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SubjectRe: Forked android kernel development from linux kernel mainline
On Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 02:25:31PM -0700, Janakiram Sistla wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Elvis Dowson <elvis.dowson@mac.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > ? ? ? I was wondering what the long term implications of android development being forked from the linux mainline are?
> >
> > Android support was removed from 2.6.33 onwards, and development still continues for 2.6.35, by reverting the commit that deleted android from the mainline.
> >
> > One could argue that android gave linux a solid boost widespread adoption for mobile embedded devices, and its use would continue to grow exponentially with time, more than plain vanilla linux for embedded devices.
> >
> > Was removing android from the linux kernel mainline a mistake, in retrospect?

Are you willing to maintain the android kernel code in the mainline
kernel tree? If so, I will be glad to add it back in, but as no one was
willing to do the work, it was removed. It's as simple as that.

thanks,

greg k-h


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