Source: linux Version: Future Android/Waydroid support Severity: wishlist Forwarded: https://github.com/waydroid/waydroid/issues/811
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 In https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/-/merge_requests/651 I had initially removed the 2 Android related patches for the following reason: Drop patches: - debian/android-enable-building-ashmem-and-binder-as-modules.patch - debian/export-symbols-needed-by-android-drivers.patch After https://bugs.debian.org/901492 the preceding 2 patches were created for anbox support. However in kernel 5.18 `ashmem` was removed from the upstream kernel and since then, anbox has not been working as reported in https://bugs.debian.org/1014329. Then in https://bugs.debian.org/1032304, titled "RM: anbox -- ROM; Upstream discontinued", the anbox package has been removed from the Debian archive. And on Anbox's GH page one can see the following: "It's development has however stalled in the past years and it's only fair to say that now in 2023 it's no longer actively developed." So it's of no use to continue carrying these patches. Even though anbox is removed from the Debian archive and upstream more or less 'dead', it turns out that Waydroid (= ~ anbox's successor) could probably benefit from support in the Debian kernel too. So I undid/reverted the dropping of those patches. Removal of Android support should be done separately and ideally based on a bug report in the BTS, hence this bug report. In https://github.com/waydroid/waydroid/issues/811 I asked 'upstream' for recommendations on which/how/what kernel modules to enable. - -- System Information: Debian Release: 12.0 APT prefers unstable-debug APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (101, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-6-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU threads; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US:en Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEARYIAB0WIQT1sUPBYsyGmi4usy/XblvOeH7bbgUCZBZPHwAKCRDXblvOeH7b bpbCAPsFqbmYhJzizpispzGdw+ksgNnm59ZQDtmSMSYcNk5S5gD9FcHWbGx6XtJ2 5YefJ1PVNv1BbtdAkofzw2Nz5gLLDgE= =pyYQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
