Architectures/ARM

Examples of ARM develoment systems, including a SheevaPlug (white box), GuruPlug (black box), BeagleBoard (bare PCB), and OpenRD-Client (silver box). These systems typically consume under 5 watts each.

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

Resources

Detailed information on Fedora-ARM:

• Running Fedora-ARM on your ARM device, or through emulation on your PC
• 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
• Various tips and hacks to improve Fedora ARM performance

Releases

• F14 (Alpha)
  • Fedora 14 alpha 1 release for ARM
• F13 (Alpha)
  • Fedora 13 Beta 3 release for ARM (latest)
  • Fedora 13 Beta 2 release for ARM (obsolete)
  • Fedora 13 Beta 1 release for ARM (obsolete)
• F12
  • Fedora 12 release for ARM

Development

• F15 (Work in progress)
  • Fedora 15 Hardware Floating Point Bootstrap
  • Building F15 in koji - progress and outstanding tasks
  • Virtual Fedora Activity Days (VFADs) take place every Friday to continue bootstrap of armv7hl ("hardfp") F15. Join IRC at 10:00am EDT, or participate at any time following the bootstrap instructions.
  • Latest VFAD: July 15 2011 Bootstrapping Fedora Activity Day - Yum is working in the F15 rootfs, work begins on mock support (see mailing list for todos).