Date: Wed, 29 May 2019 15:09:00 +0100 From: Balanga Bar <balanga.bar@gmail.com> To: Jan Bramkamp <crest@rlwinm.de> Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SheevaPlug Message-ID: <CADocevAHofcRG4sSyL8k9S5txB3qtaPU_GSykJ1K-qKitKRVjQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4c648504-105c-5834-2ff3-0e24e12370cc@rlwinm.de> References: <CADocevBrma%2BryVujwaLhy3_qEd2-gfU=B8wfTTODgZ-A5j0jNA@mail.gmail.com> <op.z2c1l5ikkndu52@sjakie> <CADocevDLi=d2PSUst%2BMdhBpEh9qAyuCEedDMwFaA42sJV4HzxQ@mail.gmail.com> <06a490bd83591a41a80b5390ed4ad001daaff82c.camel@freebsd.org> <CADocevDO3Gykh=a3ZPgYjqgEJm8W-dO2-uq2f=gOKK3Rr6kh3Q@mail.gmail.com> <4c648504-105c-5834-2ff3-0e24e12370cc@rlwinm.de>
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I'm not sure what a Dockstar is. Does it use a SATA connector? If I could boot from a hard disk, I'd be happy with 8.x. On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 12:57 PM Jan Bramkamp <crest@rlwinm.de> wrote: > I did run FreeBSD 8.x on a DockStar based on the same Kirkwood SoC. Back > than ARM Support was a lot less mature and anything file system related > was painfully slow, because of the damn VIVT caches that required > special flags when mounting UFS to avoid running into aliassing > problems. When some "smart" userland code e.g. the perl5.8 build ran > into similar caching problem the kernel had to disable all caching for > the aliased memory mappings. This increased the perl5.8.9 build time to > >25 hours. > > On 29.05.19 09:40, Balanga Bar wrote: > > The reasons I'm investing so much time and effort are:- > > > > it's an opportunity to learn a new technology ie FreeBSD/ARM > > > > discover something about building kernels > > > > finish a long term project of replacing the stock Linux on my GoFlex Home > > with FreeBSD > > > > It is not clear to me if anyone has ever managed to run FreeBSD on one of > > these units. I have reached the point where it runs OK but only when > > booting from USB. If I manage to get it to recognise the hard disk I'll > be > > more than happy and am not really concerned about what may happen after > > freebsd 13. > > > > On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 4:29 PM Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > >> On Tue, 2019-05-28 at 15:24 +0100, Balanga Bar wrote: > >>> Thanks for the links. I notice that the HowTo page is nine years old > and > >>> wonder if anything needs updating... > >>> > >>> I did notice that the SHEEVAPLUG kernel configuration file in the HowTo > >>> page is truncated. Any idea what's missing? > >>> > >>> As for the SD Card reader support, has that ever existed? In the Wiki > >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SheevaPlug it says it had FreeBSD > >> support, so > >>> would assume a Card must have need available at one time.. > >>> > >>> I'm particularly interested in the GOFLEX HOME unit and would love to > >> find > >>> a config file which lets me use a hard disk. I have it booting from a > USB > >>> stick but have hit a brick wall providing hard disk access. I guess > I'll > >>> put the GFH on the back burner and concentrate on the SheevaPlug. > >>> > >>> > >> It is astounding to me that you're investing so much effort into > >> hardware that doesn't really work properly with freebsd (as you're > >> discovering), isn't really supported by the project (as you're > >> discovering), and for those reasons, is unlikely to be included at all > >> after freebsd 13 (like, the code will probably be removed). > >> > >> -- Ian > >> > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > 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" > _______________________________________________ > 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" >
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