> ongoing software support Part of the problem here is that SoC drivers are hacked on top of the kernel (and are not merged in-tree). So SoC vendors have this

> ongoing software support Part of the problem here is that SoC drivers are hacked on top of the kernel (and are not merged in-tree). So SoC vendors have this pile of legacy and hacked-on code they need to cherry-pick every time the Kernel changes an interface they used (which is a lot) [0]. The code is also, let's be honest here, low quality and full of workarounds for implementation details (some radio-modem talking over I2C to transmit voice to the SoC???) so there's no way it would get merged into the kernel. Of course, that costs and fortune and hampers the sales of newer chipsets so it’s not in the SoC vendor’s interest to do so. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_binary_interface https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_binary_interface