Gordan Bobic <gordan@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Jon Masters wrote:
>> On Sat, 2011-03-26 at 21:10 +0000, Matthew Wilson wrote:
>>
>>> 2. Armv7 / VFP / NEON support to squeeze a bit more performance out
>>> (where appropriate to the h/w).
>>
>> FWIW, I think (eventually), moving to an ARMv7 base has a lot of
>> benefit, with not a (lot) of drawback. After all, Fedora ARM is new
>> enough that there isn't a lot of legacy out there (there will always be
>> old ARM boards people want to use, certainly), and all of the boards now
>> being produced are based on Cortex (or similar) designs with v7. There
>> are one or two notable exceptions, but it's obvious where things are
>> headed. It's really just a question of /when/ to switch IMHO.
>
> I think you are overestimating the proliveration of ARMv7. There are a
> lot of capable ARMv5 devices out there, such as the SheevaPlug/GuruPlug.
>
> Is the plan to offer both v5 and v7 builds (same way as there is an x86
> and x86-64 build)? Or v7 only?
Please do not alienate us SheevaPlug/GuruPlug users.
> IMO committing to ARMv7 to the point of exclusion of everything else
> would be a bad idea at the moment. The primary motivation for the v7
> switch is performance, and there are still a number of ARMv5 and ARMv6
> devices out there that are more than adequate on the ARM performance scale.
Seconded. Please do not drop v5 support.
> Gordan
-derek
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