[Arm-netbook] RedSleeve - New ARM Linux Distro

[Gordan Bobic]

cnxsoft wrote:
 >>> AFAIK, Linaro has implemented code so that it detects NEON at runtime,
 >>> so there is no need for armv7hf and armv7hf+neon distribution.
 >> I don't think that is referring to what you think it is referring to,
 >> but I'll be glad if I'm wrong. Can you cite a source?
 >>
 >>
 > Slide 4 of this presentation:
 > 
http://elinux.org/images/6/60/Ubuntu_on_ARM-_Improvements_and_Optimizations_Done_By_Linaro.pdf
 > Corresponding Video (52 min):
 > 
http://www.cnx-software.com/2012/02/26/ubuntu-on-arm-improvements-and-optimizations-done-by-linaro-elce-2012/
 > It was for Ubuntu 10.04 so no hard-float yet, but I'm assuming Ubuntu
 > 12.04 (armv7hf) will also have those optimizations.


Right - "NEON in a few libraries". I'm guessing this is not compiler 
related but manual assembly coding in a few key places, such as libc. 
That is NOT to say that all packages will benefit. It's not as rosy as 
you may have thought.

Gordan