postmarketOS

966 readers

4 users here now

postmarketOS - a real Linux distribution for phones and other mobile devices 🐧 📱 👩‍💻

Rules:

Be nice, follow CoC
Don't ask for device ports, consider DIY
Report bugs in the issue tracker (not here! 🐛)

See also:

founded 4 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

[solved] Most efficient way to check kernel version of devices? (self.postmarketos)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by TMP_NKcYUEoM7kXg4qYe to c/[email protected]

3 comments fedilink hide all child comments

I'm considering using PostmarketOS on a tablet for a project. I need kernel greater than x.y.z (so far I know >3.0.1 works, <2.6.32 does not). However it's kinda difficult to find it on the wiki. Some devices specify kernel version (android a.b.c, kernel e.f.g), some only the android version (android a.b.c) and some neither.

I found that android version should correspond to a kernel version (https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/51651/which-android-runs-which-linux-kernel). But how do I check (in the least time consuming way) the kernel version of the devices that don't mention anything?

Thanks.

edit: I think I was looking for this answer: https://postmarketos.org/source-code/#linux-kernel

top 3 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

AFAIK postmrketOS is a linux distro, whereas you're asking about Android - different kernels and different OSes.
Search for tech specs on the devices themselves. Try to use adb shell on Android devices and see if uname -a returns anything. There are surely other ways.

[–] TMP_NKcYUEoM7kXg4qYe 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Android uses the Linux kernel. The issue is that these Android devices use kernels forked from old Linux version. So most PostmarketOS devices use these old kernels to get best hardware support. My question is what version the devices use. I don't actually have any device currently, I would like to know which one to get, if any.

Actually I think I found the solution (see edit)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Android uses the Linux kernel.

Not the same as running a linux distro.

I would like to know which one to get, if any.

https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices