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Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [CORE TOPIC] Mainline kernel on a cellphone
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On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 12:57 PM, Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> wrote:

> 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.
>
> Interested people:
>
> Sebastian Reichel <sre@kernel.org>
> Pali Roh=C3=A1r <pali.rohar@gmail.com>

I'm adding Bj=C3=B6rn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@sonymobile.com> to this li=
st.

Bj=C3=B6rn has as of yesterday booted a mainline kernel on the SONY
Xperia Z3 and his company has demonstrated strong interest in
getting the mainline kernel to run on their handsets.
https://plus.google.com/102276447148493441479/posts/amRvpE8piSw

Yours,
Linus Walleij