[HH] Raspberry Pi

Kurt Keville kkeville at MIT.EDU
Fri Mar 9 08:52:11 EST 2012


I would have to figure not, but I have a whole bunch of ARMv5tel 
boxen here I can give it a try on... I may have an ARM11 SBC as well 
... that would be a better test)...

At 07:35 AM 3/9/2012, Stephen Adler wrote:
>Does the Raspberry Pi Fedora Remix run on any other ARM based system?
>
>On 03/09/2012 01:40 AM, Tom Metro wrote:
>>Raspberry Pi update...
>>   -Tom
>>
>>Raspberry Pi Linux distro released, but the $35 computer faces new delays
>>http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2012/03/raspberry-pi-linux-distro-released-but-the-35-computer-faces-new-delays.ars
>>
>>The Raspberry Pi foundation has suffered a production setback that could
>>delay delivery of the organization's $35 Linux computer. The
>>manufacturer accidentally used ethernet jacks without integrated
>>magnetics, built-in transformers that provide DC-isolation and help
>>filter noise.
>>
>>The wrong jacks have been soldered to the Raspberry Pi boards and will
>>have to be removed and replaced before the product can ship to end
>>users. According to the foundation, the ethernet jacks are relatively
>>easy to replace. The problem is that sourcing a sufficient quantity of
>>the right ethernet jacks might take some time. This will be the second
>>time that the Raspberry Pi project has suffered a minor delay due to
>>component sourcing difficulties.
>>...
>>In addition to disclosing the delay, the Raspberry Pi foundation also
>>announced the availability of a special Fedora build that is tailored to
>>run on the Raspberry Pi computer. The distribution, which is called the
>>Raspberry Pi Fedora Remix, will provide a relatively complete computing
>>environment for the low-cost ARM board. It is the Linux distribution
>>that the foundation recommends for use on the Raspberry Pi hardware.
>>...
>>...Eben Upton explained...the latest version of the popular Ubuntu
>>distribution will not run on the device because Ubuntu doesn't support
>>the ARMv6 architecture, which is used by the Raspberry Pi board's ARM11
>>CPUs. Ubuntu's ARM port is focused on the ARMv7 architecture, which is
>>used by Cortex-class ARM processors.
>>
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