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Vendor hooks and Android's long divergence from the mainline Linux kernel

Original: [$] Vendor hooks in the Android kernel Since Android's inception, the kernels it has used have diverged significantly fr

Android kernels have diverged significantly from the mainline Linux kernel since the operating system's inception, largely due to vendor hooks added by device makers and Google. A new in-depth article examines how many of these differences have been resolved over time, and what the ongoing effort to bring Android closer to upstream means for the kernel community and smartphone vendors.

Why now: The kernel development community is actively debating how Android's vendor-specific changes can be reconciled with the mainline Linux kernel.

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• [$] Vendor hooks in the Android kernel Since Android's inception, the kernels it has used have diverged significantly from the mainline. While many of those differences have been resolved over time, and the move to the [...] https:// lwn.net/Articles/1098493/ # LWN # Linux #… · lwn@lwn.net · 2

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