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, Pandaboard, Trimslice, Versatile Express and more! Have a question? Join the Fedora ARM team on IRC in #fedora-arm[?] on http://freenode.net

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.

Download the Latest Release

Fedora 18

This is the most recent stable release of Fedora. These images have been tested and are recommended for most users and includes Versatile Express (QEMU), Trimslice, Beagleboard xM, Pandaboard, Kirkwood Plugs, and Highbank based hardware platforms. The full release announcement can be found here. Board specific images and installation instructions:

• Pandaboard
• Trimslice
• Beagleboard-xM
• GuruPlug (Kirkwood Devices)
• Calxeda EnergyCore (HighBank)

For virtualization through QEMU:

• Versatile Express

Raspberry Pi and other Remixes

If you are looking for a Fedora 18 on a device that wasn't mentioned above it may not have official support due to some licensing issue or lack of upstream support. Unofficial Fedora remixes are available for additional targets including the Raspberry Pi and other popular devices. The list of known Fedora 18 remixes is catalogued at Architectures/ARM/F18/Remixes. Likewise, root filesystem tarballs are provided to help you make your own remixes.

Release Archive

• Previous Fedora ARM releases can be found in our Release Archive

Get Involved with Fedora ARM

Communication

• Mailing list: arm (archives)
• IRC: #fedora-arm^[?] on http://freenode.net
• Trac for Fedora ARM issues is here
• Trac for infrastructure (koji,DB,etc) issues is here
• Trac for Raspberry Pi Fedora Remix issues is here

Meetings

• IRC: #fedora-meeting-1^[?] each Wednesday at 20:00 UTC (4PM EDT) on http://freenode.net (archives)

• Architectures/ARM/Meetings/FUDCon Lawrence 2013
• Architectures/ARM/Meetings/FUDCon Blacksburg 2012

Development

Bug Reporting

• F18 ARM Tracker
• ARM Bug Tracker

Planning

• Draft Proposal for Primary Architecture Push

Resources

Detailed information on Fedora-ARM:

• 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
• Updating a Fedora Kernel on ARM Systems
• Various tips and hacks to improve Fedora ARM performance
• Resource Archive

Release Development

• Current Snapshots (Not recommended or supported)
• F18 Release Criteria
  • Alpha Release Criteria
  • Beta Release Criteria
  • Final Release Criteria
• F18 - Complete - Released on February 5th, 2013
  • [Koji status ARM vs PA]
  • Fedora 18 Beta Results
  • Fedora 18 Beta TC1 VFAD Results
  • Fedora 18 Alpha VFAD Results
  • Fedora 18 TC1 VFAD Results
• Kernel Testing
  • F17 Kernel
  • F18 Kernel
• F17 - Complete - Released on June 19th, 2012
  • Issues with Fedora 17 Rawhide mass rebuild
  • Fedora 17 RC1 VFAD Results
  • Fedora 17 RC2 VFAD Results
  • [Koji status ARM vs PA]
  • [Koji status ARM Updates vs PA]

• Fedora 15: Complete, but notes below for reference.
  • Fedora 15 Hardware Floating Point Bootstrap
  • Building F15 in koji - progress and outstanding tasks

AArch64 Development

AArch64 is the name for the new 64-bit ARM architecture, also known as ARMv8. Notes on the bootstrap process and current state of the process are here:

• AArch64 development