Re:The Sad Saga of Purism and the Librem 5
by zozbot234 on Sunday October 27, 2019 @06:47PM
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> and such a "new Smartphone OS" would probably need to be based on Android to be able to use Treble
Not really, one could most likely use libhybris and Halium to run Project Treble's userspace parts on a fairly ordinary Linux distribution. In fact, I'm surprised that people aren't starting to test this using the likes of Debian, or Arch, or even pmOS.
(One of the remaining issues is that Project Treble images aren't really as standard or unified as people assume them to be, there are a few varieties based on architecture (32- vs. 64-bit) the "hardware-native" Android version (Android 7, 8, 9, 10) that ships on the device, and "A-only" vs. "A+B" booting scheme. But it sure beats having to use one image per phone model, and having to include proprietary blobs in the image.)
Not really, one could most likely use libhybris and Halium to run Project Treble's userspace parts on a fairly ordinary Linux distribution. In fact, I'm surprised that people aren't starting to test this using the likes of Debian, or Arch, or even pmOS.
(One of the remaining issues is that Project Treble images aren't really as standard or unified as people assume them to be, there are a few varieties based on architecture (32- vs. 64-bit) the "hardware-native" Android version (Android 7, 8, 9, 10) that ships on the device, and "A-only" vs. "A+B" booting scheme. But it sure beats having to use one image per phone model, and having to include proprietary blobs in the image.)