ARMv4 rating

"Marco Trevisan (Treviño)" mail at 3v1n0.net
Sun Apr 27 05:08:22 CEST 2008


Martin Bernreuther wrote:
> the Neo 1973 (http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo1973_hardware#Processor) as well as
> the Neo Freerunner (http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo_FreeRunner_GTA02_Hardware#Processor)
> have Processors based on the ARMv4 instruction Set. Apparently one consequence (stated on
> these pages) is, that Android, requiring ARMv5, will not run on the Neo.
> (also see http://benno.id.au/blog/2007/11/21/android-neo1973)

Well, saying "Android won't run on Neo" maybe could be a wrong statement 
since when Android source code will be available, it will be possible to 
recompile it for other platforms (maybe after few changes, who 
knows...), including AMRv4.

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