[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Freak07:
Update to Aurora 2.0

Hey guys and girls,

I know it´s been very long since the last update... Good things take time and so I took quite a bit to get this release completely stable. In the beta group we had a few battles to be fought but in the end everything turned out very nicely! The kernel is working extremely smooth and perfectly stable for everyone.

Also [MENTION=4800121]Sultanxda[/MENTION] appeared and did a lot of work deep in the kernel. I did not want to rush or release anything before him even if he allowed me to do so. Also [MENTION=6842057]nathanchance[/MENTION] did a great job at finding a few issues

It´s quite difficult to gather a changelog because I rebased the kernel and redid a lot of work. So the changes are immense but I try to keep it as short as possible.

Next release will be one zip for TAIMEN and WALLEYE but this release are still two zips.

Changelog:

- June Security update

- P-Preview 2 sources merged in :)

- Upstream to latest 4.4.136

- EAS updates backported from latest EAS branch (4.14) (this gave a huge performance boost as it improves RT (real time task class) performance quite a bit.

In the testing group we even had the era before the so called "smoothness patches" and the era after the patches. it´s definitely no placebo but see for yourself

see here for the detailed change: https://github.com/freak07/Kirisakura_Taimen_8.1.0/commit/ce242c3c231b661f7f7ff8b369d56e248be2cc66

- Enable SCHEDTUNE_BOOST_HOLD_ALL to more task classes than RT to improve performance even further (may be overkill but battery life is still great)

- EAS spinlock fixes from eas-branch 4.9

- CAF stability/security updates for GPU, USB, NFC, NET, ION, display driver,

- updates to binder

- updates to sdcardfs

- many many changes and improvements from [MENTION=4800121]Sultanxda[/MENTION], including the display wake fix for the Pixel 2 XL! Huge thanks to him!

- for more details kindly look at sultans OP there is all the info you need

https://xdaforums.com/pixel-2-xl/development/kernel-sultan-kernel-t3802152

- stability fixes and reboot issues found and fixed by the dear [MENTION=6842057]nathanchance[/MENTION]

- Enabled a new power state for our GPU

- Disable adrenoboost by default, it´s not needed and if anyone needs it for a specific use case it´s easy to turn on via exkm.

- upstream patch to cgroups

- cfq is default scheduler again

- disable more debugging to make the kernel even lighter

For more details check out my github page.

Follow the download link and choose taimen file for Pixel 2 XL and WALLEYE for regular Pixel 2.

Download: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=275730

or following the link in the op to the correction version

At this place a huge thanks to my testing group!

And also a huge thanks for [MENTION=4800121]Sultanxda[/MENTION].

The Third huge thanks goes to [MENTION=6842057]nathanchance[/MENTION] who is always helpful, tries to answer my questions to his best and for all the work he is doing behind the scenes!

Have fun, enjoy the kernel and your phone.

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Donations are not mandatory but very welcome.

If you like my work and want to buy me a coffee: http://paypal.me/freak07