[fedora-arm] ARMv5 and atomic operations

[Derek Atkins]

Chris Tyler <chris at tylers.info> writes:

>> 1. Abandon armv5 and move to armv6 where some of the operations we need 
>> are available.  This will still support the raspberry pi- what about 
>> kirkwood *plugs?
>
> That would kill the older plugs -- anything below a d2plug. 
>
> However: do we care? Much? Going to v6 would let us optimize better for
> the Raspi, which will have greater market penetration than the plugs
> when existing orders are filled. Otoh, it's a whole 'nuther rebuild.

I care.  I've got existing plugs that I'd like to continue to use on
Fedora.  Unless someone wants to buy them off me so I can buy something
else?  ;)

-derek
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