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Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2010 11:12:02 -0700 From: Greg KH <greg@...ah.com> To: Elvis Dowson <elvis.dowson@....com> Cc: Janakiram Sistla <janakiram.sistla@...il.com>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: Forked android kernel development from linux kernel mainline On Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 02:25:31PM -0700, Janakiram Sistla wrote: > On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Elvis Dowson <elvis.dowson@....com> 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? Are you willing to maintain the android kernel code in the mainline kernel tree? If so, I will be glad to add it back in, but as no one was willing to do the work, it was removed. It's as simple as that. thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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