Re: Forked android kernel development from linux kernel mainline

[Janakiram Sistla]

On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Elvis Dowson <elvis.dowson@xxxxxxx> 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?
Might be your point is true but,if one see the amount of code that
went in main line or tried to push to main line is mere.Thats
unfortunate.

http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/android-kernel-problems.html

Regards,
Ram.
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