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["Stephen M. Webb" <stephen.webb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 16-02-05 03:29 AM, Alberto Mardegan wrote:
> Hi all!
>   A question for those working on the just announced M10 tablet: will we
> be able to run 32bit arm applications (that is, the same binaries we are
> producing for the phones) on it?
> As far as I understand, the CPU is capable of running both 64 and 32
> bits applications, and I presume that the base OS will be running at 64
> bits. But I guess that if the armhf version of the platform libs is
> installed, it will be able to run unmodified armhf apps?

At the moment the Linux kernel is 64-bit to match the CPU but the userspace runtime is effectively the same 32-bit armhf
runtime we use on other Ubuntu Touch devices.

tl;dr you will be able to run the same 32bit arm applications on it.

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Stephen M. Webb  <stephen.webb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>