Re: Orange Pi 6 Plus works (15.1-RELEASE)

Kevin Day <[email protected]> Mon, 29 Jun 2026 19:27:18 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.arm
Message-ID <[email protected]>

> On Jun 29, 2026, at 5:37=E2=80=AFPM, Sulev-Madis Silber =
<[email protected]> wrote:
>=20
>> 0-1,6-11 are fast, and 2-5 are slow. However, it seems like the =
scheduler is just randomly picking a core, so performance varies wildly =
depending on which one you hit.
>>=20
>> kern.sched.topology_spec: <groups>
>> <group level=3D"1" cache-level=3D"3">
>> <cpu count=3D"12" mask=3D"fff,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0">0, 1, 2, =
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11</cpu>
>> </group>
>> </groups>
>>=20
>>=20
>> Is there an easy fix for this? Linux gets it right, but I'm really =
unfamiliar with the low level of arm board support to understand =
how/where it's learning the topology.
>>=20
>> -- Kevin
>>=20
>>=20
>=20
> i'm surprised it works at all
>=20
> iirc, no multiple speed cpu systems have support in fbsd so far, i =
haven't even heard it being planned, so booting current is not likely to =
help either
>=20
> the more hw experienced guys(/gals?) can add additional info here or =
correct me or add any roadmaps

Ahhh you're right, sorry everyone. I thought I read that ULE gained =
support for Alder Lake's E-cores, but I guess that was only proposed not =
done yet.

-- Kevin