Linux Kernel LTS release is now for 6 years instead of 2

Re:Linux Kernel LTS release is now for 6 years instead of 2 by kuschku on Sunday October 08, 2017 @01:05PM (#15428979)

That’s not easily possible – most ARM SoCs have no device enumeration, so you need to hardcode the memory addresses and physical ports of everything. These are different for every single chip.

EDIT: yes, some problems are now solved with Device Tree, but from my experience building Android ROMs, that doesn't solve half of the problems (as many SoCs have special custom hardware, too)

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Re:Linux Kernel LTS release is now for 6 years instead of 2 by theatrus2 on Sunday October 08, 2017 @01:19PM (#15429031)

This is what DeviceTree solves. Not using DeviceTree now for SoC drivers is just pure laziness.

https://elinux.org/Device_Tree_Reference

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Re:Linux Kernel LTS release is now for 6 years instead of 2 by kuschku on Sunday October 08, 2017 @01:44PM (#15429126)

Well, Device Tree solves some of the issues, but sadly not all of them.

A more stable ABI would certainly help a lot.

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Re:Linux Kernel LTS release is now for 6 years instead of 2 by kelnos on Sunday October 08, 2017 @01:16PM (#15429025)

Isn't that what devie-tree and those dts/dtb/dto files starting to appear under the arch/arm/ tree in the kernel source are meant to address?

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