Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2017 12:02:48 -0500 From: Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> To: tech-lists <tech-lists@zyxst.net> Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Durable/serious arm hardware ? Message-ID: <9AAE3A31-8EAE-4512-957C-40790C9D351B@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> In-Reply-To: <185dbbb3-15eb-b63a-799f-d209858257b9@zyxst.net> References: <45d41ec7-3004-ea6c-560e-50bdff9b997a@caliopea.com> <185dbbb3-15eb-b63a-799f-d209858257b9@zyxst.net>
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On Jan 22, 2017, at 6:35 AM, tech-lists <tech-lists@zyxst.net> wrote: > On 22/01/2017 10:19, nowhere wrote: >> 1 raspberry-pi , which was affected by the "micron-ram-chip" bug: = except >> with debian, it never booted on freebsd (I even tried netbsd): I just >> trashed it yesterday (bought in 2014 i think). >=20 > I have 5 rpi boards: >=20 > 1x rpi2+ > 3x rpi2B > 1x rpi3 >=20 [[...]] > I've had one of the pi2Bs as a (32-bit) mail server running exim which > failed because of my above mentioned ignorance. The pi3 runs = hardenedBSD > entirely in 64bit and seems very stable unless I thrash the microsd by > installing ports and not exporting $WORKDIR to external (and easily > replacable) media, like a usb stick. >=20 > I haven't been able to get vanilla freebsd/aarch64 running on the rpi3 = yet. I'm just curious, but with the RPi 3 having only 1 GB of RAM, what is = the compelling advantage in running it in 64-bit mode? (I've heard that = 64-bit applications can induce higher memory pressure.) Is it a matter = of providing a wide testing base for FreeBSD/arm64? Cheers, Paul.
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