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Date:      Thu, 3 Jun 2021 13:55:50 -0400
From:      George Mitchell <george+freebsd@m5p.com>
To:        freebsd-arm@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Oversimplification
Message-ID:  <b0c336b8-1361-3260-d027-f2bf9ada33c6@m5p.com>
In-Reply-To: <YLh0ne2wgXn6RvFY@server.rulingia.com>
References:  <35728cba-0152-9b73-77f9-48683e870bbd@m5p.com> <YLh0ne2wgXn6RvFY@server.rulingia.com>

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From: George Mitchell <george+freebsd@m5p.com>
To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org
Message-ID: <b0c336b8-1361-3260-d027-f2bf9ada33c6@m5p.com>
Subject: Re: Oversimplification
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 <YLh0ne2wgXn6RvFY@server.rulingia.com>
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On 6/3/21 2:20 AM, Peter Jeremy via freebsd-arm wrote:
> On 2021-May-30 17:49:01 -0400, George Mitchell <george+freebsd@m5p.com>=20
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.
>=20
> I'll second Milan's followup.  I have a 4GB RockPro64 with the
> dual-SATA PCIe card and am quite happy with it.  It also supports
> both USB-3 and USB-C, though I haven't experimented with either.
>=20
> Note that the WiFi/Bluetooth module for the RockPro64 uses SDIO,
> and the combination isn't yet supported by FreeBSD.
>=20
> I also have a BananaPi M1, which has an integral SATA port but I've
> never managed to get the SATA to work.
>=20
Thanks for the additional data point!                    -- George


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