On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 8:08 PM, Arun K. Singh <arun...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Hedwin,
>
> > The thing is that bionic has a dependency with the kernel version used.
> It
> > doesn't mean it has to be that version but
> > it should be close to that version. Using a different kernel version than
> > intented might result in android not booting up.
>
> And how close should this "close to the version be" .. and what's the
> logic?
>
>
This is different for each kernel version used and not an exact science.
Best is to stick with the kernel
version intended for the android version you want to use, less painfull and
less time consuming. So 2.6.32 for Eclair and Froyo.

Wanting to use a different kernel is more for the diehards.



>
> Best Regards,
> Arun K. Singh
> www.crazydaks.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Deva R <r.deva...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> is it a generic linux kernel?
> >>
> >> android requires mandatory set of features on top of linux kernel -
> >> refer
> >>
> http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=kernel/common.git;a=blob_plain;f=Documentation/android.txt;hb=HEAD
> >> http://elinux.org/Android_Kernel_Features => gives good overview of
> >> android kernel changes
> >>
> >> On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Dennis.Yxun <dennis.y...@gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > HI Folks:
> >> >    I'm tring to bring up android2.2 and now the only available kernel
> is
> >> > at
> >> > version 2.6.27
> >> > My question here is: what will be the problem if I using kernel2.6.27
> +
> >> > android2.2?
> >> >   Thanks
> >> > Dennis
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