Yes, the Android linux kernel has been modified. Android uses the "bionic" c lib.
Your test results look like you are comparing apples and oranges. E.g. do you use the same hardware for the test? If so, you need to use Android-x86 or something similar which may not be optimized (drivers etc.) for your platform... Am Freitag, 19. Oktober 2012 08:13:53 UTC+2 schrieb chain_chelliah: > > I know Android uses the Linux kernel. I hope the Android developers did > some modification with original Linux Kernel, especially in standard C > libraries. My question is whether the processing speed of Linux and Android > kernel are the same or different. I did some tests in different OS like > windows and Redhat Linux and unbuntu and android. By the results Android is > very slow. Android uses same Linux kernel... why this process variations > but i know we cant expect same speed as in Linux, but I had huge > differences (for example: Windows take 11 sec, Linux takes 4 sec, but > Android takes 55 sec to complete my test) So What is the reason for this > speed variation between these two linux kernels (Android and redhat both > are 2.6)? > > I'm using Android Kernel version 3.2.0. > > Thanks and Regards, > > Sangili Pandian C > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
