Caleb Connolly

The Linux Mobile ecosystem is really blossoming now as we enter the last quarter of 2022. More and more people are getting involved, and I’m starting to be asked one question in particular a lot more: “I’m just a user, how can I help?”.

I’m rarely one to follow the beaten path when I find something new, and kernel development was no different. It usually takes me weeks or months of pain before I give up my home-grown workflow for something a bit more standard, nonetheless I’ve picked up a few tricks along the way…

Summarising the state of the Linux kernel on SDM845 mobile devices as of Linux 5.14-rc2.

Android bootloaders have long been a frustration in the custom OS development scene… On many devices they’re unusably broken for developers!