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More details about dropping ARMv7 (#4693)
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changelog/2025.2.0.rst

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@@ -57,13 +57,17 @@ Custom components were deprecated over a year ago and, as promised, support for
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encourage all developers to migrate their custom components to :doc:`/components/external_components`. Please see
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:ref:`a_note_about_custom_components` for a detailed explanation and next steps.
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Removal of ``armv7`` Docker Support
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Removal of ``armv7`` support
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ESPHome no longer supports ``armv7`` hardware. This is due to both waning support as it relates to tooling and
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ESPHome no longer supports the 32-bit ``armv7`` architecture. This is due to both waning support as it relates to tooling and
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performance reasons. We strongly recommend moving to a more modern architecture, especially if you're using the ESPHome
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Device Builder to build/compile firmware for your devices.
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- The toolchains required for compiling ESPHome are dropping support for armv7, so if the toolchain is not available, ESPHome can't do the compile.
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- Building on armv7 is very slow and is likely to crash due to lack of RAM, which is not a good user experience.
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- ESPHome can be installed anywhere you can run Docker or Python pip, which will provide a better experience with much faster compiling.
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``esp32_rmt`` Updates
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