====== The Epeios software components can now be natively compiled for the 'AArch64' architecture ======

Thanks to an //ODROID-C2//, running a 64-bit version of //Debian//, most of the //Epeios// software components can now be compiled for the //AArch64// architecture.

The //Epeios// software omponents could already be compiled for the //AArch32// architecture, which are the one on which are based the first //Raspberry Pi//, //ODROID//, //Banana Pi//... (and most mobile) devices. But the newest version of this devices (//Raspberry Pi// 3, //ODROID-C2//, //Banana Pi M64//...) are now based on a //AArch64// architecture.

The //AArch64// architecture can execute software compiled for the //AArch32// architecture, so you can install a //AArch32// OS on it, and so execute //AArch32// software (but not //AArch64// software). By installing a //AArch64// OS, it may be possible to run //AArch32// software, but also, naturally, //AArch64// software.

Changes was made to the //Epeios// software components so they can be compiled to run __natively__  on a //AArch64// OS. It may depend from the installed compilation environment, but launching the building of an //Epeios// package will automatically produce a software for the same architecture as the installed OS. You will also be able to use, at your choice, the //GCC// or //Clang// compiler.

New //Epeios// software components packages, modified to allowing the compilation for //AArch4// architecture, will soon be available. Take note that all //AArch64// based devices, especially the new ones, may not be installed with a //AArch64// OS, so this devices will not be able to run //AArch64// software, but only //AArch32// ones.