= Purpose =

The purpose of this page is to demonstrate that '''arm''' meets the [[http://release.debian.org/lenny_arch_policy.html|architecture recertification criteria for lenny]].

If some of these requirements are irrelevant or implausible for the port, please add a waiver request indicating why and how this isn't a problem for the arch in '''bold'''.

= Availability =

The architecture is publicly available without NDAs via:
 1. [[http://www.aleph1.co.uk/armlinux/devboards/balloon/index.html|Aleph One]] (Balloonboard)
 2. [[http://www.simtec.co.uk/|Simtec]] (CATS, Bast, ...)
 3. [[http://www.applieddata.net/|ADS]] (Bitsyx, VGX, AGX, ...)
 4. [[http://www.linksys.com|Linksys]] (NSLU2)
 5. [[http://www.arcom.com/pc104-xscale-viper.htm|Arcom]] (Viper, ...)
 6. [[http://www.arm.com/|ARM Corp]] (Integrator?)
 7. [[http://www.europe.nokia.com/nokia/0,,74866,00.html|Nokia]] (770)
 8. [[http://www.iriver.com/|iRiver]] PMP-120/140, [[ftp://ftp.gpl-devices.org/pub/vendors/iRiver/PMP-1xx/|GPL'd firmware]]
 9. [[http://www.intel.com/|Intel]] (IXDP240x, IXP28xx, ...)
 10. [[http://www.radisys.com/|Radisys]] (ENP-2611, ENP-2605, ...)
 11. [[http://www.peplink.com/|PePLink]] (MANGA, MANGA Mini, ...)
 12. [[http://www.iyonix.com/|Castle]] (Iyonix)
 13. [[http://www.giantshoulderinc.com/|Loft]] (IXP42x)
 14. [[http://www.glomationinc.com/|Glomation]] (GESBC-9312-sc, ...)
 15. [[http://www.embeddedarm.com/|Technologic Systems]] (TS-7200, TS-7250, TS-7260, ...)
 16. [[http://www.logicpd.com/|LogicPD]] (PXA270 Card Engine)
 oh, and about 100 others.

= Developer machines =

The following machines are available to developers:

 1. [[http://db.debian.org/machines.cgi?host=agnesi|agnesi.debian.org]]. Thanx to Joey Hess for making this happen, I believe.

 1. Vince Sanders (Kyllikki) maintains a machine to which developers can be given specific access. jennifer.kyllikki.org port 1022. Mail vince@debian.org to ask for an account.

= Port maintainers =

The Debian port is maintained by the following developers, who actively work on architecture specific issues:

 1. Martin Michlmayr (tbm) debian-installer, kernel
 2. Riku Voipio, general
 3. Wookey, buildds, general
 4. Colin Tuckley, general
 5. Aurelien Jarno, general
 6. Gordon Farquharson, kernel, debian-installer

= Users =

The port is being actively used at the following sites:

 1. Cambridge University Engineering Dept: 25 machines (Balloon3), 100 users, robotics teaching course.
 2. bar: 1 machine, yyy users, development server
 3. ...

According to popcon, arm has 806 users as of 21st January 2008 making it the 3rd most used arch in Debian.

= Installer =

The installer is being maintained by Martin Michlmayr and it's currently working effectively. Successful installation reports are available at: ...

= Upstream support =

Upstream support is provided by:

 * binutils: codesourcery (Paul Brook)
 * glibc: codesourcery (Paul Brook)
 * gcc: codesourcery (Paul Brook)
 * g++: codesourcery (Paul Brook)
 * 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
   * uboot - 
   * redboot - Redhat Ltd
   * apex - 

= Archive coverage and Autobuilder support =

 * The port is currently at 96.23% up to date (21 Jan 2008) according to [[http://buildd.debian.org/stats/arm.txt|the buildd stats]] (95% cut off)
 * The port has currently also built 96.23% of the archive (21 Jan 2008) (90% cut off)

= Archive cleanliness =

The port builds from unmodified Debian source.

= Autobuilders =

The following machines run buildds for the port:
 
 * oldstable/stable/testing (*-proposed-updates, *-security)
  * toffee.einval.com - buildd logs checked by security team, testing security group and JamesTroup, adminned and hosted by SteveMcIntyre
 * unstable
  * cats.kyllikki.org - buildd logs checked by JamesTroup, adminned by SteveMcIntyre, hosted by VincentSanders
  * grieg.vie.kapper.net - buildd logs checked by JamesTroup, adminned by SteveMcIntyre, hosted by GerfriedFuchs
 * experimental, unstable non-free, bpo, unstable d-i
  * arm.kmuto.org - behind home NAT, buildd logs checked by http://experimental.ftbfs.de/ , adminned by Kenshi Muto (kmuto)
...

= 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 stable release team have noted the following problems in supporting the architecture:

 * None

The release team have noted the following problems in supporting the architecture:

 * None

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