[KERNEL][Pixel] FrancoKernel - r26 ? 25th Aug

[franciscofranco]

Hi all.

Compatibility:
Builds from r1 to r5 are for Android 7.1 Nougat only.
Builds starting with r6 are for Android 7.1.1 Nougat only.
Builds starting with r12 are for Android 7.1.2 Nougat only.
Builds starting with r19 are for Android Pie only.

Download:
https://francokernel.app

Installation:
Flash the zip in your recovery
or
Auto-flash from FK Kernel Manager app, it's magical

Changelog:
https://francokernel.app
Scroll down, choose your device & select the latest release to see the changelog.

Source:
https://github.com/franciscofranco/marlin

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FK Kernel Manager video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARdNqh71D0E

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Cheers!

 

[franciscofranco]

I think the only thing I haven't merged yet is controls for headphone volume boost. Other standard things are already there. Due to the unfortunate fact that we still don't have a custom recovery I haven't touched the ramdisk, so you're just flashing the actual Kernel binary (plus the device tree files that are bundled to it) through the bootloader. It's really straight forward though.
I wouldn't expect any magical battery improvements yet. Although I've made some custom patches to reduce needlessly cpu idle wakeups (don't confuse this with wakelocks, totally different things), and reducing the load average, I doubt there will be any magical enhancements. Though, I wouldn't be surprised if you get 5-10% better screen on time.

Also merged some upstream patches which gave me roughly 5-10% better Geekbench results on both single and multi threaded tests due to lower lock contention & reduced overhead.

Made sure ZRAM was properly set up too, which didn't seem to be the case by looking through the entire Google's device tree.

There's other things on my patches, but nothing groundbreaking.

Everything is in my github too. You know my approach, no bull****, so don't ask me for merge/add retarded crap.

 

[zaclimon]

Yeah boy just in time! (Even though I'm not using the phone right now...) XD

 

[jayfried]

Thank you Sir, always good to see you on the case.

 

[franciscofranco]

Yeah boy just in time! (Even though I'm not using the phone right now...) XD

Hopefully you will soon!

Thank you Sir, always good to see you on the case.

 

[freddienuxx]

thank you @franciscofranco a tru og

Pure Nexus/Team Blackout

 

[narwahlberg]

Changelog not working for me? (404 error)

 

[franciscofranco]

Changelog not working for me? (404 error)

Yes, I haven't added it yet.

 

[Melecatius]

Glad to see you in the pixel family!
Thanks for the Kernel, downloading it right now.

 

[Fizwiz]

Im not able to flash the kernel. Do i have to extract the file?

 

[johnandbodhi]

so good to see your smiling face here

Sent from my sailfish using XDA Labs

 

[jayfried]

Just flashed this bad boy going for a spin.

 

[vivanshah]

Im not able to flash the kernel. Do i have to extract the file?

yes, you need to flash the img from fastboot

 

[Chronzy]

Just flashed this bad boy going for a spin.

Initially I didn't believe you, but considering you provided a ss..

Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

 

[Fizwiz]

yes, you need to flash the img from fastboot

What command? Im able to flash elemental but not this one...

Envoyé de mon Pixel en utilisant Tapatalk

 

[vivanshah]

What command? Im able to flash elemental but not this one...

Envoyé de mon Pixel en utilisant Tapatalk

fastboot flash kernel kernel_binary

as specified in the OP worked for me

 

[franciscofranco]

Glad to see you in the pixel family!
Thanks for the Kernel, downloading it right now.

Im not able to flash the kernel. Do i have to extract the file?

You don't extract any file. Just read the instructions in the OP. Download the file and then run the fastboot command.

 

[qwer777]

If I were to root, are all the features of FKUpdater currently supported in this kernel?

 

[varun.gid]

If i have elemental flashed, i can still flash this?

 

[joetheshmo]

If i have elemental flashed, i can still flash this?

Flash stock boot.img before flashing this kernel if you want to root again

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