Custom roms - Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Questions & Answers

Is the kernel source the only missing thing to make some custom roms kernels?

Pretty much, yes.

and now that they have been released, development can begin

It will take some time because I am building the device-tree as well.

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What, if any, effect will the 4.3 update have on AOSP-based ROM development?

I've read conflicting remarks in the individual threads of various roms, and am thus confused.
Will the official 4.3 update have any helpful effect on the development of completely Sense-less roms like CM and Paranoid Android, or does it only really make a difference for stock-based ones?
I'm pretty sure it will make a difference once we get kernel source. I could be totally wrong. But that's my guess. But i'm pretty sure 4.3 roms are already running well!
Kernel source and vendor binaries are where it will make a difference

Porting Roms

it has been a very long time since I played with roms, just wondering if there's anyway to get stock sony kernel to work with Cm, aosp or aokp 4.4.x instead of just 4.3
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hmm, not that i know of
there is a method of making a special kernel to run in the system partition with a custom rom
but this is hard to do because of how much coding is needed for the special kernel
in simple. no, you need a aosp kernel for aosp rom

Stock based custom rom

AOSP based and cm based ROMs haven't been stable as of now,it doesn't mean it lessens affort of developers like akhil or varun but we need stock based ROMs in the meantime if you see nexus 5 forum there you have "catacalysm"
(http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/orig-development/rom-cataclysm-nexus-5-t2518660)which is most appropriated rom over there. It is essentially a stock rom modified with some gravitybox like features .It even supports RRO layERS. I am not a dev by any mean don't have computer to try out these things but we have well more than capable developers who could develop such ROMs quite easily.What do you think is it worth it?

Marshmallow source codes for Mediatek Devices

https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/mediatek/+/android-6.0.0_r0.6
https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/mediatek/+/android-mediatek-sprout-3.10-marshmallow
So Marshmallow kernel sources have been released. I expect that developers will be able to compile custom ROMs and kernels based on these.
joeyhuab said:
https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/mediatek/+/android-6.0.0_r0.6
https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/mediatek/+/android-mediatek-sprout-3.10-marshmallow
So Marshmallow kernel sources have been released. I expect that developers will be able to compile custom ROMs and kernels based on these.
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Can't wait for first aosp build

any roms

Are there currently any custom roms for this phone
without a kernel source, i can't do, device tree are easy to make.

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