Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 13:45:40 +0100 From: Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely7.cicely.de> To: Nenhum_de_Nos <matheus@eternamente.info>, freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Choose between Raspberry Pi 4B 4GB and ROCKPro64 Message-ID: <20191112124539.GM43404@cicely7.cicely.de> In-Reply-To: <20191015220433.GS96402@funkthat.com> References: <7b75e2ed23e334878fbb3c1d585ffc51.squirrel@10.1.1.11> <20191015220433.GS96402@funkthat.com>
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On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 03:04:33PM -0700, John-Mark Gurney wrote: > Nenhum_de_Nos wrote this message on Mon, Oct 14, 2019 at 23:31 -0300: > > I am about to buy a new arm box and would like it to be the most powerfull > > I can get and still get to use FreeBSD somewhere not so far from now. I > > know RPi4 is not supported right now, but as I have both RPi2B and RPi3B > > and they run fine, my guess is the 4B will have its time also. > > > > So it then comes down to 4B or ROCKPro64. I saw Pine64 images, but I could > > not find much information about the ROCKPro64. I looked for some > > benchmarks to know the faster CPU, and it looks like the RK3399 is a bit > > faster. As the board has more features, I am asking here, if this has even > > an answer, what board has better future in FreeBSD. > > > > Thanks in advance :) > > RockPro64 work is still ongoing. It is coming along though, and it does > boot. There is still lots of work to do, like properly support the > big.little cores and the like. > > I have mine booting from SD card, but it isn't yet full speed (though > I need to test some of the fixes that have been committed. This sounds great already. Just got my RockPro64 4G today. Any advise on how to build an image? The u-boot has to go into the SPI-Flash or on the card? Also have to check the board documentation for the console pins. -- B.Walter <bernd@bwct.de> http://www.bwct.de Modbus/TCP Ethernet I/O Baugruppen, ARM basierte FreeBSD Rechner uvm.
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