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Google experiments with the Linux 3.8 kernel that points to Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie
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February 28, 2013 at 20:00
Google is working on an experimental version of Linux kernel 3.8 and, in fact, it has opened a public repository for it and that is based on the GNU Linux general kernel but with modifications made by the Google team, that is, with views to Android since in Mountain View it is what they are dedicated to .
This project has three work zones that directly affect the operation of mobile devices. First, it gives Open source driver support for Tegra processors from Nvidia and Samsung Exynos. Second, it gives support for the Flash Friendly file system that will improve the performance of NAND-type Flash memories. In third place, would occupy less memory. The key to this last point is that, being native, both Google and the manufacturers support would spend less time having to build their Android kernel and in this way there would be more space for applications by reducing the space occupied by the system.
It is very unlikely that Google will use this experimental kernel when it comes to bringing out a new version of its operating system. With Jelly Bean they are using versions 3.0, 3.1, 3.3 and 3.4 of the Linux kernel, the latter being the one we found for Android 4.2.2 on the Nexus 4.
Experts, however, point to this kernel could be used perhaps when Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie arrives It is estimated that it will be presented at the Google I / 0 event in May, a somewhat early date for the most prudent, although the pace of work and progress in the public repository is so fast that the experimental label they have put in line It seems more like a mere formality. As always on Android you can peek and take a look to see what is happening, although only people with high level of development knowledge will know how to unravel what is happening.
Source: Android Central
