[ARMedslack] Slackware ARM current is being re-based to armv5te

Andrzej Telszewski atelszewski at gmail.com
Thu Dec 15 12:57:58 UTC 2011


On 12/15/2011 01:08 PM, Stuart Winter wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> After about 5 months or more of on-off thought, I've decided to re-base
> Slackware ARM to be armv5te.  This means that the old devices that any
> devices that have an armv4t CPU will need to use the armedslack-13.37
> release.
> 
> The reason for this is that:
>  * Slackware ARM only provides kernels for systems that have an armv5t CPU
>  * The critical mass of consumer products (such as Plug computers) have an
>    armv5 CPU.
> 
> Therefore it makes sense to support the vast majority and provide an
> optimised userland.
> 
> So, if you want -current for your armv4t devices - you can grab it quickly
> before I begin uploading packages compiled for armv5te :-)
> 
> I'm rebuilding the core packages first such as bash and glibc, and will
> upgrade the others gradually as they get updated in Slackware x86.
> 
> Stuart.
> 

Hi,

Are you able to post some benchmarks after the switch to armv5te? The
stock x86 Slackware kernel is compiled for 486 and there are little
voices around saying that compiling for newer arch gives big performance
boost (or I might be missing something). So if you have enough time,
please try to make some comparison and post the results.

I guess the game isn't only about the kernel but also about user space
tools. So maybe some video/audio encoding/decoding or some calculations
tests?

-- 
Best regards,
Andrzej Telszewski


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