arm Release Recertification
Purpose
The purpose of this page is to collate the info necessary to demonstrate that arm meets the [http://release.debian.org/etch_arch_criteria.html architecture recertification criteria for etch].
Availability
The architecture is publicly available without NDAs via:
[http://www.aleph1.co.uk/armlinux/devboards/balloon/index.html Aleph One] (Balloonboard)
[http://www.simtec.co.uk/ Simtec] (CATS, Bast, ...)
[http://www.applieddata.net/ ADS] (Bitsyx, VGX, AGX, ...)
[http://www.linksys.com Linksys] (NSLU2)
[http://www.arcom.com/pc104-xscale-viper.htm Arcom] (Viper,...)
[http://www.arm.com/ ARM Corp] (Integrator?)
[http://www.europe.nokia.com/nokia/0,,74866,00.html Nokia] (770)
[http://www.iriver.com/ iRiver] PMP-120/140, [ftp://ftp.gpl-devices.org/pub/vendors/iRiver/PMP-1xx/ GPL'd firmware]
[http://www.intel.com/ Intel] (IXDP240x, IXP28xx, ...)
[http://www.radisys.com/ Radisys] (ENP-2611, ENP-2605, ...)
[http://www.peplink.com/ PePLink] (MANGA, MANGA Mini, ...) oh, and about 100 others.
Developer machines
The following machines are available to developers:
foo.debian.org - maintained by ..., connectivity via ....
Kyllikki maintains machines to which developers can be given specific access. General availability access box is wating for DSA to set up. Nokia has also offered to put up a suitable machine - in progress.
Port maintainers
The Debian port is maintained by the following developers, who are familiar with arch-specific issues for this port
- Vince Sanders (kylliki)
- Phil Blundell (pb)
- Wookey
- Riku Voipio (nchip) (not that familiar yet..)
- Lennert Buytenhek (buytenh)
- ...
Users
The port is being actively used at the following sites:
- Kyllikki:
- Simtec Ltd: "This is insane...Simtec alone can say we have several thousand users just from our dev. boards..."
- Wookey at home: 1 netwinder, 2 users, firewall/P2P server
- Aleph One Ltd: 2 machines, 2 users, various
- Martin Michlmayr: 1 netwinder, 1 user?
- ADS maintains a Debian board farm with currently 7 machines and at least 4 regular users.
- Adam Powell at home: 1 netwinder, 2 users
- Movial, Iyonix machine for scratchbox cpu transparency, ~20 active users, and a pile of arm tablets running a debian fork
- Company X, several Iyonix and Simtec CATS machines, tens of users.
Jeroen Massar; Currently 2 NSLU2's for devel + storage etc, 2 other NLSU's optionally for dedicated debian usage + 1 iRiver PMP-140 (debian support is in the pipe!
- Lennert at home: 1 enp2611
- LIACS, NL: 2 enp2611s, 1 enp2605, 1 ixdp2850, 10 users total
- PAMurray, US: 1 Manga, 2 users total
PePLink customer poll: [http://forum.peplink.com/viewtopic.php?t=140] currently shows 1 user so far
- UCSD Extension, US: Embedded Linux course, recommended hardware
- Silas Bennett: Currently use a PePLink Manga running Debian for my primary Firewall/Router.
Popcon indicates zz users of the architecture as at 2005/xx/yy.
What's a port user? pure debian installed with official debian installer? sarge/woody without debian kernel? debian fork users?
For NSLU2 usage, see: [http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Info/WhatPeopleAreReallyUsingTheirSlugsFor What People Are Using Their Slugs For], note that this page mentions Unslung/Openslug. The latter branch will most likely go up into a full Debian install over time. Of course, this is only possible when Debian community supports it.
Installer
The installer is being maintained by kyllikki and it's currently working effectively. Successful installation reports are available at: ...
Upstream support
Upstream support is provided by:
- glibc: codesourcery
- gcc: codesourcery
- g++: codesourcery
kernel: [http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/ Russell King and others],kyllikki, buytenh
- boot loader: there are lots of these for different machines
- blob - blob.sf.net
- able - Simtec Ltd
- bootldr - handhelds.org
- uboot -
- redboot - Redhat Ltd
Archive coverage and Autobuilder support
Archive cleanliness
The port builds from unmodified Debian source.
Autobuilders
The following machines run buildds for the port:
- toffee - connectivity via ..., buildd logs checked by
- grieg - connectivity via ..., buildd logs checked by
- netwinder - connectivity via ..., buildd logs checked by
- smackdown - connectivity via reciva.com(?), buildd logs checked by, adminned by Phil Blundell
- cats - connectivity via ..., buildd logs checked by
Offered:
2 dedicated debian NSLU2's, to be hosted at [http://unfix.org/~jeroen/network/ Jeroen Massar's network], these can also be used for developer access if needed.
Vetoes
The security team have noted the following problems in supporting the architecture:
- None
The Debian admin team have noted the following problems in supporting the architecture:
- None
The release team have noted the following problems in supporting the architecture:
- None