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2016-09-06 , 08:27
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#69
Originally Posted by MartinK View Post
Can't all the current 64-bit ARM CPUs still run armv7 32-bit code just fine in backward compatibility mode ? IIRC even the RPi3 still runs 32-bit code on it's 64-bit ARM CPU.

So while it indeed is prudent to aim for running 64-bit Sailfish OS natively, it should be fine for the time being due to the backwards compatibility mode & IMHO should not preclude 64-bit ARM CPUs from consideration.
Sure they can, but that doesn't mean that Hybris works in 32bit mode on a 64bit processor.

In fact that's one of the things that Ghosalmartin on the #sailfishos-porters channel tried without any luck on his Nexus 5x (MSM8992 Snapdragon 808), much to the surprise of everyone. I'm not sure what the current status of this effort is though.

The point I was making is that it looks like the best 'known good' SoC is the snapdragon 801, and if you want anything newer then its going to be more effort from the porting side.
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