Re:Will Linux phones stay around this time?
by heavyset_go on Saturday May 01, 2021 @08:53PM
(#27011373)
The Android kernel has some changes that weren't upstreamed, has features that Linux doesn't, and is missing some features, as well. For example, SysV IPC isn't supported on Android's Linux kernel[1].
Often, for specific devices, the kernels they run are forks with changes that aren't upstreamed. Some of those changes can be significant enough that porting those changes to an updated kernel snapshot is nearly impossible, so it never happens, despite the kernel fork's source being available under the GPLv2.
Often, for specific devices, the kernels they run are forks with changes that aren't upstreamed. Some of those changes can be significant enough that porting those changes to an updated kernel snapshot is nearly impossible, so it never happens, despite the kernel fork's source being available under the GPLv2.
[1] https://android.googlesource.com/platform/ndk/+/4e159d95ebf2...