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Bug#1033176: linux: Future Android/Waydroid support

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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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Bug#1033176: linux: Future Android/Waydroid support Diederik de Haas <didi.debian@cknow.org> - 2023-03-19 01:00 +0100
  Bug#1033176: marked as done (linux: Future Android/Waydroid support) Diederik de Haas <didi.debian@cknow.org> - 2023-03-29 23:10 +0200
    Bug#1033176: linux: Future Android/Waydroid support Diederik de Haas <didi.debian@cknow.org> - 2023-03-30 00:40 +0200
  Bug#1033176: linux: Future Android/Waydroid support Djhg2000 <djhg2000@djhg2000.net> - 2023-04-07 19:30 +0200

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