g4 plus kernel upgrade

[ajaikumarnadar]

why does the g4 plus is using a older kernel ? any idea guys
even many custom rom developersare not a latest versionof kernel like min of 3.18 version kernel.
i have seen phones like redmi 3s phones are using more latest kernels than that of us.. i.e
redmi 3s --> 3.18 kernel
g4 plus --> 3.10 kernel.

Even in the recently released lineage os 15 nightly they have used a recent kernel version such as 4.4 instead they are using 3.10

so my question is why they are using a older kernel version ?

Thanks for reading

 

[zeomal]

They plan to, if I'm not mistaken, slowly upgrade, taking into consideration performance of the kernel as they move up.

 

[rajatgupta1998]

Don't know why did Moto choose the 3.10 kernel while manufacturing the phone ( 3.10 is almost reaching its EOL) when a newer kernel version was available, for example the 3.18 kernel. Secondly changing versions isn't practically possible for the people here at XDA (the respective devs) because You would need to grab that kernel version and add in all your OEM specific drivers and device tree blobs, often times which have to be reworked for the new version. And in our case our OEM didn't update the kernel , neither did they upstream it with the Security Patch OTAs we got. At the OEM level changing versions might be possible but at the Android Community , I don't think anyone will try it (SultanXDA did it for bacon I guess ). Additionally, you can also blame Moto for not releasing 64 bit firmware and its kernel source.
And on LineageOS 15, things will progress in the right direction soon. The maintainers will upstream the kernel for sure.

 

[Outfield303]

Don't know why did Moto choose the 3.10 kernel while manufacturing the phone ( 3.10 is almost reaching its EOL) when a newer kernel version was available, for example the 3.18 kernel. Secondly changing versions isn't practically possible for the people here at XDA (the respective devs) because You would need to grab that kernel version and add in all your OEM specific drivers and device tree blobs, often times which have to be reworked for the new version. And in our case our OEM didn't update the kernel , neither did they upstream it with the Security Patch OTAs we got. At the OEM level changing versions might be possible but at the Android Community , I don't think anyone will try it (SultanXDA did it for bacon I guess ). Additionally, you can also blame Moto for not releasing 64 bit firmware and its kernel source.
And on LineageOS 15, things will progress in the right direction soon. The maintainers will upstream the kernel for sure.

that meme ???