Re: Does Raspberry Pi 2 have a working version of native GNAT

[Jere <jere.groups@gmail.com>]

On Monday, December 7, 2015 at 4:37:46 PM UTC-5, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Dec 2015 12:00:02 -0800 (PST), Jere wrote:
> 
> > My concern is that the PI2 runs on a different processor (Quad core m7 vs
> > a single core m6 on the older PI).  I wasn't sure if that made the distros
> > technically different or not.  
> 
> I have two RPi 2. One runs Debian armhf (testing) another Fedora 22
> armv7hl. Both have GNAT FSF 5 installed. There is no problems with GNAT.
> Moreover, I have also compiled and installed GtkAda 3.8.3.
> 
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> One problem though not directly related to GNAT, if you per chance actively
> use swap, e.g. compiling with -j0 switch, then RPi 2 freezes, no matter
> which linux version. I believe the problem is with the SD card (any
> vendor). So if you want to compile large projects on RPi 2 (it has only
> 1GB) you should move the system to a SSD or a normal HD. You will still
> boot from SD, but then continue to the external USB disk.
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> Dmitry A. Kazakov
> http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de

Thank you!