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> Want latest compiler work, and mainline GCC support? Go for ARM > Want to not to have to support your own Linux fork? Go for ARM But that's also true for MI
by pantalaimon 6y ago
> Want latest compiler work, and mainline GCC support? Go for ARM
> Want to not to have to support your own Linux fork? Go for ARM
But that's also true for MIPS.
- baybal2 6y agoI have not seen any activity from MIPS on GCC for years. Making a Linux port for a given MIPS based SoC is a known pain. They should've worked towards not requiring any hardcoded configuration for each SoC at all, like Linux on ARM does these days.
- panpanna 6y agoDo you mean the device tree? I thought all major kernel archs were on device trees now...
- baybal2 6y agoYes now, but last time I talked with people who dealt with them, people spoke of their new cores coming with "prehistoric kernels" on usb sticks. So every vendor had to upstream their own soc in its own