Bug#1033176: linux: Future Android/Waydroid support
Source: linux
Version: Future Android/Waydroid support
Severity: wishlist
Forwarded: https://github.com/waydroid/waydroid/issues/811
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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
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