On 12/3/08, Peter McDermott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mohan, > Did you reformat your mmc as ext3? >
Yes. The text files contain some instructions about how to do this as well as > some notes about what we had to change in the user space. I was able to > download them at > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=246840&package_id=301200. > Did you try pressing the 'Direct Link?' That's sometimes useful if the > downloads don't begin automatically. > Direct Link works, Thanks. As far as what works and what doesn't, it can basically boot to the main > menu and the touchscreen and keypad work. That being said, the keypad > doesn't work that well due to keymapping issues. It's very > proof-of-concept. > I feel that the issue is with the corrupt file system. At least, this used to happen before with the old version of Android. Whenever Maemo boots, it would never mount the filesystem on the external card (it used to be ext2). So, i would attach to a linux PC, fsck and then mount to start android. I suspect somehow that during the boot process, it thinks that the ext3 filesystem is corrupt. At least, maemo thinks so if i copy the userspace and just boot maemo, it does not like the filesystem. Perhaps, it is trying to mount as "vfat" and hence could be a completely different problem. -thanks mohan Good luck! > > Peter > > On Dec 4, 2008, at 3:37 AM, Mohan Parthasarathy wrote: > > I did give it a shot but did not work. > > I extracted the user space on my internal sd card and that's what > corresponds to /dev/mmcbkl0p1. > > I flashed the new kernel but it did not boot. After a minute or so, it > reset itself. > Let me know if i am missing something.. > > -mohan > > > On 12/3/08, 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
