HTC has finally released the source for our kernel! We still don’t know if this includes 100% of everything because they aren’t required to release closed source code. There is currently speculation that the power saving module they used is closed source which means the phone won’t sleep properly while the screen is off (that brings back bad memories).

I just wanted to post and say that I have successfully compiled it (thanks to toast for the pep talk :) ) and I am currently running a beta of fresh rom that is using the new kernel. While it is 100% stock and no changes have been made to it, this test will help show what we can do with it! Keep an eye out for exciting things.

Update 01/23/10:

Not too much progress yet… I have been working an insane amount of hours this weekend. But I wanted to let you guys know that it seems as if I got setcpu working. I am talking with the developer but it is definitely limiting the CPU with some modifications to the kernel. :)

The down side is I can say for sure that there are power issues just as we suspected. HTC’s custom sleep mode is not included in the kernel, so we need to figure out what to do about that. The power isn’t horrible, but I did get 60% drain in about 24 hours with medium use.