XiaoMi Device Kernel soon to be Open Sourced

This was an all time request by the XiaoMi's community and finally the Chinese firm is eager to share the kernel codes to their devices to developers, especially ROMs makers.

The trend is changing, while every Chinese manufacturer benefit from GPL agreements to obtain and modify kernel to their own advantage. But those same companies almost never give back to the community code wise.
OPPO has been the first to come back to the community and share their kernel code. Now XiaoMi, which is arguably, the most media buzz brand, is going this way too. Hopefully, others will join the movement and put pressure on the rest of the industry like MediaTek.

The chip maker has a key role in the Chinese smartphones industry and is one the of the biggest responsible for the rise of Chinese phone manufacturers. But MediaTek is not somewhat inclined to facilitate open source work on phones based on their SoC.

First, XiaoMi will release kernel codes of the Mi 2 series : Mi 2, Mi 2S, Mi 2A followed by the Mi 1 series, finally the HongMi and the Mi 3.

What's next ?

3rd party ROMs developers will be able to adapt Mi 2 series' kernels to their own use and optimize the devices' performance.

For more informations, head to MiuiAndroid forums which broke the news first on the web.