On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 12:16 AM, Peter McDermott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mohan, > One question: Did you reformat your internal mmc card as an ext3 filesystem > as per the instructions? > Yes. > > Solca has made a port of Android to the N810 all on his own -- independent > of what we did at NthCode. Additionally, unlike us, he's ported it to a > newer kernel (2.6.28) and enabled WiFi. He has a debug kernel at > http://guug.org/nit/nitdroid/ that you can download and flash to your > N810. We're looking at his patches now to see how they can improve our > kernel. > I tried the debug kernel, but no success. But Solca's kernel requires that the root filesystem is on /dev/mmcblk0p3. I just copied to the internal SD card which is /dev/mmcblk0p1. Perhaps that could be a problem.. > > I would be very interested to hear if flashing either his standard or debug > kernel works for you. The reason is that some folks have written to tell me > that our kernel works OK on their N810s, so the fact that it isn't working > for you is a bit of a mystery. > The problem is that i am not able to get to the debug messages. If there is a way, let me know. I don't remember how i did this last time. Initially i was using the "-l" option that does not really flash, but just loads the kernel with the new Image. Now, i tried the "-f" option but not with much luck. -mohan > > Good luck, and please report your results back to all of us! > > Regards, > > Peter > > On Dec 9, 2008, at 5:51 AM, Mohan Parthasarathy wrote: > > Sure, I am using the kernel from nthcode. Is that a debug kernel ? I don't > see /var/log/messages. How do i get the debug messages ? > > thanks > mohan > > > On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 11:35 AM, solca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> You are a candidate to run the debugging kernel and see what >> is going on, please report back. >> >> On 8 dic, 12:20, "Mohan Parthasarathy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > I tried your suggestions. But did not help. It got stuck at the "Nokia" >> > Screen. Did you see any error messages logged ? >> > >> > -thanks >> > mohan >> > >> > On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 2:21 AM, Meizirkki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > > Mohan, i had same issue with Nth:s android. >> > >> > > - Remove external card, if inserted. >> > > - Make sure you used "tar -zxvf" to untar the userspace, not "tar >> > > zxvf" i used when i failed. >> > >> > > On 3 joulu, 21:37, "Mohan Parthasarathy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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). 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