[SailfishDevel] Update on SailfishOS roadmap

Soumya Bijjal soumya.bijjal at jollamobile.com
Mon Mar 23 14:26:35 UTC 2015


On 23.03.2015 14:33, Andrea Bernabei wrote:
> I don't think it will, that would mean updating all the drivers to the
> new(er) kernel, and Jolla probably doesn't even have access to those
> drivers, they probably just get the blobs from the manufacturer.
>
> Welcome to the mobile market :(
>
> 2015-03-23 12:29 GMT+00:00 E.S. Rosenberg
> <es.rosenberg+sailfishos.org at gmail.com
> <mailto:es.rosenberg+sailfishos.org at gmail.com>>:
>
>     Will the kernel ever be taken to a newer longterm version? 3.14 or
>     3.18 come to mind here, currently there is a mismatch between the
>     kernel version of btrfs and btrfs-tools installed on the phone....

Thanks faenil. We currently aim to support stability patches for the 
kernel from linux-stable 3.4.y branch. BTRFS tool on the other hand 
should be backward compatible.

-bijjal



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