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minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·2 months agoWhy is this surprising? Qualcomm releases Linux BSPs for all their mobile SoCs.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 months agoThat’s Android not mainline. You can’t easily upstream the changes and you are stuck with a single kernel version.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoThey regularly uplevel the kernel, and not all Android Linux code is inherently incompatible with mainline.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoTell that to my phone. Its possible some are worse than others but for Android devices the track level isn’t good. Just check out the mainline status of PostmarketOS devices.
Why is this surprising? Qualcomm releases Linux BSPs for all their mobile SoCs.
That’s Android not mainline. You can’t easily upstream the changes and you are stuck with a single kernel version.
They regularly uplevel the kernel, and not all Android Linux code is inherently incompatible with mainline.
Tell that to my phone. Its possible some are worse than others but for Android devices the track level isn’t good. Just check out the mainline status of PostmarketOS devices.