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As far as I understand, until recently Allwinner has been doing kernel development with sole focus to get Android shipped as fast as possible. It is a fact that
by simosx 12y ago
As far as I understand, until recently Allwinner has been doing kernel development with sole focus to get Android shipped as fast as possible. It is a fact that they did not work to get mainline Linux support for their SoCs.
Developing for mainline might be slower but in the long-run it's better and even cheaper. I think that they are seeing this now.
You can check the slides at https://fosdem.org/2015/schedule/event/allwinner_upstream/ https://fosdem.org/2015/schedule/event/allwinner_upstream/ for the current level of support. This is about the community work for mainline support.
- pseudonom- 12y ago> It is a fact that they did not work to get mainline Linux support for their SoCs. Though it is possible. I got mainline Linux running on an A10.
- khuey 12y agoYeah, because the sunxi community formed and did all the work.
- pseudonom- 12y agoYeah, I didn't mean that as an endorsement of Allwinner. Just a potentially useful piece of information.
- khuey 12y agoAllwinner boards are quite nice if you want to run mainline Linux on ARM. I've got an A20 based board for that myself.