Hello Maurice,

On 03 Nov 16 13:37, Maurice Kinal wrote to Nicholas Boel:

 NB>> For the first time in awhile, I'm actually a little excited to
 NB>> start a new tinkering project. :)

 MK> That is what I was thinking too except I think I'll hold off for a
 MK> little while longer.

I had a work injury back on 10/10, so I'm full of boredom sitting at home.
Figured this would be the best time to tinker with any hobbies I haven't been
able to. No time to hold off! :)

 NB>> The only thing I could come up with is the Pi3 is a Broadcom
 NB>> chip, and the OD-C2 is a Amlogic chip.

 MK> Could be but offhand that doesn't seem to me to be the difference why
 MK> one would be more condusive towards getting an aarch64 enviroment off
 MK> the ground.

Pretty much what I was thinking. I haven't really gone out of my way for any
specific reasoning though.

 NB>> If you want an AArch64 system, consider the ODROID-C2.

 MK> I believe I ran across that too.  Still seems odd to me though.

Very odd.

 NB>> Supplied? I don't believe the kit I got comes with a microSD card

 MK> Ah!  I thought they all did.

More of the "complete" or "ultimate" kits do. However, I decided to go with a
basic starter kit with just a board, case, power supply, and HDMI cable. I
don't need a bunch of LEDs flickering about and didn't see the need for any
special bells and whistles for another $30.

 NB>> http://archlinuxarm.org > Platforms > ARMv8 > Generic

 MK> Interesting.  I'll have to check it out, especially regarding gcc and
 MK> friends versions.

Not really any specifics listed there. Mainly just a link for the .tar.gz image
and what to do with it. All else would probably fall under actually operating
the system, which they probably refer you to the normal Archlinux wiki for the
most part.

 NB>> If all else fails, I can always use the 32bit distribution,

 MK> That was my point.  All is not lost as long as aarch64 isn't mission
 MK> critical for you.  However I am holding out for that possibility to be
 MK> a tad more probabllity than it currently appears to be.  However if
 MK> you happen to get it working then for sure I will be highly motivated
 MK> to follow suit.  :-)

I don't suppose it's all that mission critical, however it would be nice to
have what I would want to finalize my project with. This would just mean I
would install a 32bit OS now, and then completely re-do everything when the
64bit OS is available. Double the project.. which I would like to avoid if
possible.

Regards,
Nick

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