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diff --git a/doc/forum/new_linux_arm_tarball_build.mdwn b/doc/forum/new_linux_arm_tarball_build.mdwn index 5de530e1d..e3b9c3de5 100644 --- a/doc/forum/new_linux_arm_tarball_build.mdwn +++ b/doc/forum/new_linux_arm_tarball_build.mdwn @@ -1,19 +1,12 @@ I've added an arm build to the autobuilds in [[install/Linux_standalone]]. -It's somewhat experimental: - -* There are several arm architectures. This build is done on Debian armel, - which uses EABI. It will not work on older arm systems whose kernels - do not support EABI. (It's also little endian.) -* It relies on the system having a compatable version of glibc installed. - This could be improved by finding a way to build a static binary - (but glibc does not make that easy), or trick the linker into linking - against a glibc shipped in the bundle. The problem with the latter - is that glibc loads some support libraries at runtime. - -I'll be interested to hear if this is useful. If it seems sufficiently -useful, I might try to add the webapp to the build, which would be somewhat -complicated, but doable (since I'm building using qemu, it can run a build -on amd64 first to get the TH splices). +I'm curious to see how this works out. I tried to make it as self-contained +as possible. It should work even on systems that do not use glibc, as long +as the kernel is new enough for the glibc included in it, and supports the +arm EABI. + +If it seems sufficiently useful, I might try to add the webapp to the +build, which would be somewhat complicated, but doable (since I'm building +using qemu, it can run a build on amd64 first to get the TH splices). --[[Joey]] |