Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2017 08:17:59 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> To: Tim Kientzle <tim@kientzle.com> Cc: tech-lists <tech-lists@zyxst.net>, freebsd-arm <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: aarch64 on pi3 advice Message-ID: <20170103081759.40624fbd@X220.alogt.com> In-Reply-To: <F3906407-13F0-4D3E-B4DE-440CD5D2C7D7@kientzle.com> References: <05fee124-ad8f-43e8-79d9-ccb99bc83214@zyxst.net> <F3906407-13F0-4D3E-B4DE-440CD5D2C7D7@kientzle.com>
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Hi, On Mon, 2 Jan 2017 11:07:49 -0800 Tim Kientzle <tim@kientzle.com> wrote: > > On Jan 2, 2017, at 3:54 AM, tech-lists <tech-lists@zyxst.net> wrote: > > 1. Can I mount /usr/ports on say a usb stick, compile from there and > > expect it to install OK? /usr/ports would be a symlink to > > /32GB-usbkey/ports. I see that ld & ldd are present, so I guess I > > can compile from ports? > > Compiling from ports directly on the board should always work. > If you're familiar with building ports on other FreeBSD systems, > this is probably the easiest approach. I am not able to compile and link any programs on my Raspberry. Compiling works but linking fails. This is a known problem. Linking on a x86 machine results in an working binary if you have the patched bin-utils. > > For some architectures, pre-built packages are available. > I've not played with arm64 enough to be familiar with the > situation there. > > > 2. I'd like to strip out WITNESS and friends and recompile the > > kernel. Can I do this on the rpi3 and expect it to work? > > You should expect it to work. Of course, arm64 support is very > new, so there could be issues. > Compiling works on a x86 machine with the patched bin-utils. > (At one point, I had a spare RPi where I did weekly > native system builds and upgrades for almost a year. > I was pleasantly surprised at how stable it was.) > The Raspberries are as robust as x86 machines. > > Erich
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