Cavium Is an Arm Server Contender

Re:Cavium Is an Arm Server Contender by frankharv on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @12:03AM (#15794571)

I just wrote a Device Tree Overlay for a Real Time Clock module on FreeBSD RPI3. There is something to be said for PNP hardware.

Who would imagine that the computer industry would go so far back in time as to leave off the RTC.

Oh but wait they added Bluetooth and Wifi. Yet no system time. Still waiting for a PCIe bus as well... Guess I need some more of that koolaide they are drinking.

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Re:Cavium Is an Arm Server Contender by cat199 on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @04:54AM (#15795807)

> Still waiting for a PCIe bus as well

RPI3 is not a 'server grade' ARM -

See e.g. the AMD 'Opteron A' boards:

http://www.lenovator.com/product/103.html#params

    CPU Quad-core ARM Cortex-A57 64 bit
	
    DRAM Two DDR3 SO-DIMM sockets
	
    SATA Two SATA ports
	
    USB Two USB 3.0 ports
	
    Console USB-micro port for console support
	
    Ethernet 1 GBe Ethernet
	
    PCIe x16 PCIe G3 slot

not sure about the RTC, but the PI is way far from any of the arm 'standardization' efforts, being a low end 'standard' unto itself..

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