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 Calxeda_EnergyCore (Highbank & Midway), Wandboard (Freescale i.MX6), BeagleBone Black (TI AM335x), CompuLab TrimSlice (NVIDIA Tegra 2), Versatile Express (Cortex A9 & A15 emulation) 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.

Fedora ARM Quick Start Guide

New to ARM and not sure how to get started? What is the difference between ARM and ARMHFP? Use our Secret Decoder Ring document to get up to speed quickly and start using and contributing to Fedora ARM.

• ARM Secret Decoder Ring

Download the Latest Stable Release

Fedora 20

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 and Highbank based hardware platforms. The full release announcement can be found here. Board specific images and installation instructions:

• BeagleBone Black (TI AM335x)
• Wandboard (Freescale i.MX6)
• CompuLab TrimSlice (NVIDIA Tegra 2)
• Calxeda EnergyCore (HighBank ECX-1000 and Midway ECX-2000)

For virtualization through QEMU:

• Versatile Express (Cortex A9 & A15 emulation

Fedora for ARM - Releases and Remixes

If you are looking to use Fedora on a device that isn't mentioned above it may not have official support due to licensing issues or lack of upstream support. Unofficial Fedora remixes are available for additional targets including many of the latest devices.

• Currently supported releases and remixes
• Release Archive

Raspberry Pi

Pidora, the optimized Fedora Remix released by Seneca College can be found at http://pidora.ca/ .

Download the Latest Development Release

These images are intended for development use.

• Rawhide Images.

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

Arm specific bugs should be reported in Bugzilla and linked to the ARM tracker. If the bug is considered a Blocker Bug or Freeze Exception it should also be linked to the current Fedora release.

• F20 Beta Bugs
• ARM Bug Tracker

For assistance troubleshooting ARM specific bugs visit #fedora-arm^[?] on http://freenode.net or contact the arm mailing list.

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

• ARM QA Pages (Kernel Testing, Release Validation)
• Release Development Archive

AArch64 Development

AArch64 is the name for the new 64-bit ARM architecture, also known as ARMv8. Notes on the bootstrap process and the current state of the process, a QuickStart guide, and a list of problem packages (fail to build) can be found here:

• AArch64 development

Technical Talks

We host semi-regular ARM Tech Talks on #fedora-arm and #fedora-arm-talks (FreeNode). The topics are varied, and have included ARM processor errata (cache controller specifics), debugging kernels with gdb, and how to install Fedora on a Google Chromebook. You can give a talk by signing up on the ARM Tech Talks page.