11-22-2020, 04:48 PM
It's important to remember that the PinePhone is a jury-rigged PINEA64 single-board computer.
The modem drains the most power out of all hardware and software components - CRUST is a stopgap measure to reduce that drain.
As I understand it, Android devices require a franken-kernel in order to function; Android devices load myriad proprietary modules leeched onto the kernel.
The PinePhone is functioning as a battery-operated (desktop) Linux device with a "mainline" kernel and sunxi/megi patches.
Just a thought
I could be talking nonsense...
The modem drains the most power out of all hardware and software components - CRUST is a stopgap measure to reduce that drain.
As I understand it, Android devices require a franken-kernel in order to function; Android devices load myriad proprietary modules leeched onto the kernel.
The PinePhone is functioning as a battery-operated (desktop) Linux device with a "mainline" kernel and sunxi/megi patches.
Just a thought
I could be talking nonsense...