Linux Kernel Information and Status¶
Kernel developers¶
The talented People involved in initial kernel upbringing, maintenance, porting ...
List credit to: TheMojoMan/xiaomi-pipa.
In no particular order or degree of involvement. Completeness not guaranteed.
Please open a PR if you're missing!
- adomerle
- vipaoL
- luka177
- Dominik Sitarski
- Danila Tikhonov
- Teguh Sobirin
- lujianhua
- map220v
- maverickjb
- rmuxnet
- Users nixxiz, nikroks at pipa telegram groups
- postmarketOS Team
Kernel Hardware Status¶
- all Kernels:
| Sleep | Speakers | Mic | WLAN | Bluetooth | Charging @10w | Battery Status | Hall Sensor | Display | Brightness | Touch | GPU | USB (Host/Client) | DP alt mode | UFS | Back Camera | Front Camera | Sensors | Xiaomi Keyboard | Pen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ✅️ | ✅️ | ✅️ | ✅️ | ✅️ | ✅️ | ✅️ | ✅️ | ✅️ | ✅️ | ✅️ | ✅️ | ✅️ | ✅️ (Video only) | ✅️ | ⚠️ (sometimes) | ❌️ | ⚠️ (flaky) | ✅️ (pmOS: ❌️) | ✅️ (pmOS: ❌️) |
Actively maintained Kernels¶
All of those are based on the original port of the mainline kernel.
Currently, the 6.18.2 branch of pipa-mainline seems to be the most stable, at least to me.
pipaDB Kernel¶
- source at github.com/pipaDB/linux
- latest version:
7.0.8 - 'close-to'-mainline
- DP alt mode audio, front camera,
25w chargingworking on newest branches
pipa-mainline Kernel¶
- source at github.com/pipa-mainline/linux
- latest version:
6.18.28 - 'close-to'-mainline
postmarketOS Kernel¶
- source at gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/pmaports/-/tree/main/device/testing/linux-xiaomi-pipa
- latest version:
7.0.6 - mainline kernel with separate patches
- seemingly no support for the Xiaomi Pen & Keyboard at this time