Architectures/ARM

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Here are some links to help you get started with Fedora ARM, fast: Download Fedora ARM now! Includes support for Beagleboard-xM, Dreamplug, Guruplug, Highbank, iMX, Pandaboard, Sheevaplug, Trimslice, Versatile Express and more! Have a question? Join the Fedora ARM team on IRC in #fedora-arm on Freenode

Introduction

ARM chips are the most widely-produced processor family in the world; they have historically been used in cell phones and embedded applications, and are increasingly used in tablet devices and low-power-consumption servers.

The Fedora-ARM project is an initiative to bring Fedora to this processor family.

Communication

• Mailing list: arm@lists.fedoraproject.org (archives)
• IRC: #fedora-arm on Freenode

Meetings

• IRC: #fedora-meeting-1 each Wednesday at 20:00 UTC (4PM EDT) on Freenode (archives)

• Architectures/ARM/Meetings/FUDCon Blacksburg 2012

Planning

• Draft Proposal for Primary Architecture Push

Resources

Detailed information on Fedora-ARM:

• Running Fedora-ARM on your ARM device, or through emulation on your PC
• Fedora ARM Koji (package builder) instance
• Information for Fedora package maintainers on getting your packages to work on ARM
• Information for Fedora-ARM team members (and prospective team members!) plus developers
• How to get an armv5tel cross toolchain installed on your x86 Fedora host
• How to build a kernel and cross-compile for ARM
• Building and Installing a Fedora Kernel Package on ARM Systems
• Updating a Fedora Kernel on ARM Systems
• Various tips and hacks to improve Fedora ARM performance

Releases

• Fedora 17 - Includes kernels for Tegra 2, OMAP, IMX, Kirkwood, Highbank and Qemu systems.
  • Current Snapshots including xzcat-able images. Updated nightly.
  • Fedora 17 GA (includes Versatile Express (QEMU), Trimslice, Beagleboard xM, Pandaboard, Kirkwood Plugs, Highbank and iMX based hardware platforms)
  • Fedora 17 Beta release (includes images for Trimslice, Beagleboard XM, iMX and QEMU)
  • Fedora 17 Alpha 1 release for ARMv7hl (Optimized for Beagle, Panda, Trimslice, Efika and other ARMv7 devices)
  • Fedora 17 Alpha 1 release for ARMv5tel (For use with legacy ARMv5 devices such as the Raspberry Pi, Guruplug and Dreamplug)
• Fedora 16 - Was not released.
• Fedora 15 - Original armv5tel ABI and new faster armv7hl ABI
  • Fedora 15 Alpha 1 release for ARMv7hl
  • Fedora 15 Alpha 1 release for ARMv5tel
• Fedora 14 - For ARMv5tel
  • Fedora 14 Minimal release for ARM (Final)
  • Fedora 14 XFCE release for ARM (Final)
  • Fedora 14 alpha 1 release for ARM (obsolete)
• Fedora 13 - For ARMv5tel
  • Fedora 13 release for ARM
• Fedora 12 - For ARMv5tel
  • Fedora 12 release for ARM

Development

• F18 - Work in progress
• F17 - Complete - Released on June 19th, 2012
  • Issues with Fedora 17 Rawhide mass rebuild
  • Fedora 17 RC1 VFAD Results
  • Fedora 17 RC2 VFAD Results
• Fedora 15: Complete, but notes below for reference.
  • Fedora 15 Hardware Floating Point Bootstrap
  • Building F15 in koji - progress and outstanding tasks