Might it make sense instead of playing constant catch-up to move straight ahead to 2.6.27?
JBQ On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 10:04 AM, Mohan Parthasarathy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cool. I still have the older version of Android running on my N810. That > was using the 2.6.21 kernel. I am wondering whether using the 2.6.21 kernel > and using Android changes would have made it a little simpler. Last time, > not all the Android Kernel changes were taken in. Anyway, your way sounds > better as you are using the latest version of Android Kernel. > > Does the audio subsystem work. Can you play videos > > Thanks for the great write up. You have not mentioned any user space changes > in your note. I was trying to download it from sourceforge but it gave me > some error. I was able to download the kernel image but not the txt files. > > Thanks > mohan > > P.S I am having problems typing question mark and i need to reboot firefox i > guess.. > > > On 12/2/08, Peter McDermott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Hi, all, >> >> We ported the Android open-source release to the Nokia N810. This >> involved patching the 2.6.25 Linux kernel with the N810 drivers and >> hacking the userspace just a bit. The system can boot, WiFi doesn't >> work (so no Internet access), and you have to pull the battery to >> power it off. But, hey, it's a start! >> >> You can downoad the kernel patch, a kernel image, a userspace image, >> and a list of userspace changes at the following link: >> >> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=246840 >> >> For people making other ports, I wrote up a technical backgrounder >> with details at: >> >> http://nthcode.com/pubs/porting-android-to-a-new-device.html >> >> If a someone would like to try out our patches and images and let me >> know what works, and what might not be clear or correct in the >> instructions, I'd be thrilled. >> >> Regards, >> >> Peter >> >> P.S. Much thanks to the folks who made the pre-release Android work on >> the N810 (Penguinbait, B-man, and QWERTY12). Their work saved us a >> lot of time. >> >> >> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
