2026-08-05 01:30 UTC
Wanted to unwind this evening, so I pulled my trusty old Motorola Moto G4 out of the drawer. It had become completely useless running 32-bit Android 7.0 these days... and then, somehow, a Linux kernel accidentally fell onto it. 😄
Time to see how much life this old device still has left. Definitely it can run 64-bit Linux.
#Linux #Motorola #OpenSource #LinuxKernel #MobileLinux #FOSS #OldHardware
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@okias@floss.social 2026-08-05 02:14
Code: https://github.com/okias/linux/tree/b4/motorola-athene (with the MSM8952 support implemented by clanker with a bit of supervision) Boot log: https://paste.sr.ht/~okias/1921125ae1d07f811b1e223ccf6c6243947b6e42 If there's enough interest, I'm happy to help anyone get this running or contribute to the effort. I should be clear, though: I don't plan to upstream MSM8952 support myself (maybe except the drm/msm bits), but I'm more than willing to help anyone working on upstreaming it.
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@pedersen@c.im 2026-08-05 03:12
@okias@floss.social I want to see more!