As RPi3 has only 1 GB of memory I’m not sure whether running it in 64-bit mode provides tangible benefits over 32-bits beyond “nice to have”. I’m looking at the RPi3 (compute module, actually) as an embedded device so I didn’t test any of the graphical functionality at all. The final boards will not have any display connectors. Kaj Sent from my iPad _____________________________ From: Bill Maidment <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2017 3:40 AM Subject: RE: SL7.4 for ARM ? To: Kaj Niemi <[log in to unmask]>, <[log in to unmask]> Thanks Kaj It appears that the Centos version is only 32bit and only works with CLI at the moment. Is that the same with EL7 ? -----Original message----- > From:Kaj Niemi <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Saturday 18th November 2017 2:15 > To: Bill Maidment <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] > Subject: RE: SL7.4 for ARM ? > > For what it's worth Bluetooth stack does not work out of the box on EL7 armhfp architecture and RPi3. One needs: > > 1. patch bluez-utils a bit since hciattach attempts to get the files from the wrong directory > 2. firmware for brcm 43430 isn't supplied with EL7, I had to get it from another source > 3. udev doesn't know to check the presence of 43430 so one needs to make a rule for that, too > > Other than that, ethernet, wifi and everything else I've tested works quite well. I haven't tried with the serial ports in 232. >