[Lazarus] Cross-compiling for Raspberry Pi2

[Bo Berglund]

On Wed, 23 Sep 2015 08:42:43 +0000, Mark Morgan Lloyd
<markMLl.lazarus at telemetry.co.uk> wrote:

>Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
>> On 2015-09-23 05:18, Bo Berglund wrote:
>>> 3) Next port to Lazarus on Linux (I have a Linux Mint virtual machine)
>>> 4) Finally port over to Raspberry Pi
>> 
>> And you'll most likely find that the last step doesn't require any extra
>> development or "porting" - simply the setup of the FPC compiler. [Going
>> with the assumption that most RPi's run a Linux distro]
>
> From practical experience with Raspbian, it appears that once FPC and 
>Lazarus are on an RPi the overall system behaves like any computer. 
>Perhaps not quite as fast as a modern x86, but the difference is 
>quantitative not qualitative.
>
>That might not be the case with other distreax.
>
Thanks for the info!
I planned on going with RaspBian for this project. :)

The only caveat here would be if Indy10 will actually build and
function correctly in RaspBian.
I will find that out in due time. I don't have the hardware available
right now since I am travelling, will purchase a dedicated Pi2B as
soon as I return to home base.


-- 
Bo Berglund
Developer in Sweden