Q4: What if I want to know more about OABI and EABI in Debian?

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Q4: What if I want to know more about OABI and EABI in Debian?

A4: Ok, here is a very informal sketch. The Debian OABI is still the mainstream version. You can choose to run Etch (stable release but a bit dated), Lenny (testing & current) or Sid (unstable but the latest). The Debian EABI system, on the other hand, is the ‘armel’ line only in the ‘Sid’ branch of Debian. Do a simple search in the Debian package browser and you will see it. http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages#search_packages An EABI system is built to work with an EABI kernel.

There are some good places to check out. You can educate yourselves by reading these:

http://www.applieddata.net/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2305

http://www.applieddata.net/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2442

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_binary_interface

http://linuxdevices.com/articles/AT5920399313.html

http://wiki.emqbit.com/eabi-oabi-benchmark

http://people.debian.org/~terpstra/message/20070319.192931.7f1eb465.en.html


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