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Microsoft mobile system runs on exactly one SoC. Even for that, the different brands of devices had different rollout dates.
by vetinari 10y ago
Microsoft mobile system runs on exactly one SoC. Even for that, the different brands of devices had different rollout dates.
- problems 10y agoI'm talking about their desktop OS, Windows.
- vetinari 10y agoDesktop OS has UEFI or BIOS available for boot and platform services, together with enumerable busses, so you can find out what hardware you have available. Such things are luxury in the mobile world, you need to know what hardware you have in advance, otherwise wrong poke and something will hang.
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- problems 10y agoIt's entirely possible to present a solid ABI that would allow vendor specific boot and hardware access. I can see no reason those can't be abstracted out.
- vetinari 10y agoBecause it's the vendors, who are not interested in the first place. See also stock Linux, device tree, it's problems.