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 [[!template id=port  [[!template id=port
 port="evbarm"  port="evbarm"
 port_alt="arm"  port_alt="arm"
 port_var1="earm"  port_var1="earmv6hf"
 port_var2="earmeb"  port_var2="earmv7hf"
 port_var3="earmv6hf"  port_var3="earmv7hfeb"
 port_var4="earmv7hf"  port_var4="aarch64"
 port_var5="earmv7hfeb"  no_install_notes=YES <!-- XXX update this after 9.1 -->
 port_var6="aarch64"  
 port_var_install_notes="evbarm-earm"  port_var_install_notes="evbarm-earm"
 cur_rel="9.0"  pkg_rel="9.0"
   cur_rel="9.1"
 future_rel="10.0"  future_rel="10.0"
 changes_cur="9.0"  changes_cur="9.1"
 changes_future="10.0"  changes_future="10.0"
 thumbnail="//www.netbsd.org/images/ports/evbarm/adi_brh.gif"  thumbnail="//wiki.netbsd.org/ports/evbarm/images/beaglebone.jpg"
 about="""  about="""
 NetBSD/evbarm is the port of NetBSD to various evaluation and prototyping  NetBSD/evbarm is the port of NetBSD to various systems based on chips
 boards based on CPUs implementing the ARM architecture. NetBSD/evbarm also  implementing the ARM architecture. The "evb" component is a reference
 supports some specific embedded system products based on prototype board  to evaluation boards, the original target of the port. However, the
 designs.  single GENERIC/GENERIC64 kernel now supports a range of machines including
   development boards, virtual machines, "ServerReady" (SBBR/SBSA) hardware,
   and laptops through both device tree and ACPI based booting.
   """
   supported_hardware="""
 ### CPU types  ### CPU types
   
 The evbarm port can be built with a variety of CPU options, corresponding to the  Various CPU variants are supported, e.g:
 [large array of ARM CPU architectures](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture#Cores).  
 There are  
 four main variables: the word size, the instruction set, the  
 endianness, and whether there is hardware floating point.  By default  
 the CPU type is "earm", and this implies aarch32 (32-bit), earmv5 cpu  
 architecture, little endian (el when explicitly stated), and soft  
 (Emulated) floating point.  Another example, suitable for Raspberry PI  
 2, is earmv7hf, which is aarch32, the v7 instruction set, little  
 endian, and hardware floating point.  
   
 Typically, various boards are best compiled with a CPU type that  
 matches the board's CPU and floating point support, but generally a  
 lower CPU instruction set version is workable on a newer board.  See  
 build.sh and look for aliases for the evbarm port.  
   
 Through NetBSD 8, the evbarm port has supported exclusively the  
 aarch32 (32-bit CPU) sub-family of the ARM architecture.  Some  
 processors, such as many supporting the armv8 CPU architecture, also  
 support a 64-bit instruction set, referred to as aarch64.  This is  
 sometimes referred to as a distinct port, [[NetBSD/aarch64|aarch64]],  
 with code in src/sys/arch/aarch64, but it is built as the evbarm port  
 with aarch64 cpu type, and available as the alias evbarm64.  
   
 Note that MACHINE_ARCH=aarch64 currently refers to the A64 instruction  
 set and the aarch64 architecture, built for the armv8 architecture.  
 (Note also that armv8 is the first architecture to support aarch64, so  
 this will not be an issue until at least armv9.)  
   
 ### armbsd.org builds  
   
 NetBSD developer Jared McNeill provides [builds of NetBSD 9 and -current for a vast variety of hardware.](https://www.armbsd.org/)   In addition to the standard build, these images have board-specific U-Boot contents.  See also /usr/pkgsrc/sysutils/u-boot*.  - evbarm-earmv6hf - ARMv6-A with EABI and hardware floating point, e.g.
     the original Raspberry Pi.
   - evbarm-earmv7hf - ARMv7-A with EABI and hardware floating point, e.g.
     most recent and common 32-bit ARM boards.
   - evbarm-earmv7hfeb - Same as the above, but with the CPU running in
     big endian mode.
   - evbarm-aarch64 - 64-bit ARMv8-A
   - evbarm-aarch64eb - Same as the above, but with the CPU running in
     big endian mode.
   
   Since NetBSD 9.0, 64-bit ARM processors are supported (referred to here
   as aarch64). These run with fully 64-bit kernels and userland. Running
   32-bit ARM binaries is also supported with `compat32`. The 64-bit
   kernel supports up to 256 CPUs and the 32-bit kernel supports up to 8.
   
   Since NetBSD 9.0, there is support for symmetric and asymmetrical
   multiprocessing (aka big.LITTLE).
   
   evbarm variants are little endian unless otherwise stated. NetBSD provides
   big endian images primarily for testing purposes and to ensure that the code
   is endian-clean.
   
 ### Board specific information (often including installation information)  ### Board specific information (often including installation information)
   
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  - [[RockChip SoCs|RockChip]]   - [[RockChip SoCs|RockChip]]
  - [[Terasic DE0 Nano-SoC|Cyclone5]]   - [[Terasic DE0 Nano-SoC|Cyclone5]]
   
 **NOTE**: This list is incomplete. For a full list of supported boards, please see the list of [32-bit](https://github.com/NetBSD/src/blob/netbsd-9/sys/arch/evbarm/conf/GENERIC#L18) and [64-bit](https://github.com/NetBSD/src/blob/netbsd-9/sys/arch/evbarm/conf/GENERIC64#L20) device trees.  **NOTE**: This list is incomplete. For a full list of supported device tree
   based boards, please see the list of
   [32-bit](https://github.com/NetBSD/src/blob/netbsd-9/sys/arch/evbarm/conf/GENERIC#L18) and
   [64-bit](https://github.com/NetBSD/src/blob/netbsd-9/sys/arch/evbarm/conf/GENERIC64#L20) device trees.
   
 ### QEMU  ### QEMU
   
 See the [[NetBSD/evbarm under QEMU|qemu_arm]] page for instructions on how to get started with QEMU.  See the [[NetBSD/evbarm under QEMU|qemu_arm]] page for instructions on how to get started with QEMU.
   """
   additional="""
   ### armbsd.org builds
   
   NetBSD developer Jared McNeill provides [builds of NetBSD 9 and -current for a vast variety of hardware.](https://www.armbsd.org/)   In addition to the standard build, these images have board-specific U-Boot contents.  See also /usr/pkgsrc/sysutils/u-boot*.
   
 ### anita  ### anita
   
 anita can be used to test builds.  (In addition to anita, install qemu and dtb-arm-vexpress from pkgsrc.)   The release subdirectory should follow the naming convention on the autobuild cluster, used below.  anita can be used to test builds.  (In addition to anita, install qemu and dtb-arm-vexpress from pkgsrc.)   The release subdirectory should follow the naming convention on the autobuild cluster, used below.
   
  - evbarm-earmv7hf uses "qemu-system-arm -M vexpress-a15"   - evbarm-earmv7hf uses 'qemu-system-arm -M vexpress-a15'
  - evbarm-aarch64 uses "qemu-system-aarch64 -M virt"   - evbarm-aarch64 uses 'qemu-system-aarch64 -M virt'
  - Information on how to test emulated versions of other specific hardware is welcome.   - Information on how to test emulated versions of other specific hardware is welcome.
   """
   ]]
   
 [[!tag tier1port]]  [[!tag tier1port]]
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