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bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
> While looking around on the Raspberrypi.com website seeking any updates
> to USB mass storage boot procedures I noticed an "Obsolescence Notice"
> applying to Raspberry Pi 2B versions 1.1 and 1.2. It's mostly a sort of
> "buy them now or forever hold your peace" warning for those purchasing
> new units and says nothing about what support might be ongoing.
>
> Does anybody have insight into how software support for these old 
> platforms will be phased down? 

The production lifetime of the Pi 2B series ends 2026, but the Pi 1 and the
original Zero stay in manufacturing until 2030.  I expect any Rasberry Pi OS
image that works on the 1 and Zero to work on the 2.

Debian's dropping support in 2028 for the armel architecture (32-bit little
endian, ARMv5T upwards), used on the 1 and Zero, is more of a concern.  Both
versions of the 2 as well as the 3 support the armhf architecture (32-bit
ARMv7 with VFP3D16 hardware floating point) which Debian will continue to
support:
https://hackaday.com/2025/11/06/countdown-to-pi-1-loss-of-support-activated/

Theo

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