Re: Debian ARM achitectures in Sid

[Martin Schulze <joey@finlandia.Infodrom.North.DE>]

Jim Pick wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> After discussions with the Linux/ARM people (Russell King, and
> friends), we've come to the decision that it would be best to have two
> separate ARM architectures:
> 
>   armv3  - primarily for use on Acorn RiscPC machines - including
>            ones which use the ARM6, ARM7, and StrongARM (without halfword
>            support) cpus.  This could be a very popular port, as Acorn
>            has decided to discontinue manufacturing PCs - so the existing
>            customers will be looking for a new OS to install.
> 
>   armv4  - for StrongARM machines, such as the Corel NetWinder.  With Intel's
>            backing, there are probably going to be a lot of StrongARM machines
>            coming onto the market in the next year or so.

Are they really binary-incompatible?

Regards,

	Joey

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