Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2021 00:30:04 +0200 From: =?utf-8?Q?Klaus_K=C3=BCchemann?= <maciphone2@googlemail.com> To: Philipp Klaus Krause <pkk@spth.de>, dan.kotowski@a9development.com, freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any good alternative to Raspberry for Arm64? Message-ID: <0434D7DE-14A6-4B78-97C4-508C348DB891@googlemail.com> In-Reply-To: <8d54c77b-b5bf-cdc9-7ed5-2bfb6504b388@spth.de> References: <21BE83BC-0667-44F7-83E4-1664A2BC6017@icloud.com> <E4905B08-79AD-4B48-87A0-3E0EF3027C8B@googlemail.com> <cc9bc6a4-4012-8f66-2dd6-6b9e552438ea@spth.de> <74C08272-D40E-42D2-A623-CEE12C661329@googlemail.com> <f3hHexkIDGQX3sr0f3EOMvUZF0x6JsYpzHZ5bcGch0KxWF3MOakIenD2VfjnJG-JM8SAhlUhDCR_3wZalOKMBGvL4Acyhcl0iO8mdsJDUXs=@a9development.com> <8d54c77b-b5bf-cdc9-7ed5-2bfb6504b388@spth.de>
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> Am 30.03.2021 um 20:43 schrieb Philipp Klaus Krause <pkk@spth.de>: >=20 > Am 30.03.21 um 16:39 schrieb Dan Kotowski: >>=20 >> SolidRun's Honeycomb (HC), built around NXP's LX2K SoC, is pretty = phenomenal. Firmware still has a few changes in the works, but it's = mostly cosmetic stuff at this point and I've been happily daily-driving = mine for about a month - yes, it sufficiently replaced my aging desktop = built around a Core i7-3770K! In fact, there's a handful of us using HCs = as FreeBSD-13.0 desktops now. >>=20 >> However: >> * no built-in GPU, so if you want a desktop you'll need to get one of = those and that'll eat up your x8 slot >> * no onboard NIC drivers because they're connected via DPAA2 which we = don't have any support for and I just don't have the time or expertise = to write those myself : >>=20 >=20 > Would running Debian GNU/Linux as host OS with FreeBSD guest in = qemu/kvm > be a workaorund for the missing network support? >=20 > Philipp to replace RJ45 Gbe you can simply plug an $10 uSB->Gbe-Dongle , `guess SFP+ would need more special driver-attention ... from quick reading around the web I guess the DPAA2 also needs a closed = source binary blob. they support both edkII & u-boot : https://github.com/SolidRun/lx2160a_build As a potential buyer I simply would send an email to SolidRun with = those questions, they want to sell, so why they shouldn=E2=80=99t provide support? You could report the answer here and then it were possible to estimate = if that=E2=80=99s(sfp+) portable to fbsd. There=E2=80=99s also a 24-core A53 -board from 96boards: https://www.96boards.org/product/developerbox/ Same as with the lx2k: I don=E2=80=99t own, so no clue what works or = not=E2=80=A6 > Am 30.03.2021 um 16:39 schrieb Dan Kotowski = <dan.kotowski@a9development.com>: >=20 > * no built-in GPU, so if you want a desktop you'll need to get one of = those and that'll eat up your x8 slot in such or other cases I would use Xvnc ( = https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3DXvnc&sektion=3D1&apropos=3D0&m= anpath=3DFreeBSD+7.2-RELEASE+and+Ports = <https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3DXvnc&sektion=3D1&apropos=3D0&= manpath=3DFreeBSD+7.2-RELEASE+and+Ports> ) for basic desktop-usage( 10 open shells the same time or so ) =E2=80=A6. It=E2=80=99s real fun to have e.g. a wireless remote-desktop on the iPad = sent from a headless system and switching from xterm to xterm with an = Apple Pencil :-) K.=
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