Hi, 2012/4/18 Wookey <woo...@wookware.org>: > +++ Martin Guy [2012-04-18 14:30 +0200]: >> On 17 April 2012 18:36, Wookey <woo...@wookware.org> wrote: >> > debian armel is currently >> > built for v4t but is likely to move forward to v5 at some point. >> >> -1 as we have and others have products that are arm4vt and that ship >> with Debian as its standard system. > > It'll still be v4t for wheezy. We'll review it again for the next > release. It'll stay v4t whilst there are still a significant number of > users. What chips are you using that are v4t? I know openmoko is and > that's one group we've been considering so far.
Samsung S3C2440 32-bit ARM920T which runs on popular device mini2440 and more devices is also ARMv4t. >> How big is the speed advantage for >> v5 users when optimizing for v5 instead of v4t? Enough to warrant the >> exclusion of our v4t parts? > > I just asked and the answer seems to be 'some, but not much'. There > are a few more useful instructions which should amount to a few > percent speed improvement, but the gains are not exciting, which does > suggest leaving it at v4t until really no-one cares anymore. +1 to leave v4t as default Cheers, -- Héctor Orón -.. . -... .. .- -. -.. . ...- . .-.. --- .--. . .-. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/caodfwegujgzsx+nrczhlh+q7fc4axoat_kzdvc1twafusxm...@mail.gmail.com
