From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C16B6279 for ; Tue, 4 Aug 2015 19:39:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz (atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz [195.113.26.193]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6136145 for ; Tue, 4 Aug 2015 19:39:42 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2015 21:39:40 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org Message-ID: <20150804193939.GA27959@amd> References: <20150723105726.GC30929@amd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20150723105726.GC30929@amd> Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [CORE TOPIC] Mainline kernel on a cellphone List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Thu 2015-07-23 12:57:26, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > (Please cc me on replies). > > Significant percentage of phones run Linux kernel today, but geting > mainline kernel to work on a phone is very hard to do. (So hard, that > newest device that is close to working on recent mainline was made in > 2009.) There are multiple obstacles, including huge patches from > silicon vendors, missing GNU/Linux userspace support that makes kernel > testing hard, interfaces unsuitable for phones and power management > problems. I'd like to nominate myself for this topic (and the FPGA topic, but I guess Alan is more suitable there). Best regards, Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html