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Android and the Linux kernel community
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| As the Android kernel code is now gone from
| the Linux kernel, as of the 2.6.33 kernel
| release, I'm starting to get a lot of
| questions about what happened, and what to
| do next with regards to Android. So here's
| my opinion on the whole matter...
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http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/android-kernel-problems.html
Android code removed from Linux kernel
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| "Now branches in the Linux kernel source
| tree are fine" says Kroah-Hartman, "but
| this is much worse" noting that companies
| who create drivers and platform code for
| Android devices are "locked out from ever
| contributing it back to the kernel
| community". These companies are now stuck,
| as Android-specific code cannot be
| contributed upstream which will give the
| companies a "much larger maintenance and
| development cycle".
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http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Android-code-removed-from-Linux-kernel-920688.html
Is Google forking the Linux kernel?
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| LWN tells us what is happening with the
| android kernel patches in upstream.
|
| The short version: They are gone
|
| As Greg Kroah-Hartman explains:
|
| So, what happened with the Android
| kernel code that caused it to be
| deleted? In short, no one cared about
| the code, so it was removed.
|
| This is a normal process, Microsoft was
| there before.
|
| So far nothing special. However, as Greg
| correctly points out:
|
| The Android kernel code is more than
| just the few weird drivers that were in
| the drivers/staging/android
| subdirectory in the kernel. In order to
| get a working Android system, you need
| the new lock type they have created, as
| well as hooks in the core system for
| their security model.
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http://jan.wildeboer.net/2010/02/is-google-forking-the-linux-kernel/
Recent:
Android To Reign Supreme By 2013
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| Android is predicted to surpass the iPhone
| and Blackberry platforms by 2013 becoming
| the second largest smartphone platform.
| Only Nokia's Symbian will be on more
| phones sold that year.
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http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2010/02/android_to_reig_1.html;jsessionid=EJM1PQ4LIZBQTQE1GHRSKHWATMY32JVN
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