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>The Android kernel source code is in git: https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/common/ https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/common/ That's the mainline
by gruez 2mo ago
>The Android kernel source code is in git: https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/common/ https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/common/
That's the mainline kernel. Actual devices use various LTS kernels, for instance the pixel 9a uses kernel 6.1[1], which was hasn't been updated in a year[2]
[1] https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/tegu/ https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/tegu/
[2] https://android.googlesource.com/device/google/tegu-kernels/6.1/ https://android.googlesource.com/device/google/tegu-kernels/...
- FartyMcFarter 2mo agoThere are other kernel 6.1 branches there, e.g. https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/common/+/refs/heads/android14-6.1-2026-06 https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/common/+/refs/heads/... I'm not sure which one the latest update for the Pixel 9a is using, I have an older Pixel 8. When I look at the Settings -> Android Version I can see it's using a build from January 2026 (also 6.1).