One Kernel Can Now Handle Multiple ARM Platforms

[phoronix]

Phoronix: One Kernel Can Now Handle Multiple ARM Platforms

The Linux 3.7 kernel gets even more exciting with the merging of ARM multi-platform support. This work allows for a single Linux kernel build to contain support for multiple ARM SoCs/platforms...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTE5ODI

[unix_epoch]

Benchmark results

Once more common ARM platforms are supported, I look forward to benchmarks showing whether having multiple platforms in the kernel affects performance.

[liowohl]

So the next android possibly be able to use the same rom for many devices?

[DebianLinuxero]

As Tolkien should say

One Kernel can now handle multiple ARM platforms


One Kernel to rule'em all ...

[hamishmb]

Surely a step in the right direction, but I guess we won't get to an x86 level of easiness until there's some kind of industy standardization.