Thread: [HOWTO] Create your own native development environment on your Kobo!
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Old 01-03-2021, 07:27 PM   #23
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Originally Posted by NiMa View Post
Thinking of that... I updated my Glo HD after a hard factory restore with the full ZIP archive (upgrade folder, etc.) Kernel stayed at version 3.0---something
Do the Mark 6 devices are stuck at that kernel version? Because my Libra runs 4.1 with the same firmware...
Honestly, I don't really pay attention to it. But checking various copies of the version file I have for different devices, Kobo isn't updating the kernel version for each device. I have a version file from my Glo HD when I first got it and the version is "3.0.35+". And that is the current version. But, there have been changes internally to fix things, or add function. The hardware in all these devices are different. They will need different kernels for the hardware in them. As @NiLuJe, the kernel is probably being produced by NTX. But, I know that Kobo is does fix bugs in it and add function. Or at least one Kobo developer does.

Also, don't put any stock in the "Mark". The grouping is pretty much meaningless and is mainly the order the devices have been released in. Kobo have been keeping the update package to less than 100MB. When they exceed that they go to a new mark. It isn't based on the hardware in the devices, purely on the package size.
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