RedHat quotes: ARM is not a non-empty Linux operating system.

For a long time, the only chip architecture that Linux seller RedHat valued was x86. With the development of science and technology, this history has gone viral, and Linux giants are now focusing on ARM. & Ldquo; ARM looks promising, & rdquo; TimBurke, vice president of Red Hat Linux engineering, told ServerWatch in an interview. & Ldquo; our focus is on ARM in the server market, so we really don't want to play simple handheld games & rdquo ;.

For a long time, the only chip architecture that Red Hat, a Linux vendor, has been focusing on is x86. With the development of science and technology, this history has gone viral, and Linux giants are now focusing on ARM.

"ARM looks more promising," Tim Burke, vice president of Red Hat Linux engineering, told ServerWatch in an interview. "Our focus is on ARM in the server market, so we really don't want to play simple handheld games ".

ARM has made great achievements in the ora project sponsored by Red Hat Linux. Fedora 17 can now run on ARM and has a considerable team working on development.

Burke said that he not only focuses on basic interfaces but also all the packages required for work, including the OpenJDK Java package. He added that preparing the required applications for ARM requires big package cleanup.

Another key area is device discovery. Burke said there is a more common motherboard in the x86 world.

"Historically, ARM is not a special specification and has a lot of customization work for hardware vendors," Burke said ." It is no longer possible to have a kernel, applicable to all different ARM server variants ."

The Red Hat and Linaro ARM groups work together to build a general Linux kernel that can be used on different ARM installation and activation. Burke stressed that it is important to enable software vendors to prove to have a standard kernel.

In recent years, ARM has grown into a large server vendor and started to enter the market. HP partnered with the ARM supplier Calxeda to help lead the project. ARM promises to provide increased scalability and density at a lower energy consumption rate.

Burke said that from the resource point of view, Red Hat is working with developers at various ARM layers, and the main goal is to ensure that the Fedora ARM interface works properly.

In terms of personnel, Burke also receives resources from ARM, but it is still difficult to count.

"It is difficult to count the number of people because many people are involved in the project and have made more or less efforts, the statistical results are very slim ." "We are not joking, but making serious efforts to make sure that Fedora is fully prepared for ARM," Bock said ."

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