Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2021 13:13:55 +0200 From: Milan Obuch <freebsd-arm@dino.sk> To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Oversimplification Message-ID: <20210602131355.0edf2167@zeta.dino.sk> In-Reply-To: <35728cba-0152-9b73-77f9-48683e870bbd@m5p.com> References: <35728cba-0152-9b73-77f9-48683e870bbd@m5p.com>
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On Sun, 30 May 2021 17:49:01 -0400, George Mitchell <george+freebsd@m5p.com> wrote: > I've never been shy about oversimplifying complex questions, so here > goes: What's the ARM system that presents the least hassle to a > prospective FreeBSD user? Here's what I mean by low hassle: > > 1. Widely available. > 2. Runs some standard FreeBSD image with minimal (or no) tweaking. > 3. I suspect ARM64 means less hassle than ARM32. > 4. Friendly to an external high-speed (at least USB 3; possibly SATA?) > disk. > 5. Hopefully 8GB on-board memory, though 4GB is probably okay if high > speed swapping is available (see point 4). > 6. Affordable, but not cheap. > > And next on my Santa list ... -- George > Did you consider RockPro64 from pine64.com? Two models are available, with 2 GB RAM and 4 GB RAM. There is PCIe x4 slot, USB ports (3.0 and 2.0, four total), so your prerequisites are probably met. Also, you can download FreeBSD-13.0-RELEASE-arm64-aarch64-ROCKPRO64.img.xz from FreeBSD ftp site and start. I could test it in past for some days and it worked. I did not have opportunity to test what could be connected to PCIe slot, but from the same vendor some cards could be had as well - dual SATA-II or M.2/NGFF interface card. Just one a bit odd detail using stock image - console line speed was 1.5 Mb/s. I spent some time figuring this. 4 GB version currently out of stock, unfortunately. They are preparing Quartz64 card, up to 8 GB RAM, no ETA yet. Regards, Milan
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