RPi2 -> RPi3

[kogone]

since the 3 is using the arm7h pi2 image still... would it be possible to just put swap the sdcard for my rpi2, if it has the latest firmware, into the new rpi3?

[WarheadsSE]

Yes, for now.

If the RPi3 (ever) becomes ARMv8 capable, this will no longer be possible.

[kogone]

awesome!

i'll probably clone the sdcard in case before I try it out, and will post how it goes

edit: will make sure to edit boot.txt for appropriate cpu settings

[andiling]

As long as your system is up to date (run pacman -Syu on the RPi2 first) you can just swap the device forth and back without any modification.

[tuxcoder]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('WarheadsSE', 'I')f the RPi3 (ever) becomes ARMv8 capable, this will no longer be possible.

[andiling]

Once there's a separate image for the RPi3 available the support for the combined one may be dropped and specific files removed. Thus an updated RPi2 system may not boot on a RPi3 anymore even in 32bit.

[WarheadsSE]

As andiling said. Once the userland for the Pi3 is 64-bit, the Pi3 image will not be usable on the Pi2, even if a pi2 might remain usable on a Pi3

[kogone]

cool it worked..

decided to invest in the C2 to try out arm64!