> > > The tricky-bit here is that instruction-set extensions (VFP3, thumb2, > NEON) and instruction set versions (v4, v5, v6a, v7) can also be > incompatible in the sense that they won't run on hardware without > those features. But I really think we should try to deal with that by > correctly decorating ELF headers and making sure that the loaders and > dpkg 'DTRT' in terms of selecting compatible stuff. Not create an arch > for every combination. >
But then doesn't that mean that everything is "armel", so we never have a hope of having Debian officially support more than one combination? I'm ok with that, actually--- an ecosystem of unofficial "armel" repositories cropping up containing optimized packages for specific configurations. Especially if it's true that Debian won't officially support much more than armeb/armel. b.g. -- Bill Gatliff [email protected]
