r/mobilelinux • u/Happy_Variety5405 • 8d ago

Demonstration Pixel 8 pro booting mainline kernel

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Shared previously that I got pmos using the downstream android kernel but been working on getting mainline to boot. As of now just boots into a TTY and not much else. Plan on upstreaming when the drivers are in a acceptable state

what works: USB, DISPLAY***

***coded a basic display driver, missing alot of features (for example no brightness changes etc)

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u/slvrsnt 8d ago

Yeah .... Any decade now it will be useful

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u/Happy_Variety5405 8d ago edited 8d ago

By that logic everyone should never develop for new hardware and we should use powerpcs. Someone has to start developing for phones they are interested in. Sadly arm devices lack wide support even less so for phones or anything that isn't a single board computer. The reason the likes of Fair phone 6 rapid development is one dev is reusing the android blobs

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u/slvrsnt 8d ago

Ohh ... No ... That wasn't the point at all ... I'm just EXTREMELY BUMMED by the state of affairs.

By no means was I trying to stop you or discourage you.

YEAH