From nobody Tue Aug 03 13:05:02 2021 X-Original-To: freebsd-embedded@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D29F11FC6BE for ; Tue, 3 Aug 2021 13:05:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-embedded@dino.sk) Received: from mailhost.netlabit.sk (mailhost.netlabit.sk [84.245.65.72]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4GfFTh5SJ9z3vV6 for ; Tue, 3 Aug 2021 13:05:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-embedded@dino.sk) Received: from zeta.dino.sk (fw3.dino.sk [84.245.95.254]) (AUTH: LOGIN milan) by mailhost.netlabit.sk with ESMTPA; Tue, 03 Aug 2021 15:05:03 +0200 id 00DADCAB.61093EFF.00017D69 Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2021 15:05:02 +0200 From: Milan Obuch To: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PCEngines alternatives Message-ID: <20210803150502.43bb7adc@zeta.dino.sk> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 4.0.0git28 (GTK+ 3.24.29; i386-portbld-freebsd11.4) List-Id: Dedicated and Embedded Systems List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-embedded List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4GfFTh5SJ9z3vV6 X-Spamd-Bar: --- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of freebsd-embedded@dino.sk designates 84.245.65.72 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=freebsd-embedded@dino.sk X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.27 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+mx]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[dino.sk]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROMTLD(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.97)[-0.972]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:5578, ipnet:84.245.64.0/18, country:SK]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N On Tue, 3 Aug 2021 08:33:46 -0400, mike tancsa wrote: > I love these boards a lot, but it looks like availability is going to > be really tight for some time. Does anyone have any suggestions for > alternatives? ARM seems to be looking better and better, however, I > need something with more than one built in ethernet port (3-4 ideally) > and something with zero fans as the environments tend to be very > dirty -- hence off the shelf Pi4 is not that attractive. > One alternative I know about is pine64.org's ROCKPro64. While it has just one built-in ethernet port, there is PCIe 4x slot available. I tested the board itself, it works with FreeBSD out-of-the-box, but I did not test it with PCIe network card. 2 GB version is available, 4 GB currently out of stock, but should be in stock late August. Another alternative is Quartz64 from the same vendor, with both 4 GB and 8 GB version available as of now, unfortunately, with different SoC, it is not yet supported, but development is ongoing according to post on freebsd-arm mailing list. If you are interested in this platform, you can ask there as well, it is possible to get more responses... A bit more info would be usefull - price desired, peripherals wanted, usage scenario etc. Two board mentioned are both under US$ 100, but should be usable for many tasks. Regards, Milan