Google Android system upstream - AOSP recently merge A series of patches removed the support of the Android general kernel for RISC-V architecture. The common Android kernel is also known as the AOSP common kernel or ACK.
https://android-review.googlesource.com/c/kernel/common/ +/3061965
Because ACK has removed the support for RISC-V, companies and organizations that want to immediately compile the Android RISC-V version, You need to create and maintain your own Linux branch To facilitate the further integration of RISC-V patches.
Although RISC-V support has been removed, Google said that Android will continue to support RISC-V, but currently it is not ready to provide a single supported image for all manufacturers.
Google spokesperson's response to the media The original text is as follows ：
Android will continue to support RISC-V. Due to the rapid rate of iteration, we are not ready to provide a single supported image for all vendors.
This particular series of patches removes RISC-V support from the Android Generic Kernel Image (GKI).
The Android system will continue to support RISC-V. Due to the fast iteration speed, we are not ready to provide images with unified support for all vendors 。
We have removed the patches supporting RISC-V from Android Generic Kernel Image (GKI).
