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| − | * logcat | + | * logger - system logging facility |
| + | ** This is the kernel support for the 'logcat' command | ||
| + | ** The kernel driver for the serial devices for logging are in the source code drivers/android/logging.c | ||
| + | ** See [[Android_logger]] for more information | ||
* wakelock - used for power management | * wakelock - used for power management | ||
* oom handling modifications | * oom handling modifications | ||
Revision as of 16:24, 11 November 2009
List of Kerenl features unique to Android
- Binder - corba-like IPC
- used instead of SysV IPC for interprocess communication
- The Linux version of Binder was originally derived from a project by PalmSource to implement a CORBA-like message-passing or method invocation system. Documentation on that system is at: http://www.angryredplanet.com/~hackbod/openbinder/docs/html/index.html
- ashmem - Android share memory
- PMEM - Process memory allocator
- logger - system logging facility
- This is the kernel support for the 'logcat' command
- The kernel driver for the serial devices for logging are in the source code drivers/android/logging.c
- See Android_logger for more information
- wakelock - used for power management
- oom handling modifications
- lowmem notifications
- alarm
Resources
- Peter McDermott's excellent description of his work to port Android to the Nokia N810.
- See http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/Linux-For-Devices-Articles/Porting-Android-to-a-new-device/
- Also, see his annotated list of modified and added kernel files, at: http://www.linuxfordevices.com/files/misc/porting-android-to-a-new-device-p3.html
- Jollen Chen's excellent presentation on system-level Android features, including an overview of kernel features unique to Android: Note: Parts of the presentation are in Chinese
