New to development

[Gregory Whitlock]

I'd like to learn how to develop on arm platforms. How hard would it be to get the
latest version of Fedora arm running on either a device running arm5vtelj or a device
running armv7l. I'm not looking for a step by step guide just being pointed in the
right direction to start.

[Gregory Whitlock]

The devices I have that I would like to try out are the  Atmel AT91SAM9X5 with the
Arm926EJ-S processor (armv5tejl) or the  Generic AM4376 TI Sitara (Flattened Device Tree)
with the Armv7 Processor rev 10 (armv7l)

Thank you,

[Ben Beasley]

Fedora drops support for 32-bit ARM devices (armv7hl/armhfp) after the current release
(https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/RetireARMv7), so if you want to use Fedora on a
target ARM device in the long term, aarch64 will be your path forward.

– Ben

On Thu, Jun 23, 2022, at 2:06 PM, Gregory Whitlock wrote:
> I'd like to learn how to develop on arm platforms. How hard would it be 
> to get the latest version of Fedora arm running on either a device 
> running arm5vtelj or a device running armv7l. I'm not looking for a 
> step by step guide just being pointed in the right direction to start.
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[Peter Robinson]

>  I'd like to learn how to develop on arm platforms. How hard would
> it be to get the latest version of Fedora arm running on either a device running arm5vtelj
> or a device running armv7l. I'm not looking for a step by step guide just being
> pointed in the right direction to start. 
We dropped support for ARMv5 some time ago, Fedora 17 or 18 if memory
serves correctly. You'd need to re-bootstap using the last release,
that's not an effort for the feint of heart

Depending on what device the Generic AM4376 TI Sitara is you should be
able to build a SystemReady IR (basically U-Boot supporting UEFI and
providing a DT)  capable firmware for it and it should boot a Fedora
36 minimal image without too much more effort. Be aware ARMv7 will go
end of life when F-36 goes EOL in around a years time.

Peter