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This is about [[!tails_ticket 10972]].
This is about tails/tails#10972.
[[
_TOC_
]]
[[!toc levels=3]]
Related pages
=============
[[!map pages="blueprint/ARM_platforms/
*
"]]
-
[
Acer Chromebook R 13 CB5-312T
](
ARM_platforms/Acer_Chromebook_R_13_CB5-312T
)
Pros & cons
===========
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can in turn compromise Tails.
*
Most mobile touch devices, e.g. tablets, are based on ARM
these days (
[[!
tails
_ticket
6064
]]
).
these days (tails
/tails#
6064).
*
Some concerns about (Intel) x86 technologies, like the Intel ME,
might be less of a problem for the time being on ARM. This is no
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state of things, it is hard to estimate the resources we would need
to make it happen.
*
Tor Browser [
[!tor_bug 12631 desc="
is not supported on ARM yet
"]]
.
*
Tor Browser
[
is not supported on ARM yet
](
https://bugs.torproject.org/12631
)
.
## Other remarks
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Current (mid-2014 to early 2016) ARM Chromebooks have one of:
*
Nvidia's [
[!wikipedia
Tegra
]]
K1 T124 (32-bit), that has
[
[!wikipedia ARM
Cortex
-
A15
]]
, that is ARMv7-A architecture; it has
*
Nvidia's
[
Tegra
](
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Tegra
)
K1 T124 (32-bit), that has
[
ARM Cortex-A15
](
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM%20
Cortex
%2D
A15
)
, that is ARMv7-A architecture; it has
VFPv4
*
[
[!wikipedia ARM
Cortex
-
A17
]]
(e.g.
in [
[!wikipedia
Rockchip
_
RK3288
]]
(32-bit), that is ARMv7-A
*
[
ARM Cortex-A17
](
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM%20
Cortex
%2D
A17
)
(
e.g.
in
[
Rockchip RK3288
](
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Rockchip
%5F
RK3288
)
(
32-bit
)
, that is ARMv7-A
architecture; it has VFPv4
For Jessie,
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@@ -109,10 +114,10 @@ for armhf.
**Update**
one year later — April 2017, some ARMv8 (64-bit) ones have
appeared:
*
[
[!wikipedia
MediaTek
]]
MT8173 ([
[!wikipedia
PowerVR
]]
GX6250 GPU),
*
[
MediaTek
](
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
MediaTek
)
MT8173 (
[
PowerVR
](
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
PowerVR
)
GX6250 GPU),
e.g. in the Acer Chromebook R13 and Lenovo N23 Yoga Chromebook
*
[
Rockchip_RK3399
](
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockchip#RK33xx_series
)
([
[!wikipedia Mali (GPU)]]
T860 MP4 GPU), e.g. in the Samsung
(
[
Mali (GPU)
](
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mali%20%28GPU%29
)
T860 MP4 GPU), e.g. in the Samsung
Chromebook Plus
On the 32-bit front, a few RK3288-based tablets and media boxes keep
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Let's see how current (early 2016) Debian supports ARM Chromebooks.
*
Acer Chromebook 13 (CB5-311), Tegra K1
-
[
[!debwiki
InstallingDebianOn/Acer/Chromebook_13_CB5-311-T8BT
]]
-
[
InstallingDebianOn/Acer/Chromebook 13 CB5-311-T8BT
](
https://wiki.debian.org/
InstallingDebianOn/Acer/Chromebook_13_CB5-311-T8BT
)
suggests it may require a custom kernel
*
Asus Chromebook C201, Rockchip RK3288
-
[
[!debwiki
InstallingDebianOn/Asus/C201
]]
-
[
InstallingDebianOn/Asus/C201
](
https://wiki.debian.org/
InstallingDebianOn/Asus/C201
)
suggests it may require a custom kernel
*
Asus Chromebook Flip, Rockchip RK3288
*
HP Chromebook 14 (some models), Tegra K1
XXX: update this section with newer information, e.g. after
we've managed to boot a Debian kernel on an
[
[Acer Chromebook R 13
|
ARM_platforms/Acer_Chromebook_R_13_CB5-312T
]]
.
[
Acer Chromebook R 13
](
ARM_platforms/Acer_Chromebook_R_13_CB5-312T
)
.
### How others handle it
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@@ -198,3 +203,4 @@ available on ARM.
XXX: is Coreboot or U-Boot installed on ARM Chromebooks?
<https://www.coreboot.org/Chromebooks>
lists only X86 devices.