Have you heard of Device Tree? Linux supports it on the x86, ARM, and PPC architectures, among others. (http://events.linuxfoundation.org/sites/events/files/s

Have you heard of Device Tree? Linux supports it on the x86, ARM, and PPC architectures, among others. (http://events.linuxfoundation.org/sites/events/files/slides/petazzoni-device-tree-dummies.pdf http://events.linuxfoundation.org/sites/events/files/slides/..., http://www.devicetree.org/Main_Page http://www.devicetree.org/Main_Page, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Device_tree https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Device_tree, http://elinux.org/Device_Tree http://elinux.org/Device_Tree)