Hello, I've updated Sean:s orignal patches for armv4t support in bionic according to the comments of the reviewes, what is the proper procedure for me to sumit them ? Should I simply submit it as a new patch ?
/Fredrik On Nov 27, 6:47 am, Sean McNeil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That will be most welcome. Right now I am trying to get a number of > things synchronized. We have a new kernel to become stable which will > hopefully solve the suspend/resume and Wifi issues. Then there is a > virtual keyboard just brought to my attention. Finally, there is some > code I use that needs to be open sourced by the owners (which they fully > intend to do). > > And then there are non-Android commitments I have... > > Sean > > Davide wrote: > > If you like, I can help you with code > > or some other stuff if you wish ... > > > 2008/11/26 Sean McNeil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >> Davide, > > >> There are a few fundamental things I'd like to pass along: > > >> First, in order to build Android for the Freerunner it takes very little > >> effort and the goal is to be able to do so without any modification to > >> the sources. > > >> Second, there are two components that I use which are not owned by me > >> but are being open sourced. The ALSA library was just recently released > >> and I use a multiplexed GSM modem which we are trying to complete GPRS > >> support with. This will be open sourced when completed as well. > > >> Third, work that I have done needs cleanup to get past Googles > >> high-grade review process. I have other things to do, so I honestly have > >> no idea when I'll get around to that. > > >> Fourth, we are working to have everything necessary in the OM kernel to > >> support Android. This is almost done. > > >> Beyond that, I have a few small scripts that I could provide that will > >> copy over the tree to an NFS mountable directory and create a jffs2 image. > > >> So, as you can see our ultimate goal is to do just as you suggest. > > >> Sean > > >> Davide wrote: > > >>> Very thanks for your very complete and clear explanation. > > >>> To install android on freerunner it was very nice to > >>> have a setup script like for installing debian > >>> on freerunner. > > >>> A script that check all and do all the necessary steps > >>> (patch, compile, deploy, ecc) > > >>> Why not create an open source project for building such > >>> script? > > >>> It is possible to avoid the legal issues of previous > >>> portings? Or the legal issues will block any other > >>> way? > > >>> 2008/11/25 Jim Ancona <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >>>> On Nov 24, 5:00 pm, Davide <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>>>> Anyone can help me? > > >>>> Three people that I know of are working (apparently independently) on > >>>> Freerunner/Neo ports. (I'm not one of them!) I believe all three have > >>>> them have posted on this list at one time or another. > > >>>> One of the three, Sean McNeil, has released a couple of sample images > >>>> here:http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/User:Seanmcneil3 > >>>> He removed his latest image because of licensing concerns with MP3 and > >>>> video codecs. Some of his patches have been submitted to Google. The > >>>> kernel that he has posted does not resume from suspend, and most of > >>>> the peripherals (Wifi, GPS, Bluetooth) either don't work or are very > >>>> flaky. I have a copy of his image, and it the phone can make calls > >>>> using Android, but can't receive them because there's no "answer" > >>>> button. > > >>>> A second port is being worked on by Brian Code, who has a email > >>>> address at Koolu, a Freerunner distributor which has announced a > >>>> forthcoming Android port (seehttp://tinyurl.com/5pnkku). I haven't > >>>> seen anything from him since an initial flurry of activity right after > >>>> Google released the Android source. Koolu has set up an Android on > >>>> Freerunner forum athttp://forum.koolu.org/viewforum.php?f=10, but > >>>> it's been pretty quiet. > > >>>> The third developer working on Android for Openmoko phones is Ben > >>>> Leslie (http://benno.id.au/blog/). He says he has an image running on > >>>> his Neo (the predecessor to the Freerunner), but I haven't seen > >>>> anything from him since he left on vacation three weeks ago. > > >>>> Supposedly, Android support has been integrated into the next release > >>>> of the Freerunner kernel, and the Openmoko developers are putting most > >>>> of their effort into making the low-level functionality (suspend/ > >>>> resume, GSM modem issues, etc.) more reliable, which should benefit > >>>> all distributions in the future. > > >>>> Right now, it's a bit frustrating because there is no visibility into > >>>> the state of the various ports. There's no source repository or other > >>>> way for anyone to build their own image or contribute to the effort. > >>>> Of course it's still just a month since the source was released, so > >>>> I'm still cautiously optimistic that a usable port for the Freerunner > >>>> will come out, probably from Koolu. They're claiming a beta will be > >>>> available in December, so we should know more soon. > > >>>> Jim > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
