-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 02 Apr 2014 13:06:45 +0000 "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" <johannbg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 04/02/2014 12:44 PM, Josh Boyer wrote: > > Further tuning would be needed, perhaps with the exception of ARM. > > Really though, tranditional embedded usecases build per-board > > kernels so a distro kernel isn't really well suited to that at > > all. It's difficult to answer definitively without knowing further > > what embedded means. > > I noticed on a job description posted on devel that there seems to be > an effort on the way pushing MIPS to become a primary arch in Fedora > [1]. > > "The task is to take MIPS through to being a primary architecture in > the Fedora/RHEL space, enabling further enterprise scale deployment > of the MIPS architecture." > > Afaik MIPS arch is mostly used on embedded systems so either a new > line of servers are emerging or the intent is to use tablet/mobile > devices to act as new form factor for "next generation of server > technologies." so at least that architecture should be taken into > consideration when making this split so we can limit any > disruption/fallout that might come out of this as best we can to a > single cycle. I think what you will see here is the same as the arm push to be more general purpose computing machines. indeed the job poster even said they have a quad core 1ghz server with sata and 8gb ram for use with fedora development. but it is a bridge to cross down the road when more concrete things are in place. Dennis -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJTPDsnAAoJEH7ltONmPFDR7dAP/0noKoWCd8RcvTDfNQRrc1bD cm/fysXqFzQR9dcw0mLAynhk0+EVUoM4u6w2VOkFbEEUtCZXIALdRbPGfrGQPFQ5 74bP363G3xVNYGA8ST2ul7v3I/etJDJliQjr7NITTXDt5ZgX6pUCzBhKAqYQhnvH L4qqnWq6RzIUiBEpe6LScym6CxHEIuY3z5eAeCnIzzYO+23RXxUXC8MGON49NiHU 5yL+SJZFqHmAzZ0Ost6WyO+VF4f237kV93UV45r59yEgz9OHF7YsCAzUQZLV+qxh lHgSXIJxsMZTrIMDCuIJVp3oDvcN4S3bYIhsHTAsCVOo4/ZO6YI2y9IJtgY6TjnC dAcq9r7j1hlH9VTxnpN9TM08ydk5z7xgn1k50RKQ7hbZScy5aB4iz41QDIa4ap/1 ud1+stQNn3tZuDte/mJL9P2DAkfUidCcVsA1t8tYTyyEma67y6F+KH24EfI9GQHt SW8SIOGIQQPopHuDiQw1UsxCOKYcaG/qF60coe/4hhuHZ04an3IWfu6BuezxWB/i nafHoI4lN5/tcTgdUW2P4SmMFGmsSSN6l6rcVhFDCk+5p0PvgiYJbUSBXQQuFWzQ 3Ia6a4yK+1tdj4lQbrtxiFhFmA/2wQsRD02xVk0vXlbGuz14lP2+EEwkQK3h6Lt1 silgIMb9XN44rNumrzOx =jU/0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ kernel mailing list kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kernel
