HI Kiran, Do you have the set of instructions for the same.Plz send or direct us to any such link.That will life saver for all of us. Rgds, Saurabh "..pain is temporary.....quitting lasts forever......"
On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 5:26 PM, Kiran Kumar Raparthy < kumarsharma.andr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Tal, > Usually your Bootloader will launch the kernel image in any kind of linux > systems. > So you have to create the kernel image to be compatible with > bootloader(Which adds the Header,size and CRC),so that when launching the > kernel, bootloader verifies the header,gets the kernel image based on the > size and calculates the CRC and verifies,when successful,gives control to > kernel. > If your compiling the kernel in android source,it creates the filesystem > image too.If not,probably you have to compile the filesystem and create the > File system image based on your requirement and burn the same. > > Also the address where you are burning the images in the flash is also > important,as bootloader reads the kernel header from a fixed location so > you have to load the kernel at that fixed address only. > > Regards, > Kiran > > > On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 7:36 PM, Tal Alon <tal.alon1...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi all >> I am trying to build kernel for galaxy S2 with no success and i need some >> help for it. >> I execute 2 steps first make config (c1_rev02_defconfig) and second make. >> My environment includes toolchines that provides with the source tree and >> i define the ARCH and CROSS_COMPILE macros before compilation. >> The compilation success and I receive zImage file (3.5MB to 4.6MB) >> depends on kernel version. >> What is the next step? How do i burn the new kernel to device? I tried to >> do it with odin but the device stuck. >> What about the new modules of the new kernel compilation? what about file >> system? >> >> Thanks a lot >> Tal >> >> >> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 9:31 AM, Tal Alon <tal.alon1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Bridgette, >>> >>> I am trying to build kernel for galaxy S2 and for these device i didn't >>> find any script to run. The txt file details 2 steps >>> first make config (mine is c1_rev02_defconfig) and second make. >>> My environment includes toolchines that provides with the NDK with no >>> installation but i define the ARCH and CROSS_COMPILE macros before >>> compilation. >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 8:17 PM, Bridgette <tbridge...@yahoo.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello Talon.... >>>> >>>> Samsung provides a txt file that details how to build the kernel...once >>>> your environment is set up correctly you should only need to run a script >>>> file that they provide, for example mine is called make_kernel_tass_vtr.sh. >>>> >>>> If you take a look at the file it points to a specific config file to >>>> use I would use that one initially if your defconfig file is not the >>>> same....they also recommend the Codesourcery cross compiler (which that may >>>> or may not be the one that you mentioned).... >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> *From:* talon1975 <tal.alon1...@gmail.com> >>>> *To:* Android Linux Kernel Development <android-kernel@googlegroups.com> >>>> >>>> *Sent:* Sunday, November 20, 2011 9:32 PM >>>> *Subject:* [android-kernel] how to build kernel >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> l download the kernel source from Samsung site and the arm-eabi >>>> toolchine (4.4.0 and 4.4.3) from github. >>>> When i build my kernel (2.6.35.7) on Linux machine the size of zImage >>>> is 3.5M and it doesn't work, i found some kernels zImage files and the >>>> size is 6.7M and bigger. I use the same defconfig file so I wonder >>>> where is my problem? >>>> >>>> Thanx >>>> talon >>>> >>>> -- >>>> unsubscribe: android-kernel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>>> website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-kernel >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> unsubscribe: android-kernel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>>> website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-kernel >>>> >>> >>> >> -- >> unsubscribe: android-kernel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-kernel > > > -- > unsubscribe: android-kernel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-kernel > -- unsubscribe: android-kernel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-kernel
