I’m sorry if this sounds like a stupid question but why won’t android just straight up run like Linux distros that almost run on any computer? Why does each model under each manufacturers require separate maintainors seperately? Aren’t they running like almost similar hardware like processors from Qualcomm, mediatek, Exynos, etc? Why hasn’t there been a single android os that is compatible with all the device?
PC architecture is very standardized. ARM is like the wild West where nothing is standard. Everything needs specialized drivers that need to be compiled along with the operating system in order to even work.
Out of curiosity, is this something that RISC-V does better, or are they going down the same path as ARM?
I’m not as familiar with RISC, but my gut tells me that’s it’s a similar situation to ARM. Take that as you will.