Hardening the Kernel in Android Oreo

Re:Hardening the Kernel in Android Oreo by tbrock on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @08:22PM (#15137216)

It's not like more than 1% of android phones that have shipped to date will actually get an android update to Oreo anyway so why not leave them behind and update the kernel?

New phones need new drivers which must support the new kernel, period. I don't see what the big deal is. You aren't getting Oreo on your old ass Samsung Galaxy S2 anyway.

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Re:Hardening the Kernel in Android Oreo by petecox on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @09:24PM (#15137452)

Nougat runs fine on a Galaxy S2 with Lineage OS. I would not be unexpected for them to port Oreo eventually too.

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Re:Hardening the Kernel in Android Oreo by saghm on Thursday August 31, 2017 @12:51AM (#15138237)

GP's point was about OEM support for newer versions of Android, though; I can't imagine that third-party ROMs on old devices are even slightly a factor in Google's hesitation to upgrade to newer kernel versions

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