[X2Go-Dev] Status of armhf-related builds/open bugs

[Heinrich Schuchardt]

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Hello Stefan,

> Do we need remote access to armhf testing/build hardware, physical 
> access, more debug logs, ...?
> 

armhf does not uniquely specify an architecture as is described on
https://wiki.debian.org/RaspberryPi
and
https://wiki.debian.org/ArmHardFloatPort
.

Debian armhf requires an ARMv7 architecture.
Rasbian armhf requires an ARMv6 architecture.

Arm can be emulated on an amd64 or x86 architecture.
You might follow the instructions at
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/F21/Installation#For_Versatile_Express_Emulation_with_QEMU

But this emulation is very slow. Hence it is recommendable to use
native arm hardware for building and testing.

Unfortunately the mainline Linux kernel does not support all arm
processors equally well. E.g. on an Allwinner A20 you can use only one
out of two cores with Linux 3.19. One architecture that is
sufficiently supported is Freescale i.MX6.

A single Wandboard Quad with a SSD drive should be enough do create
nightly builds for all currently supported distributions. Hardware
cost without 19" housing is below 200 EUR.

Cf.
http://forums.wandboard.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=378

> could you two please comment on
> 
> http://bugs.x2go.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=628

I added a comment recommending to close the issue.

> 
> and
> 
> http://bugs.x2go.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=644

The bug report lacks the necessary information to reproduce the
problem. Comment posted.

Best regards

Heinrich Schuchardt
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