Debian is a community project managed by volunteers to create a free operating system. Debian Linux is available on many Arm platforms, used by companies developing System on a Chip (SoCs) and developers to test and validate running Linux on their platforms, and has a very active developer community.

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Debian Linux manages inter-package relationships to ensure system consistency across upgrades. Initial Arm support was contributed in 2000, while AArch64 support became available as a stable version with Debian version 8. 

Debian versions

The Debian project releases stable versions regularly, including images for AArch64, armel, and armhf. The Debian unstable branch, codenamed sid, enables developers to experiment with new features, or support and test with new platforms or versions of processor architecture. 

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Arm ports

There is an ongoing effort to port Debian GNU or Linux to various versions of the Arm Architecture. Arm and its partners contribute to these efforts, along with Linaro and the broader community. 

Developers can find status updates and a list of available hardware on the project website as well as through a variety of communications channels, including Internet Relay Chat (IRC) and several mailing lists.

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Resources

Community Forums

Answered Arm64 Long Format Translation Table Walk
  • Memory Management Unit (MMU)
  • Arm64
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Answered Where can I find more information regarding CI/CD support for AArch64? 0 votes 474 views 5 replies Latest 5 days ago by Eric Van Hensbergen Answer this
Answered Is there documentation somewhere to help folks develop their own UEFI/EBBR/SBBR to get rid of U-Boot?
  • Raspberry Pi
  • Server Base Boot Requirements (SBBR)
  • AArch64
  • U-Boot
  • UEFI
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Suggested answer Using Geppetto Design Tools for Infrastructure Solutions
  • EDA & tools
  • System Design
  • Edge Computing
  • Internet of Things (IoT)
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Answered Are there any standard boot protocols for Edge and IoT devices? 0 votes 164 views 1 replies Latest 7 days ago by fixxxer Answer this
Answered Arm64 Long Format Translation Table Walk Latest 22 hours ago by angeld 2 replies 207 views
Suggested answer Apply Low pass filter using CMSIS Latest yesterday by fixxxer 1 replies 74 views
Answered Where can I find more information regarding CI/CD support for AArch64? Latest 5 days ago by Eric Van Hensbergen 5 replies 474 views
Answered Is there documentation somewhere to help folks develop their own UEFI/EBBR/SBBR to get rid of U-Boot? Latest 6 days ago by poddingue 2 replies 241 views
Suggested answer Using Geppetto Design Tools for Infrastructure Solutions Latest 7 days ago by fixxxer 1 replies 262 views
Answered Are there any standard boot protocols for Edge and IoT devices? Latest 7 days ago by fixxxer 1 replies 164 views