Thema: Install armv and mips packages

Why on opena.tv it is allowed to install MPS packages on arm architecture ?

openATV

Code:

root@ax51:~# opkg print-architecture                                                                            
arch all 1                                                                                                      
arch any 6                                                                                                      
arch noarch 11                                                                                                  
arch cortexa15hf-neon-vfpv4 16                                                                                  
arch ax51 21                                                                                                    
arch hd51 26                                                                                                    
arch 3rdparty 31                                                                                                
arch hd51_3rdparty 36                                                                                           
arch private 41                                                                                                 
arch ocram 46                                                                                                   
arch mips32el 51                                                                                                
arch mipsel 51                                                                                                
arch armv7ahf-vfp-neon 51                                                                                       
arch armv7ahf-neon 51

Open Pli

Code:

root@et1x000:~# opkg print-architecture
arch all 1
arch any 6
arch noarch 11
arch armv5hf-vfp 16
arch armv5ehf-vfp 21
arch armv6hf-vfp 26
arch armv7ahf-vfp 31
arch armv7ahf-neon 36
arch et1x000 41

And where do you see mipsel in the output?

Ah. I have to scroll on my phone. Otherwise it’s not visible. For me this is not correct.

That might be implemented, to install older packages (mostly wrong named "mipsel" instead of _all).
If such a package contains only source files, it can be installed successfully.
If you do not support those packages, some plugins may be not available.
On the other hand, yes, if such a package also or only contains binary, it will fail to operate, if no source files are included.