Haiku port status

Haiku builds for several computer architectures, below is a list of each architecture with additional information. The interest column does not reflect any architecture preference by the Haiku project, only current real-world developer interest.





x86 (Tier 1) The platform of choice for most traditional desktop and laptop computers Platform Interest Target Haiku Loader Haiku Kernel Application Server Status 32-bit x86 PC (Compat) High x86_gcc2 Production 32-bit x86 PC High x86 Stable 64-bit x86 PC High x86_64 Production ARM (Tier 2) Newly revitalized line of processors excelling at low power consumption and low cost. See platform-specific notes in the source tree. Platform Interest Target Haiku Loader Haiku Kernel Application Server Status BeagleBoard Black Moderate beagle 20% Cubieboard 4 Moderate cubieboard4 10% Raspberry Pi Moderate rpi1 20% Raspberry Pi 2 Moderate rpi2 20% Gumstix Verdex (emu) Low verdex 10% Gumstix Overo Low overo 10% Genesi Efika MX Moderate ??? 10% PowerPC (Tier 2) Previous challenger to the x86 market in desktop and laptop computers. See platform-specific notes in the source tree. Platform Interest Target Haiku Loader Haiku Kernel Application Server Status Genesi Efika I & II Low ppc 80% Apple G3/G4 Low ppc 10% ACube Sam460ex High ppc 10% BeBox None ppc 0% Sparc (Tier 2) Open, royalty-free CPU architecture, historically with several manufacturers. Well documented and clean hardware. See platform-specific notes in the source tree. Platform Interest Target Haiku Loader Haiku Kernel Application Server Status Sun Ultra 60 Low sparc 15% Sun/Fujitsu Enterprise T5120 Moderate sparc 15% m68k (Tier 3) Classic home computer devices. See platform-specific notes in the source tree. Platform Interest Target Haiku Loader Haiku Kernel Application Server Status Atari TT Low m68k 10% Atari Falcon Low m68k 10% Amiga A4000/040 Low m68k 10% Amiga + 68030 cpu Low m68k 10% Old-world Macintosh None m68k 1% NeXT Cube None m68k 1%