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Here's the original link that SurfaceFlinger (and other Android services) are running: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTMwODg http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTMwO... It's a very pragmatic choice in the short term. Most if not all ARM SoC GPU stacks are very much Android first with proprietary implementations. There's not a lot of ARM based manufacturer backing for generic Linux implementations (DRM/GEM/TTM etc) . Maybe if Google sway towards something which works better in the generic Linux world the manufacturers might move.