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Hey Nicholas!

 NB> I also started diving into distributions for the RPi3 (should be
 NB> arriving on Friday).

Sounds like your about to start having way too much fun.  There ought to be a
law.

 NB> Most of them don't even utilize ARM64 yet.

That sounds about right.  Also seems to be some resistance although I don't
understand why one would want a 64 bit SoC without the 64 bit OS.

 NB> ODROID-C2, but not the RPi3 at the moment.

That sounds weird given they are both cortex-a53 based.  Did they say why this
should be so?

 NB> This is going to become more of a project that I thought it was,

:-)  That sounds par for the course.  Nontheless at the very least you should
have no issues booting the supplied 32 bit enviroment in the meantime.

 NB> as I'm going to try to get AARM64 working on the RPi3 using the
 NB> general instructions. :)

Which general instructions?  So far the best I can do is the crosstools-ng and
the cross compiler build script I am playing with at the moment.  Beats me if
either of them will actually successfully build a 64 bit enviroment/kernel that
will REALLY work.  I am still thinking that a custom kernel and a busybox
enviroment is what I will try first if and when I take the plunge.

Life is good,
Maurice

... Draca sceal on hlæwe, frod, frætwum wlanc.
    A dragon belongs in a barrow, old, proud in its treasures.
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