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Revision as of 12:48, 1 October 2012

ARMv8 Support Analysis

Project Description

Many Fedora packages contain assembley code for performance optimization or platform-specific support. Assembley code is very processor-specific. When assembley code is not present for a specific architecture, either the package will not build on that architecture, or other code (typically C) which is not processor-specific is used instead.

This project involves analyzing Fedora packages to determine which ones contain assembly code, and determining whether the package will probably build on the upcoming ARMv8 64-bit architecture.

Expected outcome: An analysis of part of the Fedora package set to predict ARMv8 build outcomes.

Maximum number of students: 6 (each taking part of the Fedora package set)

Skills required: packaging, scripting, writing

Resources: Chris Tyler (ctyler), Jon Masters (jonmasters)

Sources: [[1]]


Project Leader(s)

Alexander Davis
Wiki Page: Alexander Davis
IRC: Zulafoxx

Andrew Oatley-Willis
Wiki Page: Andrew OW
IRC: oatley

M A
Wiki Page: Max
IRC: maxam


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