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Questions tagged [64-bit]

For questions relating to 64-bit computing.

CPUs come in different flavours. Chief among their characteristics is the width of their datapath, integer size, and memory address, measured in bits. The Raspberry Pi 3 was the first, and currently only, Raspberry product capable of 64-bit computing.

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Will Raspbian move to 64-bit?

In this page, the official RPi3 announcement states: You’ll need a recent NOOBS or Raspbian image from our downloads page. At launch, we are using the same 32-bit Raspbian userland that we use on other Raspberry Pi devices; over the next few months…
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64-bit OS on Raspberry Pi 4

Looking for a 64-bit version of Linux for the Raspberry Pi 4. I'm aware that support under Ubuntu Mate is in the works, apparently Ubuntu Server works but it limited to using 1 GB of RAM. Are there any other options that are working now?
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Is raspbian for the Raspberry Pi 2 B 32 bit or a 64 bit OS?

Is raspbian for the Raspberry Pi 2 B 32 bit or a 64 bit OS? Just wondering because I am unable to find this information online.
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Raspberry Pi 3 software compatibility

Raspberry Pi 3 uses a 64-bit ARM CPU, while its predecessors used 32-bit ones. How does this affect software compatibility? Can all of the old 32 bit binary packages for Raspberry Pi 1 and 2 be properly run on it? Or have most of the Raspbian…
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Why raspberry pi 4b claims that it's processor is armv7l when in official specification it's ARM v8? How to change it?

I need to run MongoDB docker container on Raspberry Pi 4B. My Raspberry has preset (already installed) Raspbian on SD card, I didn't install OS by myself. MongoDB docker image supports arm64v8. But when I try to run container, it claims that there…
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Raspberry Pi 3 and 64-bit kernel, differences between armv7 and armv8

Is there any 64-bit kernel for Raspberry Pi 3? I looked around and from sources I check official page and following kernels are listed there: NOOBS - this is installer, no OS by itself, right? Rapsbian - just one download, so I assume 32 bit…
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Can I Install Debian 64 bit on RPi 3

The Raspberry Pi 3 is built with a 64 bit chip. Yet the Raspberry Pi Foundation has only released Linux distros are 32 bit. Can I install a 64-bit version of Debian on the RPi 3?
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Is it possible to run Raspberry Pi 3 with a 64-bit kernel and 32-bit user space?

I just got my hands on a Raspberry Pi 3 and I would like to start experimenting on it, specially regarding the 64-bit instruction set. I'm well aware of the pros and cons of the 32-bit versus the 64-bit instruction set, so please stick to the…
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Is there a specific download for 64 bit Raspbian?

Is there a specific download for 64 bit Raspbian? Since Raspberry Pi 3 is 64 bit, but there is only one download for Raspbian available, is there a 64 bit version? Or, am I just confused and they found a way to intelligently determine if the Pi is…
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Run 64-bit Raspberry Pi OS beta test version

With the latest release from 2020-05-27 the operating system was renamed from Raspbian to Raspberry Pi OS and its image names are changed from e.g. 2020-02-13-raspbian-buster.zip to 2020-05-27-raspios-buster-armhf.zip, with the postfix -armhf. This…
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Ubuntu 21.10 desktop environments freezing on Pi 400

I have created SD card with Ubuntu Desktop 21.10 using Pi Imager on Raspbian. It boots fine but when I interact with desktop environment, e.g. re-arrange the icons on the sidebar, the desktop environment freezes. When it's frozen, I can still ssh…
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Do I need to do anything to install/run applications in 64 bit?

I've switched my Raspberry Pi 4 from 32 bit to 64 bit (Raspbian buster) by adding this to /boot/config.txt kernel=kernel8.img arm_64bit=1 This seems to work fine. I'm running docker and that has continued to work. However, as a person coming from…
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Running ARM64 binaries on RP4

I'm trying to run an ARM64 binary on my RP4 with arm_64bit enabled in /boot/config.txt. I get an error: No such file or directory. Running file cloudflared-linux-arm64 I get: cloudflared-linux-arm64: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, ARM aarch64, version 1…
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Virtualization on Pi 3 Raspbian

The new Pi 3 was announced this morning. It's the first Pi to ship with a 64-bit processor, the ARM Cortex A53. The product page for that chip suggests that it's capable of hardware virtualization. Given that Raspbian is currently a 32-bit only…
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Firefox Arm64 available but RasPi 3B+ still 32-bit

I want to be able to use my Raspberry Pi 3B+ as a desktop system. In order to do that, I need to be able to make use of apps such as Firefox-ARM64. Given all of the confusion regarding migrating the Raspberry Pi OS to a 64-bit OS, I have no idea…
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