[Peter.Weyland]

(1st Mar, 2016 03:42 AM)Nachteule Wrote:  It is not necessary. It has been done on x86 system for years (running 32bit software/os on 64bit cpu)

But my understanding is that you will get more speed if you'll run native 64bit software

Vast flame wars have been fought over this in Linux land.

For the average joe the benefit of code compiled for 64bit is the ability to address more RAM. That's all.

Folks running huge databases or vast maths models on full fledged computers get a benefit.

If your device has 2Gb or less RAM then 64bit code will make no discernible difference except to eat up more of your precious RAM & permanent storage (HDD/SD). You will see no performance increase. So don't sweat it

A side effect of the Linux crowd following fashion & refusing to compile anything except 64bit means less & less software is available to those with modest 32bit capable hardware.

Eventually small project hardware must support 64bit regardless of need but for now it's fine as it is.