Just noticed some outdated details about supported architectures on the official website. Figured I’d flag it here to remind the admins to update!
1. About Page make_clickable_callback(MAGIC_URL_FULL, '(', 'https://archlinuxarm.org/about', '', ' class="postlink"'))
There’s a line that says:
"A custom package build infrastructure brings new upstream Arch package releases to the four supported ARM architectures within hours of their release to x86 systems."
But per the same page’s history:
ARMv5/ARMv6 support was dropped in 2022 (no new hardware, user base shifted).
ARMv7 now requires NEON FPU (Marvell SoCs without NEON are out).
Current supported architectures: only ARMv7 with NEON FPU + ARMv8 AArch64 (that’s 2, not 4!).
Quick fix: Change "four" to "two" here.
2. Downloads Page make_clickable_callback(MAGIC_URL_FULL, '(', 'https://archlinuxarm.org/about/downloads', '', ' class="postlink"') → "Where is my device?")
There’s a line says:
"our package repositories work with any ARM device compatible with ARMv5, ARMv6, ARMv7-a, or ARMv8-a AArch64 instructions."
Again, ARMv5/ARMv6 are long unsupported (2022 cutoff), so those should be removed. Also, "ARMv7-a" needs updating to "ARMv7 with the NEON FPU" to match the current ARMv7 requirements.
Corrected version should be:
"our package repositories work with any ARM device compatible with ARMv7 with the NEON FPU or ARMv8-a AArch64 instructions."
Just to help anyone checking this information avoid confusion. Thanks!
