2025-10-16 21:02 UTC
It would be nice if an open-source firmware could also act as a hardware abstraction layer for different SoCs from different manufacturers. AFAIK MediaTek SoCs have similar ARM-based coprocessors implementing a similar set of features. As an experiment, I decided to make a simple firmware that can boot on such coprocessors and communicate with the main CPU using virtio. I've been working on a prototype and am planning to publish it soon. 3/4
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@affe_null@mt.abscue.de 2025-10-16 21:03
Of course, making this a real alternative would still require a lot of work and collaboration. Is there any demand for this in the #MobileLinux #mainlining community and would anyone be interested in porting it to their own hardware? A lot of us could benefit from a joined effort like this, especially if this means that kernel drivers only need to be written once and vendor-specific differences can be abstracted away or removed entirely. 4/4