Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2014 11:57:31 -0700 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: official packages for arm? Message-ID: <53B99C1B.7000806@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <556332C8-9EE8-4B94-829B-9D3A6DCC7FC8@bsdimp.com> References: <201407041025.s64APml0031649@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <A273CC92-B007-46F4-9C6E-872A63EC8296@kientzle.com> <556332C8-9EE8-4B94-829B-9D3A6DCC7FC8@bsdimp.com>
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On 07/06/14 10:37, Warner Losh wrote: > >>> 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. > Short of a dedicated building cluster of about 30 ARM machines, doing a full package build on ARM within a few days is a pipe-dream. We might be able to get it under a week with qemu. > For sure. From the project perspective, though, I don't see a huge problem with it taking a few weeks on a handful of CPUs rather than a few days on 30. We've waited years for packages anyway. As a happy side-effect, we also get to stress-test the operating system. -Nathan
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