KERNEL ❯ PIXEL 3 XL ❯❯ Proton Kernel • v19 • September 8

[kdrag0n]

Can I install nethunter over your kernel,it support rtl wifi USB cards
Thanks

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Can I install nethunter over your kernel,it support rtl wifi USB cards
Thanks

The kernel includes System V IPC which is enough to make Nethunter work. It doesn't support USB Wi-Fi dongles, but it does support RTL815x USB Ethernet dongles.

tested this for the entire day
seems better.
now that sultans kernel is gone, i may try this again and hope my netflix doesnt break this time around haha

Is Netflix fine so far?

Ok, update on the new build: I went to take a picture today and the camera force closed, I couldn't take the picture

This is the same problem I was having with the first v17 build that made me downgrade to v16.

Battery life seems largely improved though, so there's that.

Could you send kernel logs (dmesg) and the output of the uptime command immediately after the app crashes? I'll upload a new build in a few minutes that should fix this bug for good.

 

[ubergeek77]

Could you send kernel logs (dmesg) and the output of the uptime command immediately after the app crashes? I'll upload a new build in a few minutes that should fix this bug for good.

Sure thing, I'll PM you.

Interestingly, I kept opening the Camera app to get it to crash a lot, and after the third crash, the camera seems to be working again. I'm not familiar with dmesg output, but the crashes seem to be there at least, so I'll send you the logs.

 

[kdrag0n]

Here's a new test build to address camera crashing and potential Wi-Fi issues.

Changelog:

​ ​ ​ ​ • Removed broken sched_use_walt_{cpu,task}_util knobs
​ ​ ​ ​ • Improved granular sequential I/O speed
​ ​ ​ ​ • Switched to mainline 5.0 RTL815x USB Ethernet driver
​ ​ ​ ​ • Fixed PowerHAL breaking on non-schedutil governors
​ ​ ​ ​ • Reverted a few commits for performance and battery (needs testing)
​ ​ ​ ​ • Reverted a Wi-Fi allocation optimization causing CMA fragmentation

Please do not hesistate to let me know of any issues that may arise. This will be released as v18 in a matter of fays if no issues are reported. Primary concerns at the moment are camera crashing, Bluetooth audio issues, and Wi-Fi issues.

 

[Sultanxda]

Please do not hesistate to let me know of any issues that may arise.

Random reboots may arise in any Linux kernel, just fyi

 

[ubergeek77]

Random reboots may arise in any Linux kernel, just fyi

This is very much true.

Heck, I'd get random reboots every other day with just the stock Pixel 3 XL kernel.

 

[biggiesmalls657]

Here's a new test build to address camera crashing and potential Wi-Fi issues.

Changelog:


Please do not hesistate to let me know of any issues that may arise. This will be released as v18 in a matter of fays if no issues are reported. Primary concerns at the moment are camera crashing, Bluetooth audio issues, and Wi-Fi issues.

I had a random reboot but logcat is not working.

 

[kdrag0n]

I had a random reboot but logcat is not working.

For random reboots you need to grab logs from /sys/fs/pstore.

 

[biggiesmalls657]

For random reboots you need to grab logs from /sys/fs/pstore.

I send it to you okay!

 

[ubergeek77]

Can anyone with the newest build check and see if media audio over Bluetooth is working for them? I can't seem to play music in my car over Bluetooth anymore, when it was working just the other day.

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Also, the camera crash happened again on the latest build (1577).

I'll PM you the dmesg log, kdrag0n.

 

[xFirefly93]

Can anyone with the newest build check and see if media audio over Bluetooth is working for them? I can't seem to play music in my car over Bluetooth anymore, when it was working just the other day.

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Also, the camera crash happened again on the latest build (1577).

I'll PM you the dmesg log, kdrag0n.

Try test build 1618.

 

[kdrag0n]

Can anyone with the newest build check and see if media audio over Bluetooth is working for them? I can't seem to play music in my car over Bluetooth anymore, when it was working just the other day.

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Also, the camera crash happened again on the latest build (1577).

I'll PM you the dmesg log, kdrag0n.

Odd, guess I have some more work to do before v18 then.

Try test build 1618.

I haven't uploaded that build on XDA, it's Telegram-exclusive for now. It's also only addressing performance (and possibly battery), not the bugs.

 

[masri1987]

for clarity, v17 has bugs? which are ?

Ouch, just noticed v17 is from march...

 

[kdrag0n]

for clarity, v17 has bugs? which are ?

Ouch, just noticed v17 is from march...

All changes present in the April patches we're already in Proton Kernel, and the white screen flash issue for Pixel 3 was fixed in the test builds released in March shortly after v1.

Nevertheless, I would recommend using the latest test build. It's more stable than v17.

 

[kdrag0n]

Here's a new test build that aims to fix the Bluetooth audio issues and camera crashing that's been happening since v17. There is also a significant performance improvement (especially in synthetic benchmarks) that should not affect battery life much.

Download link: https://kdrag0n.dev/files/kernel/bluecross/ProtonKernel-pixel3-test1626.zip

Changelog:
​ ​ ​ ​ • Reverted a minor memory management change
​ ​ ​ ​ • Bumped maximum big cluster CPU frequency to 2.8 GHz for improved performance at virtually no battery cost

Thanks to @fronc and @ubergeek77 for providing logs for the Bluetooth audio and camera crashing issues respectively.

Please do not hesistate to let me know of any issues that may arise. This will be released as v18 soon if no issues are reported. Camera crashing and Bluetooth audio disconnects/stuttering are the primary concerns at the moment.

 

[kdrag0n]

Proton Kernel v18 has been released. Download

Changelog:

​ ​ ​ ​ • Upstreamed to Linux 4.9.175
​ ​ ​ ​ • Revamped custom CPU boosting setup
​ ​ ​ ​ • Reverted bad idle state tuning (improves battery and performance significantly)
​ ​ ​ ​ • Replaced userspace low memory killer with Simple LMK (fixes camera open lag and other performance issues; @kerneltoast)
​ ​ ​ ​ • Added some fixes and patches from Pixel 3a kernel
​ ​ ​ ​ • Ported grouped I/O prioritization from Pixel 3a
​ ​ ​ ​ • Bumped minimum little cluster frequency to 748 MHz for battery and performance
​ ​ ​ ​ • Disabled sched_boost and sync boost for reduced latency spikes and battery (@kerneltoast)
​ ​ ​ ​ • Fixed CMA allocation failures causing camera and Wi-Fi breakage
​ ​ ​ ​ • Uncapped maximum big cluster CPU frequency
​ ​ ​ ​ • Optimized simple string manipulation and comparison routines (@kerneltoast)
​ ​ ​ ​ • Disabled CPU hotplugging during deep sleep (faster wake, reduced drain)
​ ​ ​ ​ • Micro-optimized performance-critical code in the display, CPU idle, and SoC bandwidth scaling drivers with measurably significant overhead
​ ​ ​ ​ • Heavily tuned performance profiles to reflect power observations
​ ​ ​ ​ • Disabled unused hang detectors
​ ​ ​ ​ • Added Git commit hash to kernel version
​ ​ ​ ​ • Forced trivial kernel threads onto the little cluster (@kerneltoast)
​ ​ ​ ​ • Removed Boeffla wakelock blocker and useless I/O schedulers
​ ​ ​ ​ • Backported some fixes and other changes from Q DP2 kernel
​ ​ ​ ​ • Updated F2FS rapid GC mechanism (@arter97)
​ ​ ​ ​ • Improved IPA memory leak fixes (CAF)
​ ​ ​ ​ • Updated base IOMMU driver (@ab123321)
​ ​ ​ ​ • Added and tweaked some branch likelihood labels
​ ​ ​ ​ • Optimized square root routine
​ ​ ​ ​ • Added max CPU boost for low memory situations (@kerneltoast)
​ ​ ​ ​ • Added 500 us CPU frequency transition delay for performance (reflects hardware delays; @kerneltoast)
​ ​ ​ ​ • Backported scheduler updates from Snapdragon 855 kernel
​ ​ ​ ​ • Backported schedutil governor updates from mainline
​ ​ ​ ​ • Tuned schedutil rate limits to accomodate hardware frequency transition delays
​ ​ ​ ​ • Updated CPU Input Boost driver (@kerneltoast)
​ ​ ​ ​ • Exposed raw detailed battery level values
​ ​ ​ ​ • Improved PWM flickerfree integration for Pixel 3 XL (@DevriesL)
​ ​ ​ ​ • Fixed GPU wakeup frequency being set to 710 MHz
​ ​ ​ ​ • Backported workqueue and procfs updates from mainline (@arter97)
​ ​ ​ ​ • Bumped maximum disk write cache time
​ ​ ​ ​ • Reduced unnecessary tight loop delays (CAF)
​ ​ ​ ​ • Disabled unused profiling support and statistics
​ ​ ​ ​ • Enabled automatic process grouping during early boot
​ ​ ​ ​ • Added accounting for deep sleep time in kernel logs
​ ​ ​ ​ • Configured power button long-press to keep kernel logs
​ ​ ​ ​ • Reduced unnecessarily high GPU worker thread priority
​ ​ ​ ​ • Backported virtual memory allocation optimizations from LKML (@ab123321)
​ ​ ​ ​ • Relaxed non-essential latency requirements in the GPU and UFS drivers (@kerneltoast)
​ ​ ​ ​ • Removed additional Wi-Fi debugging code (@kerneltoast)
​ ​ ​ ​ • Reverted to zsmalloc zRAM allocator for reduced fragmentation
​ ​ ​ ​ • Reduced unnecessary idle latency update wakeups (@ab123321)
​ ​ ​ ​ • Enabled and fixed all available TCP congestion control algorithms
​ ​ ​ ​ • Reverted to 250 Hz system timer frequency
​ ​ ​ ​ • Disabled unused DisplayPort support

Donate to support development
Download

Enjoy!

 

[kdrag0n]

Proton Kernel v18 has been released. Download

Changelog:

​ ​ ​ ​ • Upstreamed to Linux 4.9.175
​ ​ ​ ​ • Revamped custom CPU boosting setup
​ ​ ​ ​ • Reverted bad idle state tuning (improves battery and performance significantly)
​ ​ ​ ​ • Replaced userspace low memory killer with Simple LMK (fixes camera open lag and other performance issues; @Sultanxda)
​ ​ ​ ​ • Added some fixes and patches from Pixel 3a kernel
​ ​ ​ ​ • Ported grouped I/O prioritization from Pixel 3a
​ ​ ​ ​ • Bumped minimum little cluster frequency to 748 MHz for battery and performance
​ ​ ​ ​ • Disabled sched_boost and sync boost for reduced latency spikes and battery (@Sultanxda)
​ ​ ​ ​ • Fixed CMA allocation failures causing camera and Wi-Fi breakage
​ ​ ​ ​ • Uncapped maximum big cluster CPU frequency
​ ​ ​ ​ • Optimized simple string manipulation and comparison routines (@Sultanxda)
​ ​ ​ ​ • Disabled CPU hotplugging during deep sleep (faster wake, reduced drain)
​ ​ ​ ​ • Micro-optimized performance-critical code in the display, CPU idle, and SoC bandwidth scaling drivers with measurably significant overhead
​ ​ ​ ​ • Heavily tuned boosts and min/max frequencies to reflect performance, power, and efficiency measurements
​ ​ ​ ​ • Greatly reduced odds of the SchedTune cluster boost bug occurring (@RenderBroken)
​ ​ ​ ​ • Disabled unused hang detectors
​ ​ ​ ​ • Added Git commit hash to kernel version
​ ​ ​ ​ • Forced trivial kernel threads onto the little cluster (@Sultanxda)
​ ​ ​ ​ • Removed Boeffla wakelock blocker and useless I/O schedulers
​ ​ ​ ​ • Backported some fixes and other changes from Q DP2 kernel
​ ​ ​ ​ • Updated F2FS rapid GC mechanism (@arter97)
​ ​ ​ ​ • Improved IPA memory leak fixes (CAF)
​ ​ ​ ​ • Updated base IOMMU driver (@ab123321)
​ ​ ​ ​ • Added and tweaked some branch likelihood labels
​ ​ ​ ​ • Optimized square root routine
​ ​ ​ ​ • Added max CPU boost for low memory situations (@Sultanxda)
​ ​ ​ ​ • Added 500 us CPU frequency transition delay for performance (reflects hardware delays; @Sultanxda)
​ ​ ​ ​ • Backported scheduler updates from Snapdragon 855 kernel
​ ​ ​ ​ • Backported schedutil governor updates from mainline
​ ​ ​ ​ • Tuned schedutil rate limits to accomodate hardware frequency transition delays
​ ​ ​ ​ • Updated CPU Input Boost driver (@Sultanxda)
​ ​ ​ ​ • Exposed raw detailed battery level values
​ ​ ​ ​ • Improved PWM flickerfree integration for Pixel 3 XL (@DevriesL)
​ ​ ​ ​ • Fixed GPU wakeup frequency being set to 710 MHz
​ ​ ​ ​ • Backported workqueue and procfs updates from mainline (@arter97)
​ ​ ​ ​ • Bumped maximum disk write cache time
​ ​ ​ ​ • Reduced unnecessary tight loop delays (CAF)
​ ​ ​ ​ • Disabled unused profiling support and statistics
​ ​ ​ ​ • Enabled automatic process grouping during early boot
​ ​ ​ ​ • Added accounting for deep sleep time in kernel logs
​ ​ ​ ​ • Configured power button long-press to keep kernel logs
​ ​ ​ ​ • Reduced unnecessarily high GPU worker thread priority
​ ​ ​ ​ • Backported virtual memory allocation optimizations from LKML (@ab123321)
​ ​ ​ ​ • Relaxed non-essential latency requirements in the GPU and UFS drivers (@Sultanxda)
​ ​ ​ ​ • Removed additional Wi-Fi debugging code (@Sultanxda)
​ ​ ​ ​ • Reverted to zsmalloc zRAM allocator for reduced fragmentation
​ ​ ​ ​ • Reduced unnecessary idle latency update wakeups (@ab123321)
​ ​ ​ ​ • Enabled and fixed all available TCP congestion control algorithms
​ ​ ​ ​ • Reverted to 250 Hz system timer frequency
​ ​ ​ ​ • Disabled unused DisplayPort support

Note that the Bluetooth issues have not been fixed yet due to the apparent depth of the issues. They will be addressed in the coming versions.

Donate to support development
Download

Enjoy!

 

[kdrag0n]

The download link in the OP for v18 has been fixed. I've also taken the time to revise the features list to better correspond to what the kernel currently has. Sorry for any inconveniences this may have caused.

 

[gacky1601]

Fingerprint won't work

 

[chevycam94]

I see updates to your GIT code. Any plans for a more current release?

 

[MrPepperino]

I see updates to your GIT code. Any plans for a more current release?

the dev doesn't have the device anymore