[Ksummit-discuss] [TECH TOPIC] mobile phones

[Tony Lindgren]

* Pavel Machek <pavel at ucw.cz> [170628 10:03]:
> 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.
> > 
> > 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.

Clearly we just need to get something usable going ourselves that works
with whatever people want to use. Waiting for some corporate solution
that's usable with mainline kernel has proven to be a waste of time.
And then maybe other usable products will follow.

Regards,

Tony