Allwinner is also very vulnerable to Android security bugs. In their chaotic software distribution scheme there is absolutely no system for updating people's machines. One bad bug that exposes everyone Android tablets could sink their entire company due to reputation damage.
It should be possible for Allwinner to build a central server that would send out Android updates as various patches are issued. But doing that requires some cooperation with the various OEMs who add random hardware. Getting everything onto the mainline kernel would minimize that problem. So this is a good question, if a critical Android security bug is found how are you going to patch everyone's tablets? If they say it is the OEM's problem point out that this is beyond the OEM's capabilities and the patches aren't going to get applied. Long term this inability to patch is going to destroy trust in Allwinner based devices. -- Jon Smirl [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "linux-sunxi" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
