Re: Oversimplification
- Reply: George Mitchell : "Re: Oversimplification"
- In reply to: Peter Jeremy via freebsd-arm : "Re: Oversimplification"
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Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2021 17:55:50 UTC
On 6/3/21 2:20 AM, Peter Jeremy via freebsd-arm wrote: > On 2021-May-30 17:49:01 -0400, George Mitchell <george+freebsd@m5p.com> wrote: >> I've never been shy about oversimplifying complex questions, so here >> goes: What's the ARM system that presents the least hassle to a >> prospective FreeBSD user? Here's what I mean by low hassle: >> >> 1. Widely available. >> 2. Runs some standard FreeBSD image with minimal (or no) tweaking. >> 3. I suspect ARM64 means less hassle than ARM32. >> 4. Friendly to an external high-speed (at least USB 3; possibly SATA?) >> disk. >> 5. Hopefully 8GB on-board memory, though 4GB is probably okay if high >> speed swapping is available (see point 4). >> 6. Affordable, but not cheap. > > I'll second Milan's followup. I have a 4GB RockPro64 with the > dual-SATA PCIe card and am quite happy with it. It also supports > both USB-3 and USB-C, though I haven't experimented with either. > > Note that the WiFi/Bluetooth module for the RockPro64 uses SDIO, > and the combination isn't yet supported by FreeBSD. > > I also have a BananaPi M1, which has an integral SATA port but I've > never managed to get the SATA to work. > Thanks for the additional data point! -- George