Hi, On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 7:40 PM, Srinidhi M <srinidhi....@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear All, > > I have downloaded Android 4.0 sources as per the instructions given in > the following links. > > http://source.android.com/source/initializing.html > http://source.android.com/source/downloading.html > > I was downloaded the sources successfully without any issues. However, > I did not find the kernel sources in it. Later I found that there are > kernel sources available at the following link. > > http://source.android.com/source/building-kernels.html > > However, these sources are based on the device specific except the > following. Am I correct? > > $ git clone https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/common.git > > Actually, I have my own board with ARM 926 EJ processor which is > working fine with 2.6.10 kernel version and it is up and running with > this kernel version. > > My idea is to port the Android 4.0/earlier versions on to this board. > My idea is as follows. > > 1) I will take the latest kernel which is used for Android 4.0 and add > my patches from 2.6.10 to the latest android kernel and boot it. > 2) Then, I will add the Android user space sources and tries to boot > Android from my board. > Ok. looks good
> Questions: Which kernel sources shall I use i.e. from kernel.org or > above common.git? Kernel.org > Is the Android 4.0 based on 2.6.29 kernel version? Nope, its based on Linux kernel 3.0.1. Thx, --Prabhakar Lad http://in.linkedin.com/pub/prabhakar-lad/19/92b/955 http://www.facebook.com/prabhakar.m.lad > > Please let me know, if you need any more information. > > Thanks you for your comments. > > Regards, > Srinidhi M. > > -- > 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
