From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755315Ab0J3STL (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Oct 2010 14:19:11 -0400 Received: from asmtpout024.mac.com ([17.148.16.99]:49099 "EHLO asmtpout024.mac.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754808Ab0J3STJ (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Oct 2010 14:19:09 -0400 MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.2.15,1.0.148,0.0.0000 definitions=2010-10-30_07:2010-10-29,2010-10-30,1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=6.0.2-1004200000 definitions=main-1010300103 From: Elvis Dowson Subject: Forked android kernel development from linux kernel mainline Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 22:18:37 +0400 Message-id: <01784A8B-36A0-4E8A-9729-23C2B19351F8@mac.com> To: Linux Kernel Mailing List X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1081) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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? Best regards, Elvis Dowson