In order to create a staging area for various patches and cleanup (not to mention provide a place where people can easily build the Android source with patches for the Freerunner), I've created a patched and mirrored git at http://git.koolu.org (with the help of Marcelo Magallon). Hopefully the greater public can start building, testing and submitting patches there, which can be further refined and pushed to Google (if sufficiently generic). Hopefully Gerrit2 will alleviate having to do this in the future.
Regards, Brian Code On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 11:28 AM, Sean McNeil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is great, but there are some comments made by Google that I haven't > responded to and I feel are incorrect. For instance, they asked to make > some compile-time errors of things that would have completely eliminated > the optimizations provided by the implementation. That is not what we > want to do. I'd love to get everything cleaned up and accepted, however. > Can you share them with us? > > Sean > > frma wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
