Re: Single MIPS kernel

[John Crispin <blogic@openwrt.org>]

Hi Ralf,

On 22/10/2014 10:34, Ralf Baechle wrote:
> This question comes up every once in a while and I've also been
> approached during ELCE in Düsseldorf why there is no single MIPS
> kernel for all platforms, so I thought I should post a writeup on
> the topic.
> 

for the SoCs supported by OpenWrt this is a no-go. we are already
having a hard time fighting bloat. to get the images to fit we need to
already build device specific images that only hold the DT, drivers,
... that a specific board needs. having a kernel that can boot on X
devices wont even fit into flash and if it does there is not space
left for the userland.

I think this feature is only interesting for the older platforms and
the upcoming mobile SoC based in MIPS. i.e. the users are debian and
android type device.

	John