Porting Device Specific code from Android Kernel to Linux Kernel is a simple task as per my experience.
Take the Android Kernel and the Corresponding Opensource Linux Kernel. Use a diff and merge tool like meld and you get idea about where the board specific code (arch/arm/machine) for instance lies. (2) Android Kernel is nothing but the linux kernel taken from kernel.organd patched with android specific drivers like ashmem, binder. So remove these drivers and also the code patched to make these drivers build. That should be the linux kernel. (3) Making linux work on your galaxy device is two step process. You need to create a root file system comprising of buildbot binaries or rfs taken from debian. And make the kernel boot with that root file system. This gives an idea only, implementation involves more issues I believe. On 21 March 2013 09:10, Emeric VIGIER <emeric.vig...@gmail.com> wrote: > You are more than welcome to contribute to Linux kernel, whatever part you > are interested to change. > But I don't understand your second thought: What do you mean by "native > Linux on an Android device" exactly? > > Emeric > > > On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 8:59 AM, Abhishek Sudhakaran > <itzura...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Can I patch the SoC (and many other) drivers that exist in the Android >> Kernel repositories to a standard Linux Kernel ? >> >> I want to run Linux native on an Android device such as a Galaxy SII >> (without chroot/vnc). >> >> Have anyone tried anything similar ? >> >> -- >> -- >> unsubscribe: android-kernel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-kernel >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Android Linux Kernel Development" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to android-kernel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- > -- > unsubscribe: android-kernel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-kernel > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Linux Kernel Development" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to android-kernel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- unsubscribe: android-kernel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-kernel --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Linux Kernel Development" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to android-kernel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
