by WebReflection » Tue Oct 05, 2021 11:50 am
AArch64 Installation
This provides an installation using the mainline kernel and U-Boot. Use this installation only if you have no dependencies on the closed source vendor libraries shipped in the ARMv7 release. This installation has near full support for the device, including the VC4 graphics.
I think the documentation page should add what you just mentioned, because it's not instantly clear that the armv7 version of the Pi 4 will have linux-raspberrypi4 kernel out of the box, or better, full HW acceleration support, while the mainline aarch64 kernel doesn't.
It's also easy to shoot yourself in your foot once you install linux-raspberrypi4, because the /etc/fstab points at a different disk, so the reboot will break.
Accordingly, how can I contribute to update that installation page providing these extra instructions/details? I think many would benefit from it.
P.S. the Raspberry Pi 3 with aarch64 mainline works just fine and it's HW accelerated out of the box ... which is why I think the Pi 4 requires particular attention until it works 100% via mainline kernel (if ever)