Re:Intel seems awfully scared of Graviton2. Why pay for this...
by Nursie on Monday December 13, 2021 @09:32PM
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> getting support for ARM software
It is my contention that this support was largely already present. That's all.
Pi did great work getting cheap boards out to people, and put a lot of effort into education and community building. They exposed a huge number of people to the possibilities of non-x86 computing that otherwise might not have been. So indeed let's credit them with that, it's all great stuff!
But it's quite revisionist to say they helped get linux or BSD or their tools onto the platform, IMHO.
It is my contention that this support was largely already present. That's all.
Pi did great work getting cheap boards out to people, and put a lot of effort into education and community building. They exposed a huge number of people to the possibilities of non-x86 computing that otherwise might not have been. So indeed let's credit them with that, it's all great stuff!
But it's quite revisionist to say they helped get linux or BSD or their tools onto the platform, IMHO.