Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2019 10:24:02 +0100 From: Robert Clausecker <fuz@fuz.su> To: freebsd-arm <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org>, freebsd-arch <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: arm64 as Tier 1 for FreeBSD 13 Message-ID: <20191204092402.GA82492@fuz.su> In-Reply-To: <17938.1575444597@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <CAPyFy2Aa6Uj0nyQ1Y_KPLd7%2BROJ4xW5i-SpctV1sRVK_BivPHw@mail.gmail.com> <CAPyFy2D91v7SwjZOgMG0a9V%2BH6GVCF8NHKp341N8mwnCvA71cA@mail.gmail.com> <CAPyFy2BP3hFHuFJyo2M-5pc0%2BCmRiyym1TZ81P5xicR4zED1JQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAPyFy2BXWPVOJo%2BGOf83sZFrPHE80-QvdHeWrhi%2BTdj0KDnThg@mail.gmail.com> <17938.1575444597@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On Wed, Dec 04, 2019 at 07:29:57AM +0000, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <CAPyFy2BXWPVOJo+GOf83sZFrPHE80-QvdHeWrhi+Tdj0KDnThg@mail.gmail.com>, Ed Maste writes: > >We don't do this today, but have the ability to do so for arm64 server > >platforms. (Due to its design, freebsd-update does not work > >particularly well on devices with slow root filesystems such as SD > >cards.) > > I don't think storage-technology should be used as a discriminant here. > > First because it is quite trivial to plug in a quality USB SSD (WD > passport for instance) and use that as root filesystem. > > Second, just because freebsd-update takes a day to run, doesn't mean > that people would not want it. Indeed. For example, on a Raspberry Pi 3B, it takes multiple days to build world as the build must be done single threaded due to a lack of RAM (building LLVM is the worst offender here). Getting it down to one day is already a huge quality of life improvement. Yours, Robert Clausecker -- () ascii ribbon campaign - for an 8-bit clean world /\ - against html email - against proprietary attachments
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