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Date:      Fri, 22 Feb 2019 17:38:03 +0200
From:      Stefan Parvu <sparvu@kronometrix.org>
To:        freebsd-arm@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: RBPI3B+ FreeBSD 12 ZFS
Message-ID:  <5D976A97-9800-4A9F-A155-F3BD998AFB4C@kronometrix.org>
In-Reply-To: <a0239ad1-5b98-1149-1d14-966ed8670e79@denninger.net>
References:  <E387BB48-540D-4F5C-BD4D-2BF410108219@kronometrix.org> <a0239ad1-5b98-1149-1d14-966ed8670e79@denninger.net>

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I know ZFS would need a decent amount of RAM to start with. So for such =
low sized=20
SBC systems, like Raspberry PI having ZFS for root might be no go.

What I meant was: how complicated would be right now for FreeBSD 12 to =
have an=20
ARM64 RBPI3B+ image image which could use ZFS to boot from a SD Card.

Stefan Parvu
sparvu@kronometrix.org



> On 22 Feb 2019, at 17.23, Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net> wrote:
>=20
> On 2/22/2019 09:07, Stefan Parvu wrote:
>> Hi,
>>=20
>> Just curious, would ZFS work on a RBPI3B+ board with 1 GB RAM only=20
>> using FreeBSD 12 STABLE ? the hardware is 64bit but would it boot on
>> 1 GB RAM for its own ARC internal operations ?
>>=20
>> Thanks,
>>=20
>> Stefan Parvu
>> sparvu@kronometrix.org
>=20
> Are you talking about attempting to mount root off a ZFS filesystem on
> the SD card or booting it as usual and then loading zfs once running
> (e.g. to talk to a USB-attached disk)?
>=20
> I think you'll find that while it might run it's a very bad idea for a
> whole host of reasons; what purpose do you have in doing this?
>=20
> --=20
> Karl Denninger
> karl@denninger.net <mailto:karl@denninger.net>
> /The Market Ticker/
> /[S/MIME encrypted email preferred]/




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