Regarding Linux kernel vs Android

Ruben Safir ruben at mrbrklyn.com
Tue Jan 16 11:55:45 EST 2018


I doesn't matter that much when you can't root the devices...


On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 05:52:38PM +0100, Greg KH wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 10:15:39PM +0530, inventsekar wrote:
> > Hi...
> > 
> > I tried searching but no luck.
> > Can you please suggest how Linux kernel was modified and became Android?!
> 
> It did not.
> 
> Android devices use the Linux kernel, with only a very tiny set of
> patches on top of it, just like any other embedded Linux device.  You
> can see the latest Android kernel trees on the Android Open Source
> project site, just search for them.
> 
> hope this helps,
> 
> greg k-h
> 
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