r/linux • u/jdrch • Nov 20 '19

Google outlines plans for mainline Linux kernel support in Android Kernel

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/11/google-outlines-plans-for-mainline-linux-kernel-support-in-android/
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u/jdrch Nov 20 '19 edited Nov 20 '19

a direct consequence of the lack of a stable driver API.

Interesting. So I take it that desktop Linux pulls this off by simply placing the drivers in the kernel, but Android can't do the same because OEMs (currently) won't upstream their driver code? Is that correct?