Creating a new ARM/AVR platform

[Steve Flynn]

On 29 February 2012 14:41, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:

>> You sure you want to port the kernel to ARM? It is not trivial... and there
>> isn't a "guide" on how to do it. Would you not be better off using the
>> existing ARM port which Russell King is/was working on?
>
> What? There *is* already an Ubuntu edition for ARM. It's a bit rough
> around the edges but it's there.
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM

I know, assuming you were addressing me Liam.

> However, there is no equivalent to the IBM PC-compatible as a
> "reference platform" for ARM. Each ARM Linux implementation needs a
> port to that specific mainboard, chipset, etc.
>
> Is this what the OP was asking about?

I presume so, but as there's an option to use an Atom processor for
Linux, I'd probably be looking at using it instead, purely as there's
more likely to be device drivers for whatever hardware they're going
to use.

-- 
Steve

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