Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2021 06:54:49 +0200 From: =?utf-8?Q?Klaus_K=C3=BCchemann?= <maciphone2@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any good alternative to Raspberry for Arm64? Message-ID: <E4905B08-79AD-4B48-87A0-3E0EF3027C8B@googlemail.com> In-Reply-To: <21BE83BC-0667-44F7-83E4-1664A2BC6017@icloud.com> References: <21BE83BC-0667-44F7-83E4-1664A2BC6017@icloud.com>
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> Am 27.03.2021 um 18:26 schrieb Andrew Mitchell via freebsd-arm = <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org>: >=20 > Any good alternative to Raspberry for Arm64?=20 the simple answer is : no=20 - The longer answer is : RPI4 is the only cheap board offering 8GB RAM (for an unbeatable price), RK3399 has a 4GB RAM-limit ( don=E2=80=99t misunderstand the Rock Pi = N10/ 8GB , because 4GB are reserved for the NPU). If you think something doesn=E2=80=99t meet your needs with the RPI4 , = you can be nearly sure=20 that other cheap boards also don=E2=80=99t for FreeBSD ( I own some = others). One limitation on the 4B is the missing PCIe- slot, which is (1x lane) = available on the CM4- I/O-board, but for the cost of the loss of USB 3.0 on the I/O-board. - The `professional` answer is : of course , starting @~$500-$700(without accessories like RAM etc.) you can buy aarch64-dev-boards which completely outperform the RPI4=20 in performance and connectivity ;-) - =E2=80=A6and last but not least=E2=80=A6 - the most interesting answer is : > Am 27.03.2021 um 18:26 schrieb Andrew Mitchell via freebsd-arm = <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org>: > =E2=80=A6.smoothly =E2=80=A6. :-) for aarch64 :=20 if you really want to be SMOOTHLY HAPPY :-)=20 : .. buy an Apple M1 machine=E2=80=A6=E2=80=A6.. and wait what u-boot, "vm-ware" and BSD-OSes will have=20 to offer (I have "heard "something of that ) =E2=80=A6.. - Regards K.
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