. > >> 5. The default RPI-B kernel is very lean: >> http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/sys/arm/conf/RPI-B?view=markup >> >> Still there are things which (I think) >> I don't need, e.g. USB ethernet. >> Will I gain anything by removing USB ethernet >> from the kernel? > > The on-board Ethernet for RPi is actually connected > through USB. If you remove USB Ethernet, you have > removed Ethernet. > > Removing what you don't need will free up more RAM, > which is always good. > > Cheers, > > Tim > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-arm@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arm > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arm-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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