ramips is a portmanteau for Ralink and Mips
Ralink was a company bought in 2011 by MediaTek
All MediaTek/Ralink SoCs are merged under the target ramips.
Building a (platform) target requires a target-specific firmware (that is, most devices need customized firmware). The kernel is patched with the command line that has the board name in it. This mechanism is similar to what is done for ar71xx platforms.
FIXME Further description of this target goes here.
---- datatable ---- cols : Realname, Nickname_dev-nick, Status_ filter : %class%=developer filter : targets_=ramips
<hidden onHidden="Show devices with this target" onVisible="Hide devices with this target"> ++++Filter: Subtarget| ---- datacloud ---- col : subtarget filter : Target=ramips summarize : 1 rownumbers : 1
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++++Filter: Package architecture| ---- datacloud ---- col : package architecture filter : Target=ramips summarize : 1 rownumbers : 1
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"filterColumns": {"brand": "!^\\(EXAMPLE\\)$", "target": "^ramips$"}
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