[android-kernel] Re: Why Google chooses odd versions of Kernel tree ?

2009-01-05 Thread Brian Swetland
[gulshan.karm...@gmail.com] > > > Hi All, > > Can anyone explain why Google chooses odd versions of Kernel > tree ? > >It is valid not to use the latest version for developments but > why always odd ones like 25 and 27. 2.6.25 was the most recent released kernel when we were fin

[android-kernel] Why Google chooses odd versions of Kernel tree ?

2009-01-05 Thread gulshan . karmani
Hi All, Can anyone explain why Google chooses odd versions of Kernel tree ? It is valid not to use the latest version for developments but why always odd ones like 25 and 27. rgds, Gulshan --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ unsubscribe: android-kernel+unsubscr.

[android-kernel] Re: X86 kernel patches

2009-01-05 Thread Dima Zavin
Mark, Happy new year! > Cupcake for x86 targets is running 2.6.25, and yet there is a 2.6.27 > > kernel branch in mainline as well. > I believe what you meant to say was that the pre-builts for the EeePC 701 target came with a 2.6.25 kernel. There is no inherent requirement placed on x86 targets

[android-kernel] Re: X86 kernel patches

2009-01-05 Thread Brian Swetland
[markgross ] > > We have a number of kernel patches for running android on IA targets. > I'm not sure which branch(es) to have these pushed too. > > Cupcake for x86 targets is running 2.6.25, and yet there is a 2.6.27 > kernel branch in mainline as well. Cupcake *should* be using 2.6.27 everywh

[android-kernel] X86 kernel patches

2009-01-05 Thread markgross
We have a number of kernel patches for running android on IA targets. I'm not sure which branch(es) to have these pushed too. Cupcake for x86 targets is running 2.6.25, and yet there is a 2.6.27 kernel branch in mainline as well. For now lets just consider a simple patch that touches alarm.c to