From 83c0f7fea8f40292700742f958d0bcab81560b85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mruddy Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 09:58:20 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] trivial: update 0.13.0 release note info on linux arm builds --- doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.13.0.md | 15 ++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.13.0.md b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.13.0.md index f9bf3d75d..4c3cb97df 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.13.0.md +++ b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.13.0.md @@ -95,14 +95,19 @@ executables. The following extra files can be found in the download directory or torrent: -- `bitcoin-${VERSION}-arm-linux-gnueabihf.tar.gz`: Linux binaries for the most - common 32-bit ARM architecture. -- `bitcoin-${VERSION}-aarch64-linux-gnu.tar.gz`: Linux binaries for the most - common 64-bit ARM architecture. +- `bitcoin-${VERSION}-arm-linux-gnueabihf.tar.gz`: Linux binaries targeting + the 32-bit ARMv7-A architecture. +- `bitcoin-${VERSION}-aarch64-linux-gnu.tar.gz`: Linux binaries targeting + the 64-bit ARMv8-A architecture. ARM builds are still experimental. If you have problems on a certain device or Linux distribution combination please report them on the bug tracker, it may be -possible to resolve them. +possible to resolve them. Note that the device you use must be (backward) +compatible with the architecture targeted by the binary that you use. +For example, a Raspberry Pi 2 Model B or Raspberry Pi 3 Model B (in its 32-bit +execution state) device, can run the 32-bit ARMv7-A targeted binary. However, +no model of Raspberry Pi 1 device can run either binary because they are all +ARMv6 architecture devices that are not compatible with ARMv7-A or ARMv8-A. Note that Android is not considered ARM Linux in this context. The executables are not expected to work out of the box on Android.