Hi everyone,
I am a long term normal Arch user who is trying Arch ARM on the Raspberry Pi 4.
I saw that the kernel version is quite old: 4.19.114-1-ARCH. Why is this? Is it safe to use linux-armv7 with Linux 5.6? Does it require extra patches for the RPI4?
I'm also wondering why there is no ARMv8 build for the RPI4. Can someone give me a status update on the port?
Many thanks for clarifying the situation!
[RPI4] Is it safe to use linux-armv7?
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[RPI4] Is it safe to use linux-armv7?
by revelation60 » Fri Apr 24, 2020 5:29 pm
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Re: [RPI4] Is it safe to use linux-armv7?
by lategoodbye » Sun Apr 26, 2020 11:55 am
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I') saw that the kernel version is quite old: 4.19.114-1-ARCH. Why is this?
This is the vendor kernel, it based on a older LTS kernel. They switch to 5.4 in the near future.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I')s it safe to use linux-armv7 with Linux 5.6?
I assume you are talking about Mainline kernel. This hardly depends on your use case. If you only need a headless device, this could be sufficient. Otherwise you will have to wait for Linux 5.8 or later.
Please look at this status page for detailed information:
https://github.com/lategoodbye/rpi-zero/issues/43
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'D')oes it require extra patches for the RPI4?
A lot if you need graphics.
From the Mainline kernel point of view ARMv7 and ARMv8 both have nearly the same progress.
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