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.
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Subject: RE: SL7.4 for ARM ?
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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 ?
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> For what it's worth Bluetooth stack does not work out of the box on EL7 armhfp architecture and RPi3. One needs:
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> 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
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> Other than that, ethernet, wifi and everything else I've tested works quite well. I haven't tried with the serial ports in 232.
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