you can try installing busybox on your Android FS and run all those commands(insmod, rmmod and many more) that are not provided in Android shell.
to install busybox follow these steps mentioned in http://omappedia.org/wiki/Android_Getting_Started#Installing_Busybox_Command_Line_Tools_.28Optional.29 regards, Tirtha On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 11:50 AM, perumal316 <perumal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yes, I just need to plug in the phone to the PC and do adb shell. > Thanks for the tip! > > On Feb 19, 9:07 am, Chew Esmero <chew.esm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > You can still use the adb shell. > > > > On Feb 18, 11:41 am, perumal316 <perumal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > Thanks for the tips, will try them out! The reason why I want to > > > modify the kernel is to enable modules loading/unloading in Android > > > Developer Phone. > > > > > Is there any way to load/unload modules in the Android Developer > > > Phone? > > > In emulator it can be done through the adb shell. But suppose I have a > > > module for Android, how can I <insmod> this module in the developer > > > phone? > > > > > Thanks In Advance, > > > Perumal > > > > > On Feb 17, 10:18 am, Chew Esmero <chew.esm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > what I did to speed up development was, instead of building the > source > > > > everytime (1.5 hrs in my pc), I'll just make another boot.img with my > > > > compiled kernel. boot.img contains the boot header, kernel image, > > > > ramdisk, and other stuff. To make the new boot.img, issue the > > > > "mkbootimg --cmdline 'no_console_suspend=1 console=null' --kernel > > > > <zImage> --ramdisk <ramdisk.img in the out/target/product/dream_open> > - > > > > o boot.img" command. mkbootimg is located in out/host/linux-x86/bin. > > > > To flash boot.img to phone, "fastboot flash boot.img. Or you can > > > > overwrite the old boot.img with your new image so you can flash > > > > everything with "fastboot -w flashall". > > > > > > Hope this can help. > > > > > > On Feb 13, 6:11 pm, perumal316 <perumal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > I have downloaded the Android source and followed instructions > fromhttp://source.android.com/togetthenecessary images to flash the > > > > > Android Developer phone. But is it possible to just change the > kernel > > > > > only. > > > > > > > For example, I have downloaded the kernel source and build it and > the > > > > > output is the zImage. Now how to I flash this image into the > developer > > > > > phone so that this new kernel can be used? > > > > > > > Or must I follow the instructions fromhttp:// > source.android.com/to > > > > > obtain the necessary images to flash? > > > > > > > If that's the case how to I modify the kernel from there, I can't > find > > > > > any kernel source after 'repo sync' as mentioned. > > > > > > > Thanks In Advance, > > > > > Perumal- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > unsubscribe: > android-kernel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-kernel%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-kernel -- unsubscribe: android-kernel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-kernel
