Question about volumio x86 image

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Hi,

When selecting x86 it’s Written x86/x64 but it appears that the Debian is 32bit , am I missing something ?

Thanks in advanced

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I think but am not sure (without a bit of searching) that Volumio is using the 32bit version of Debian … but that can be quite happily run on an x64 device.

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it run on 64bit no issues there BUT with the limitations of 4GB memory limit on 32bit
better to change the title to only 32bit not to create confution

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That’s not strictly true, as the Linux kernel has support for PAE, that gives access to up to 64GB of ram with a 32bit kernel.
Not sure of the Volumio builds enable the appropriate kernel feature or not.

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Check uname -a it doesn’t have PAE

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We do not follow the debian kernel naming, so PAE won’t show.
I don’t see the issue anyway, Volumio runs fine with 1-2 Gb, 4Gb is unneeded luxury and above is just irrelevant for our usecase.
My 2cts.

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So extended memory is supported ? I have more than 4gb and it want recognize more than 4gb
But that’s fine 4gb is more than enough, I just thought to bring this up.
My problem is not the amount of memory , I compile the MPD on separate Debian machine (sacd support ) and this require me to use 32bit Linux which well is prehistoric

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We would jump to a 64bit OS tomorrow, because it would also solve a few issues. But that would be slamming the door closed on users with (old) hardware only supporting 32bit. We unfortunately do not have the resources currently to support & maintain both an 32 and 64bit OS. And we may be forced drop support for 32bit in not to far future, Fedora/ Ubuntu already going that way

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I think statistically the most volumio userS are arm based cpu so they won’t have any problem
You need to run really old computer that supports only 32bit , I don’t think they are still in use, especially Not for hi-hi

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you have no figures to back your claim up, but yes, we have an issue with x86, and that is not an easy one to solve. Working on it for a while, convinced we have a solution soon. But, will never work for any possible setup. It is not just an “arm” board with fixed spec.