CoreELEC 19 Matrix Discussion (Kodi RC)

[kshi]

cdu13a explained it well in this thread:

CoreELEC Amlogic-ng(4.9 kernel) for S905X/S905D/S905W - FunHouse builds

To try and give the simplest answer. The vendors firmware doesn’t just include android, but also the boot loader which is made up of a couple different binary blobs. Besides handling booting the device, these bits also handle some hardware access for the running OS, and stay running in a separate secure thread on the device. The kernel talks to this thread, and makes requests of it when it needs certain things. This is were the the problems with old firmware come into play. The kernel expects…