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== ARM Processors ==
 
== ARM Processors ==
  
ARM chips are the most popular CPU produced -- approximately 1.6 billion are being made each year. These are being sold under a number of different brand names (ARM, StrongARM, Armada, Cortex, OMAP, Sheeva, Snapdragon, XScale) by a number of different manufacturers. Most of these are going into cellphones, but hundreds of millions are being used in other devices such as routers, NAS boxes, embedded controllers, tablets, and netbooks.
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ARM chips are the most popular CPU produced -- approximately 5 billion are being made each year. These are being sold under a number of different brand names (ARM, StrongARM, Armada, Cortex, OMAP, Sheeva, Snapdragon, XScale) by a number of different manufacturers. Most of these are going into cellphones, but hundreds of millions are being used in other devices such as routers, NAS boxes, embedded controllers, tablets, and netbooks.
  
One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) computers, model XO-1.75, use an ARM processor. Since Fedora is used on the XO units, having a reliable ARM build of Fedora is increasingly important.
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The [http://www.laptop.org One Laptop Per Child] (OLPC) computers, model XO-1.75, use an ARM processor. Since Fedora is used on the XO units, having a reliable ARM build of Fedora is increasingly important.
  
 
== Goal ==
 
== Goal ==
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== Initial Plan ==
 
== Initial Plan ==
  
We're going to set up a Koji build system for ARM. Initially this will be based on the [[CDOT Development Systems|CDOT system]] [http://hongkong.proximity.on.ca/ HongKong]. Initial ARM builders will use QEMU emulation, which will be replaced by [[Fedora ARM Secondary Architecture/ARM hardware|ARM Hardware]] when it arrives.
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We're going to set up a Koji build system for ARM. Initially this will be based on the [[CDOT Development Systems|CDOT system]] [http://hongkong.proximity.on.ca/ HongKong]. We have 7 hardware ARM builders at present (see [[Fedora ARM Secondary Architecture/ARM hardware|ARM Hardware]]).
  
 
== Status ==
 
== Status ==
  
Notes on Koji status at 2010-04-17 15:15:
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As of 2010-08-14: The [http://arm.koji.fedoraproject.org Fedora ARM Koji system] is up and running; it is currently building F13 under the supervision of [[User:Paul Whalen|Paul Whalenn]] and [[User:Chris Tyler|Chris Tyler]].
* the test target <code>dist-f13test</code> is up and running
 
* scratch builds can be performed
 
* '''many of the VMs require [[Fedora_Arm_Secondary_Architecture/NFS_Configuration|NFS configuration]]''' -- they have been disabled temporarily. After setting up NFS on your VM, please enable it (or ping someone on IRC to enable it for you).
 
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
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!Status
 
!Status
 
!Wiki Link
 
!Wiki Link
 
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|Posters and Presentations
 
|All Students
 
|Completed
 
|[[Winter 2010 SBR600 Posters and Presentations]]
 
 
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|Koji Hub setup - PostgreSQL master
 
|[[User:adaniel3|Arlene Daniel]] and [[User:Paul.W|Paul Whalen]]
 
|Completed
 
|[[Fedora Arm Secondary Architecture/Koji Database|Koji Database]]
 
 
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|Koji Hub setup - Koji Hub configuration
 
|[[User:Paul.W|Paul Whalen]]
 
|Completed
 
|[[Fedora Arm Secondary Architecture/Koji Hub|Koji Hub]]
 
 
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|Koji Hub setup - Certificates/security
 
|[[User:Sadiki|Sadiki Latty]]
 
|Completed
 
|[[Fedora Arm Secondary Architecture/Koji Certificates|Koji Certificates]]
 
 
|-
 
|Koji Builder setup - Shared filesystem
 
|[[User:Dmchisho|David Chisholm]] and [[User:Chris Tyler|Chris Tyler]]
 
|Completed
 
|[[Fedora Arm Secondary Architecture/Koji shared filesystem|Koji shared filesystem]]
 
 
|-
 
|Koji Builder setup - Koji Build Daemon
 
|[[User:Dpcabra1|David Cabral]] and [[User:Paul.W|Paul Whalen]]
 
|Completed
 
|[[Fedora Arm Secondary Architecture/Koji Builders|Koji Builders]]
 
 
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|Performance - iSCSI vs. NFS vs. Local USB disk
 
|David Chisholm, Daniel Gilloch
 
|Completed
 
|[[Fedora Arm Secondary Architecture/Storage performance|Storage Performance]]
 
 
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|Initial mock tests on ARM
 
|Everyone
 
|Completed
 
|[[Fedora ARM Secondary Architecture/Initial Mock Compilation Tests|Initial Mock Compilation Tests]]
 
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|Research and create image for F12 on OpenRD-Client
 
|[[User:Paul.W|Paul Whalen]]
 
|Completed
 
|[[Fedora_ARM_Secondary_Architecture/F12_on_OpenRD-Client|F12 on OpenRD-Client]]
 
 
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|NFS setup - HongKong to VMs
 
|[[User:Dmchisho|David Chisholm]]
 
|Completed
 
|[[Fedora Arm Secondary Architecture/NFS Configuration|NFS Configuration]]
 
 
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|Networking with NAT to connect OpenRD
 
|[[User:Sadiki|Sadiki Latty]]
 
|Completed
 
|[[Fedora Arm Secondary Architecture/NAT|NAT]]
 
 
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|Revise mock config and .repo files in release RPM
 
|[[User:Dpcabra1|David Cabral]] , [[User:Dgilloch|Daniel Gilloch]]
 
|53%
 
|[[Fedora ARM Secondary Architecture/Local mirror of ARM repositories|Repos]]
 
  
 
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|In progress
 
|In progress
 
|[[Fedora ARM Secondary Architecture/Kernels|Kernels]]
 
|[[Fedora ARM Secondary Architecture/Kernels|Kernels]]
 
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|Build iSCSI-capable kernel for testing on OpenRD
 
|[[User:Chris Tyler|Chris Tyler]]
 
|Completed (limited iSCSI functionality)
 
|[[Fedora ARM Secondary Architecture/iSCSI|iSCSI]]
 
 
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|Set up F12 on OpenRD-Client
 
|[[User:Chris Tyler|Chris Tyler]]
 
|Completed
 
|[[Fedora ARM Secondary Architecture/OpenRD-Client|OpenRD-Client]]
 
 
|-
 
|Set up F12 on SheevaPlug
 
|[[User:Apvlahopoulos|Alex Vlahopoulos]]
 
|Completed
 
|[[Fedora ARM Secondary Architecture/SheevaPlug|SheevaPlug]]
 
 
|-
 
|Posters & Presentation Graphics
 
|[[User:Mashh|Mashfique Haque]]
 
|Completed
 
|[[Fedora Arm Secondary Architecture/Research Posters|Research Poster]]
 
 
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|Local F12-ARM mirror
 
|David Cabral, David Chisholm, Daniel Gilloch
 
|Completed
 
|[[Fedora ARM Secondary Architecture/Local mirror of ARM repositories|Local mirror of ARM repositories]]
 
 
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|VM Setup
 
|[[User:Paul.W|Paul Whalen]]
 
|Completed
 
|[[Fedora ARM Secondary Architecture/ARM VMs|Set of standing VMs running the ARM image in emulation]]
 
 
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|Mock configuration
 
|[[User:Chris Tyler|Chris Tyler]]
 
|Completed
 
|[[Fedora ARM Secondary Architecture/Mock Config Repo|mock configuration repository for ARM]]
 
 
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|Bootstrap the Koji repo
 
|[[User:Chris Tyler|Chris Tyler]]
 
|Completed
 
|[[FedoraARM Secondary Architecture/Repo Bootstrap|Repo Bootstrap]]
 
  
 
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Revision as of 12:35, 14 August 2010

Introduction

Fedora Secondary Architecture

Fedora supports two primary architectures:

  • i386 - 32-bit Intel/AMD-compatible
  • x86_64 - 64-bit Intel/AMD-compatible

There are also a number of secondary archs:

  • arm - A widely-used, low-power processor family commonly used for embedded and mobile applications
  • ia64 - Itanium
  • pa-risc - HP Precision Architecture
  • ppc - 32-bit Power PC
  • ppc64 - 64-bit Power PC
  • s390 - IBM mainframes (including z90 and z9)
  • sparc - Sun RISC architecture

The ARM architecture is increasingly important, but there's a lot more that could be done in terms of update frequency, number of packages successfully built, transparency of process, and integration with the other Fedora build processes.

ARM Processors

ARM chips are the most popular CPU produced -- approximately 5 billion are being made each year. These are being sold under a number of different brand names (ARM, StrongARM, Armada, Cortex, OMAP, Sheeva, Snapdragon, XScale) by a number of different manufacturers. Most of these are going into cellphones, but hundreds of millions are being used in other devices such as routers, NAS boxes, embedded controllers, tablets, and netbooks.

The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) computers, model XO-1.75, use an ARM processor. Since Fedora is used on the XO units, having a reliable ARM build of Fedora is increasingly important.

Goal

To support the Fedora ARM initiative by creating and managing a Koji build farm that will koji-shadow the primary architectures, so that every package built for the primary architectures (including updates) will be built for ARM.

Plan

Initial Plan

We're going to set up a Koji build system for ARM. Initially this will be based on the CDOT system HongKong. We have 7 hardware ARM builders at present (see ARM Hardware).

Status

As of 2010-08-14: The Fedora ARM Koji system is up and running; it is currently building F13 under the supervision of Paul Whalenn and Chris Tyler.

Links

Current Tasks

Task Person Status Wiki Link
Build kernels natively and from SRPM Chris Tyler In progress Kernels

Resources

Wiki Pages

Mailing Lists

  • Fedora Mailing Lists
    • secondary - For discussion of secondary architectures
    • arm - For discussion of the ARM secondary architecture

Sites

IRC