On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 7:59 AM, Karel Dingeldey <karel.dingel...@ntt.eu> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 07:23PM, Edwin Amsler wrote: > > > Is there an official reason why ARMv7 was excluded from the 5.6 release? > > I've got my assumptions, but I'd like to know if it was a conscious > decision or not. > > Hi Edwin, > > did you receive any feedback on your question? What assumption would that > be? > > I'm thinking about using OpenBSD on my BeagleBone Black devices, but > since 5.6 did not get any armv7 support (without any obvious official > statement given), I'm wondering if that would be a wise decision right now. > Even if 5.7 in May appears with it, can I presume that the coming releases > will all support armv7?! > > Wondering what you think about it. > > Kind regards > Karel > Hi, I'm running a 5.7 snapshot from February on my BeagleBone Black (I haven't updated to the latest one from yesterday yet), and it runs quite well. As with most OpenBSD snapshots, it's extremely stable and I haven't had any issues. The only downside is having to build from ports, but now that we can install the OS to the internal 4gb flash, building ports is not nearly as painful as it is on a microSD card (even a class10 card is worlds slower than the internal flash). Whatever the reason for excluding armv7 support from 5.6, it seems it will be in 5.7 anyway. Regards, Mike
