android kernel vs linux 2.6 kernel

Khai Q. Tran

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Apr 17, 2009, 5:23:01 PM4/17/09

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Hi everyone,
I'm just trying to hack Android kernel source code.

Although, android is based on linux 2.6 kernel, google claimed that it
was not linux. Does anyone know the differences between android kernel
and linux kernel?

Thanks a lot,
Khai,

San Mehat

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Apr 17, 2009, 5:44:24 PM4/17/09

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You are mistaken. The android kernel is a linux kernel with a few patches on top of it.

Thanks a lot,
Khai,

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Jim Bray

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May 17, 2009, 7:45:15 PM5/17/09

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If you look in /arch/arm/mach-msm, you will find in the Android
linux source-tree lots of files like
board-etcetc and htd_etcetc which are not in the vanilla Linux tree.
Probably they should be, perhaps
they will be, but they aren't there yet.

I've just started building the android linux kernel. I've made some
notes here:

http://sites.google.com/site/androidhackeryetc/kernel-building-for-android-on-g1-htc-dream

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