On Sun, Jan 13, 2019 at 10:08 PM Kevin Kofler <kevin.kofler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Neal Gompa wrote: > > Well, strictly speaking, this is really only a problem for IBM > > architectures (ppc64le and s390x) because there's no economical way > > for anyone to be able to care for them. For both ARM architectures we > > support, there are a number of low-cost (in the impulse buy range, > > even!) systems that people can acquire to do local development. For > > the upcoming RISC-V port, it's practically guaranteed that we're going > > to see similar low-cost hardware so that people can be exposed to the > > platform develop relatively soon after the Fedora RISC-V port is > > mainlined. > > Well, those low-cost devices are typically: > * usable only for development/hacking/toying around, due to their form > factor (bare board), peripherals and/or (lack of) computing power, > * extremely slow at everything including building packages (just look at how > slow the relatively fast Koji ARM builders are; low-cost devices are a lot > worse than that), > * so bare that you have to spend a multiple of the purchase price of the > device to add needed development equipment (RAM, storage, I/O peripherals, > etc.), > so I am not convinced that they are really useful targets for developers. > Sorry, I was referring to systems like the OverDrive 1000[1], which are PC form-factor ARM systems. I have one of these myself, and they're very handy for doing reasonable development of software on ARM. [1]: https://softiron.com/development-tools/overdrive-1000/ -- 真実はいつも一つ！/ Always, there's only one truth! _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
