[CentOS] Centos/RHEL 64bit and ARM questions

Wed May 28 20:00:35 UTC 2014
Jim Perrin <jperrin at centos.org>


On 05/28/2014 12:59 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> 
> On 05/28/2014 09:56 AM, Jim Perrin wrote:
>>
>> On 05/26/2014 07:18 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>> On 05/26/2014 07:47 PM, g wrote:
>>>> On 05/26/14 22:21, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>>>> I am digging a bit into RHEL 7 roadmap info.
>>>>>
>>>>> It seems there are statements that RHEL 7 will only support 64 bit. Is
>>>>> this corrent, and what for Centos 7?
>>>>>
>>>>> Also the ARM info I found was the target is ARMv8 which is 64 bit, not
>>>>> the ARMv7 which is 32bit.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any clearification is appreciated.
>>>> "just the facts", Robert,
>>>>
>>>> main page:
>>>> https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/
>>>>
>>>> https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7-Beta/html/7.0_Release_Notes/index.html
>>>>
>>>> https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7-Beta/html/7.0_Release_Notes/chap-architectures.html
>>>>
>>>> https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7-Beta/html/7.0_Release_Notes/chap-capabilities_and_limits.html
>>>>
>>> So goodby to 32 bit hardware. Thus RHEL/Centos 6 will be around a while
>>> longer.
>> Keep in mind that we have a 32bit SIG for CentOS 7. So you should be
>> able to update if you want to.
> 
> What is 'SIG'?  Will I be able to do an install of Centos7 on i386 system?

Special Interest Group. http://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup
Basically groups who can take the core distro code and modify/rebuild it
to suit their purpose.

In this instance, they're rebuilding to target 32bit hardware. You'll be
able to install on an i686 system assuming you meet the ram needs, etc.
Yes. An actual i386 system hasn't been supported in a number of years
(since el4 maybe? lacking cmov instructions and a load of other fun bits).



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