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exscape@kbin.social 1 year agoThe article points out that the kernel version used in a phone is basically frozen when development of the device starts. They're suggesting that at 2 years of support, the kernel will be EOL about when the phone is released.
nous@programming.dev 1 year ago
That is the real problem, why is it frozen so early? Why not keep it up to date for more of the development lifecycle rather than shipping a 2 year old kernel. It is not like you have to worry about OTA updates if you have not shipped it yet,
vaalla@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
Drivers from 3rd party. Didn’t work on phone development, but was part of a company that developed setup boxes.
We will get a kernel from broadcom with all the necessary drivers that was tested for that configuration. Updating was very hard without support and might cost a lot.