[Lazarus] FPC and Lazarus on ARM

[Henry Vermaak]

On 25 March 2011 08:09, Marco van de Voort <marcov at stack.nl> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 09:37:52AM +0000, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote:
>> > wiki page on how to set up a native FPC environment on ARM/Linux.
>>
>> e.g. an "ARM-based development systems" page referenced at
>> http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Platform_list#Supported_targets_for_ARM
>>
>> I'd be happy to contribute what I know, but in short the major issue is
>> getting a distro running on the available hardware. And, it must be
>> said, keeping it running: I've seen tales of woe from Sheevaplug users
>> who've ended up with corrupt or bricked systems.
>>
>> In my case I'm using NSLU2 "Slugs", which are supported by a variant of
>> Debian- once running they can use the standard Debian package
>> repositories. I've made some recent progress towards getting something
>> running on some "PC-like" ARM development boards I've got, but I won't
>> have those up for a few weeks due to other demands on my time.
>
> Some other interesting devices (all Marvell kirkwood based):
>
> - WD GOflex.NET: 128MB but two 2.5" sata ports. First attempt at rooting it
>  failed, and I am waiting for a jtag cable
> - IOMega IConnect - 256 MB.
>
> Besides that I have GlobalScale reference equipment, SheevaPlug (512MB) and
> since about a month an OpenRD.
>
> The latter is particularly interesting since it is effectively a desktop
> (sata + lots of USB + VGA). I'm planning to install the just new Fedora 13
> and need to set up a crosscompile kernel.

I've been thinking about getting one of these:

http://www.genesi-usa.com/products/efika

I need something small and quiet to drive my projector and with the
new debian armhf port, the performance could be quite nice, too.
Cortex A8 seems like the thing to go for now, with linaro and debian
focusing on armv7 + vfp3 mainly.

Henry