Indeed, that Android is fundamentally Linux. Often, It has been argued that there are quite some qualifiers but the Linux devotees will debate on this regarding the semantics. Nevertheless, it has been worldly accepted to be a Linux distribution, same as Debian or Ubuntu. For this, we need to repay a special gratitude and attention to what the contributors and maintainers of the Linux Kernel are up to. The Linux version 3 has better ARM processor support. But the latest version, Linux 3.7 the support is almost complete and fast – which is way it’s a great news to anyone who is interested in making and building a reusable ARM kernel.
As things stand now, it could fairly straightforward to build a do it yourself or modular kernel that operates on an X86 device. Those tend to be traditional desktops and also laptop computers, ATOM netbooks, and certain smart appliances. Although folks perfecting on Linux 3.7 for ARM devices had to build and dock a kernel for every single type of ARM processor, for example the Exynos or OMAP SoCs. With a generic ARM kernel, those days would have been a thing of the past.
The Linux 3.7 supports small number or a handful of chips from organization such as Marvell or the Picohip.These chips are usually found on the development boards. However, the Linux founder and the guru Linux Torvalds elaborated that there will be more support for many more chips in the coming days as a new releases. We would definitely see more and more fluid and smooth way to support newer and greater devices as well as newer softwares to support even older devices. Androids are now getting up to speed.
credit: arstechnica myandroidchief .
The Released Of Linux 3.7 Supports The Cross-Platform ARM Kernels
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