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> The Rust Binder driver has been tested on the Android emulator as well as a Google Pixel 6 Pro. That's a pretty old device at this point. I get that most stu
by bastawhiz 1y ago
> The Rust Binder driver has been tested on the Android emulator as well as a Google Pixel 6 Pro.
That's a pretty old device at this point. I get that most stuff should work on pretty much all hardware, but given what they said about the importance of this, my expectation would be that Google would shower the Linux team in Pixel devices for testing. Maybe I'm misunderstanding where the Pixel 6 comes in?
- aw1621107 1y agoFor what it's worth, here's the relevant section from the patch description: Correctness and feature parity ------------------------------ Rust binder passes all tests that validate the correctness of Binder in the Android Open Source Project. We can boot a device, and run a variety of apps and functionality without issues. We have performed this both on the Cuttlefish Android emulator device, and on a Pixel 6 Pro.
- StopDisinfo910 1y agoThe goal is to ensure that the Binder code works not to end to end test a specific phone. If you have shown it to work properly in an emulator and on an actual phone, it's reasonable to assume that the overall implementation is sound and can be merged to the mainline. It's not like kernel updates were pushed directly to phones. Manufacturers will now be able to do their own test on their specific model to ensure it works fine.
- bastawhiz 1y agoWhen I test my JavaScript libraries I don't merge after testing in a version of Chrome from four years ago and then let everyone else test in their own browsers when they update to the latest version. That's wild.