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🧵 I have spent a lot of the last year tinkering in the Big Arm64 server ecosystem, mainly with Ampere systems, smallest at 32 cores, then 80 and even 160 cores.

I like them so much I have 1 in my basement, doing all the usual things. It uses almost no power, but could do with a driver to slow the fans down when they're not needed.

With a merry band of the usual suspects, we've been working away at getting the upcoming FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE ready for this.

Here's a few highlights along the way 📩