Author: Jaromil Date: To: dng Subject: Re: [DNG] Raspberry Pi 2 image
On Sun, 10 Apr 2016, Gregory Nowak wrote:
> My concern here is that packages compiled for armv6 wouldn't take
> full advantage of the rpi2 CPU, in the same way that packages
> compiled for the rpi2 don't take full advantage of the rpi3 CPU. Is
> this concern valid? If yes, then I'm against making such a move, and
> suggest that if possible, we stick to separate packages for rpi0/1,
> rpi2, and rpi3. I understand this will take extra build cycles and
> extra storage, but I personally think that's worth it. Just my
> $0.01.
we will likely have optimized builds at least specific for rpi2 and
rpi3. Parazyd's SD image is a good preview for what beta will look
like, while on the mid-long term we are working on a CI that will
targed native builds for all most popular embedded devices.
there is some excellent work on Kali Linux that covers these targets,
integration of their kernel configs and patches in the devuan-sdk has
already started.