Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753458Ab0KBVZe (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Nov 2010 17:25:34 -0400 Received: from mail-pw0-f46.google.com ([209.85.160.46]:38536 "EHLO mail-pw0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753104Ab0KBVZd convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Nov 2010 17:25:33 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=ScOh1ZA48OGAoA1RGVeApP0dJ95Zv+TOewLjQ+SEbARitXUmpmp3T5WpHilgRbiYP1 3jVWA/wctyhx01a3C5BvjrFbOY6PlXk8rwk2/tQtRRXOfvO2/awCeBepY76y4LikBz1L 8O610liNT0JEd0SeqtOhLoLB6+cGHAVXwnlbA= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <01784A8B-36A0-4E8A-9729-23C2B19351F8@mac.com> References: <01784A8B-36A0-4E8A-9729-23C2B19351F8@mac.com> Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 14:25:31 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Forked android kernel development from linux kernel mainline From: Janakiram Sistla To: Elvis Dowson Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1129 Lines: 22 On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Elvis Dowson 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. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/