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That's a disappointing answer if it is really the case. One has to question why they can't forward port their changes for a handful of years.

They have been been upstreaming patches to the kernel. In fact Android works with a stock Linux kernel now.

For the nonexistent Pixel 8? Or are you referring to running on a Pixel 6a, for example:

This device is marked as not booting.

I'm stating a general fact that the patches in ACK are not needed for Android to work.

Many past Pixel devices, which are still in support, cannot seem to run a mainline kernel.