Android kernel notes from LPC 2020
Android kernel notes from LPC 2020
In its early days, the Android project experienced a high-profile disconnect with the kernel community. That situation has since improved considerably, but there are still differences between Android kernels and the mainline. As a result, it is not possible to run Android on a vanilla kernel. That situation continues to improve, though; much evidence to that effect was on display during the Android microconference at the 2020 Linux Plumbers Conference. Several sessions there showed the progress that is being made toward unifying the Android and mainline kernels — and the places where there is still some work to be done.
