On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 1:50 PM, Derek Atkins <warlord@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Gordan Bobic <gordan@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> Kernels are SoC specific. Not quite as narrowly specialized as device >> specific, but it's still not going to be a one-size-fits all, at least >> not any time soon (probably years). >> >> For example, if you have a Marvell Kirkwood kernel, you could use that >> kernel on all supported Marvell Kirkwood devices (SheevaPlug, >> GuruPlug, DreamPlug, etc.). If you have a Marvell Armada kernel, you >> could boot that on a D2Plug, CuBox, Compulab SBC-A510, etc. If you >> have a Tegra2 kernel, you could boot that on Toshiba AC100, TrimSlice, >> etc. > > Just a pipe-dream, but how hard would it be to take these SoC-specific > requirements and move them into a module that could get put into the > initramfs? Is there enough generic across all e.g. Armv5 boards that > this could happen? At the moment impossible. Once devicetree gets completed it then becomes quite probable. Peter _______________________________________________ arm mailing list arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/arm
