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The primary reason is likely because the hardware (SoC peripherals) drivers were written for 2.6.x and not forward ported to newer versions of the linux kernel.
by gvb 7y ago
The primary reason is likely because the hardware (SoC peripherals) drivers were written for 2.6.x and not forward ported to newer versions of the linux kernel. A lot of hardware drivers were (are) written by the hardware (chip) manufacturers and then abandoned.
- throwaway2048 7y agowhen you say a lot, the reality is this is the case with basically every single ARM SoC on the market (and a few x86 ones too!).