From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp2.linuxfoundation.org (smtp2.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.36]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1C0CDB2E for ; Wed, 28 Jun 2017 17:02:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz (atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz [195.113.26.193]) by smtp2.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5F1EC1DABF for ; Wed, 28 Jun 2017 17:02:40 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2017 19:01:53 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Linus Walleij Message-ID: <20170628170153.GA26179@amd> References: <20170625104850.GA24717@amd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="rwEMma7ioTxnRzrJ" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Cc: "ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org" Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [TECH TOPIC] mobile phones List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , --rwEMma7ioTxnRzrJ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi! > I'd be happy if I could "just" compile and boot the latest kernel with > the latest AOSP (Android Open Source Project) on the Nokia n900 or > n950 and use it as a smartphone. I would even accept an out-of-tree > GPU driver since everything and its dog requires 3D acceleration these > days. Maybe it would nit even drain the battery in 5 minutes and that > would be GREAT. >=20 > As far as I know we not even close to anything like that. Or are there > people actually booting Android on these? Or any other phone form-factor > device running a mainline Linux+Android? Actually, you may want to check out the Motorola Droid 4. Pretty new, so still supported with LineageOS IIRC and hardware support in the mainline is pretty complete (as mentioned elsewhere in this thread). You may still have some work to do, but likely easier than N900/N950. Best regards, Pavel --=20 (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blo= g.html --rwEMma7ioTxnRzrJ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iEYEARECAAYFAllT4QEACgkQMOfwapXb+vJ3SACeJF3UAuxAgOr0swhrsXKfTrVM epUAoIJnerWkF/gJSkAa2ATwNipe/iZx =Jsnz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --rwEMma7ioTxnRzrJ--