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[[Category:Fedora]][[Category:SBR600]][[Category:Fedora ARM Secondary Architecture]]
= Introduction =
== Fedora Secondary Architecture Architectures ==
[http://fedoraproject.org Fedora supports two primary architectures] is an [http:* i386 - 32-bit Intel/AMD-compatible* x86_64 /opensource.org open source] community that produces the [http://get.fedoraproject.org Fedora Linux distribution] - 64-bit Intel/AMD-compatiblea complete operating system (and more) consisting of thousands of software packages. This software is available free of charge complete with the source code, so anyone can use, distribute, and modify it to meet their needs.
The Fedora distribution supports two primary architectures; these are the primary targets for the packages in Fedora:* i386 - 32-bit Intel/AMD - the chips that power most 32-bit computers, laptops, and netbooks* x86_64 - 64-bit Intel/AMD - the chips that power most 64-bit computers and laptops There are also a number of secondary archsarchitechtures, maintained by various groups within the larger Fedora community:* arm '''ARM''' - A widely-used, low-power processor family commonly used for embedded and mobile applications, including cellphones and tablets
* ia64 - Itanium
* pa-risc - HP Precision Architecture
* sparc - Sun RISC architecture
The [[:fedora:Architectures/ARM architecture is increasingly important, but there's a lot more that could be done in terms of update frequency, number of packages successfully built, transparency of process, and integration with the other |Fedora build processesARM Secondary Architecture]] project supports Fedora on ARM processors.
== ARM Processors ==
ARM chips are the most popular CPU produced -- approximately 5 in excess of 7 billion are being made each year, or about a million an hour. These are being sold under a number of different brand names (ARM, StrongARM, Armada, Cortex, OMAP, Sheeva, Snapdragon, XScale) by a number of different manufacturers. Most of these are going into cellphones, but hundreds of millions are being used in other devices such as routers, NAS boxes, embedded controllers, tablets, and netbooks.
The [[Fedora ARM Koji Buildsystem]] is accessible through a [http://arm.koji.fedoraproject.org web interface] and through the koji command-line tools provided as part of Fedora ARM Koji . Anyone with a Fedora account is welcome to build packages on it; if you do not already have an account wish to make use of the build system] is you can sign up and running; it is currently building F13 under using the supervision of [[Userhttps:Paul//admin.W|Paul Whalen]] and [[User:Chris Tyler|Chris Tyler]]fedoraproject. We have 22 hardware ARM builders at present org/accounts/ Fedora Account System (see [[Fedora ARM Secondary Architecture/ARM hardware|ARM Hardware]fas2)]) which include 20 GuruPlug Server Plus, 1 BeagleBoard XM and an OpenRD Client. We are in the progress of building Fedora 13 and have just under 9000 packages built.
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= Resources =
== Wiki Pages ==
* Seneca Wiki
** [[:category:Fedora ARM Secondary Architecture|Fedora ARM Secondary Architecture]] (Category)
** [[Fedora ARM Koji Buildsystem]]
** [[Fedora ARM Secondary Architecture/ARM hardware]]
** [[Motion Sensor Interfacing for Panda Board based Dash Board System]]
* Fedora Project wiki
** [[:fedora:Architectures|Architectures]]** [[:fedora:Architectures/ARM|Architectures/ARM]]** [[:fedora:Koji|Koji]]*** [[:fedora:Koji/ServerHowTo|Koji/ServerHowTo]]*** [[:fedora:Koji/Policies|Koji/Policies]]
== Mailing Lists ==
* Fedora Mailing Lists
** [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/arm arm] - For discussion of the ARM secondary architecture
== Sites ==
* [https://fedorahosted.org/koji/ Koji software project site]
* [http://blog.thebehrens.net/category/tinkering/ Booting OpenRD from SD]
* [http://paulfedora.wordpress.com/2010/05/13/installing-fedora-12-on-a-guruplug/ Booting GuruPlug Server from SD]
== IRC ==
* Fedora ARM Build Master - Paul Whalen - PaulW or PaulW_cdot on irc://irc.freenode.net/fedora-arm
* Seneca Fedora-ARM Project Coordinator - Chris Tyler - ctyler on irc://irc.freenode.net/fedora-arm
* Secondary Arch lead - Dennis Gilmore - dgilmore on irc://irc.freenode.net/fedora-devel or irc://irc.freenode.net/fedora-arm
* Fedora-ARM community - irc://irc.freenode.net/fedora-arm
* Koji community: irc://irc.freenode.net/koji