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to: MAURICE KINAL
from: TONY LANGDON
date: 2016-10-29 07:37:00
subject: Re: Harddisk problem

-=> Maurice Kinal wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

 MK> According to
 MK> https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/linux/kernel/building.md both
 MK> raspi 2 and 3 use bcm2709 in the configuration.  I am assuming that it
 MK> is a 32 bit given that there are no additional configuration for raspi
 MK> 3.

That would make sense.  To my knowledge, the available distributions for the
Pi3 are still 32 bit.

 MK> The url answered half my question and at this writing am operating
 MK> under the assumption that pure 64 bit raspi 3's linux kernels are not
 MK> yet doable. Personally I am in no rush to see that happen and am
 MK> satisfied now that I have found a link to kernel compilation for
 MK> raspi's.  Given what I read there I will patiently wait for a suitable
 MK> arm64 platform before betting excighted about them.  :-)

I have no idea if they're doable.  Often, "doable" and "documented" can be two
different things too.  As a wise man once said "I don't know". :)


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