Cubox? Linux 3.7 released, bringing generic ARM support

[Scott Sullivan]

On 12/14/2012 09:35 AM, Thomas Milne wrote:
> Hey there,
>
> I am currently without a computer since they all died at once and I am
> jobless.
>
> So I am using my Cubox to do basic stuff, but running Ubuntu 10 it is
> very slow. And since I do not have a Linux desktop I can't do any of the
> tricks to get a newer Linux on Cubox.
>
> Will this 3.7 kernel mean that Linux will now run on Cubox with normal
> install? I know Debian won't have the 3.7 kernel for a while.
>
> http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/12/linux-3-7-released-bringing-generic-arm-support-with-it/
>

This "generic" support is very nascent and does not yet support all 
platforms. From what I've been tracking on the Fedora ARM development 
hey will be supporting vExpress, trimslice and Pandaboard Systems with a 
single Kernel Image to begin with.

In short, 3.7 means the ground work is in place to allow multi-SoC 
kernel images, but there is still a lot of work to to brings the dozens 
upon dozens of individual devices on board.

It also depends on how much support for the Cubox's Marvell Armada 510 
is in the mainline kernel. If it's not mainline, then their is 
considerable amount of work to still do. At this time I've not seen any 
of the Fedora Developers working with a Cubox. The Archlinux folks have 
a Cubox image, but their far more willing deploy kernels with drivers 
that aren't mainlined and that will continue to age and degrade.

http://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv7/cubox

-- 
Scott Sullivan

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