I remembered that pmem may be one issue with x86. So with the kernel.config,
you need to disable it, otherwise, it may complain errors in compilation:
Device Drivers
[*] Misc devices --->
[] Android pmem allocator
Please de-select the pmem part.
Hope it helps!
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Chen
On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 1:35 PM, gowtham gowda <gowth...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> works,
>
> thank you very much.
>
> Gowtham
>
> On Jan 10, 12:31 am, "Chen Yang" <sunsety...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> how about:
>> $make bzImage
>>
>> --
>> Chen
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 1:23 PM, gowtham gowda <gowth...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > i am getting this error when i try
>> > #/mydroid/kernel$ make bzimage
>> > scripts/kconfig/conf -s arch/x86/Kconfig
>> > make: *** No rule to make target `bzimage'. Stop.
>>
>> > how do i get past this.
>>
>> > Thanks once again.
>>
>> > Gowtham
>>
>> > On Jan 10, 12:20 am, "Chen Yang" <sunsety...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> For modules, you may need to put under
>> >> vendor/asus/eee_701/modules directory.
>> >> You can add the insmod in init.rc
>> >> or in the init.eee_701.sh
>> >> It seems that you may need to comment the line in init.eee_701.sh:
>> >> setprop net.dns1 4.2.2.2
>>
>> >> For VESAFB, it seems you may need to make built-in, it may doesn't
>> >> work with modules.
>> >> For network card, it's ok to be modules.
>> >> Hope it helps.
>> >> --
>> >> Chen
>>
>> >> On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 12:53 PM, gowtham gowda <gowth...@gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>>
>> >> > Thanks for the reply,
>>
>> >> > one more info, how do we add modules to compile the kernel when we
>> >> > select the <M> option in make menuconfig.
>>
>> >> > Thanks,
>> >> > gowthsm
>>
>> >> > On Jan 9, 11:44 pm, "Chen Yang" <sunsety...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >> Sorry, I forgot to put the required information to that step:
>>
>> >> >> After that, you should save the .config
>> >> >> $make bzImage
>> >> >> Then copy the kernel to vendor/asus/eee_701
>> >> >> $cp arch/x86/boot/bzImage ../vendor/asus/eee_701/kernel
>>
>> >> >> Then you can start build the installer_img again. After that use your
>> >> >> installer.img to install in vmware/virtualbox again.
>>
>> >> >> Hope it helps!
>> >> >> --
>> >> >> Chen
>>
>> >> >> On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 12:21 PM, gowtham gowda <gowth...@gmail.com>
>> >> >> wrote:
>>
>> >> >> > After "make menuconfig"
>> >> >> > should we just save .config file or should we run "make" to compile a
>> >> >> > new kernel.
>>
>> >> >> > Thanks,
>>
>> >> >> > Gowtham
>>
>> >> >> > On Jan 9, 3:28 am, "Chen Yang" <sunsety...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >> >> Some additions to build the kernel for VMWare/VirtualBox:
>>
>> >> >> >> Hope it helps:
>> >> >> >> $cd mydroid
>> >> >> >> $cp vendor/asus/eee_701/kernel.config kernel/.config
>> >> >> >> $cd kernel
>> >> >> >> $make menuconfig
>>
>> >> >> >> Select the device drivers:
>>
>> >> >> >> For network card:
>> >> >> >> network device support ->
>> >> >> >> Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit) --->
>> >> >> >> [*] EISA, VLB, PCI and on board controllers
>> >> >> >> <*> AMD PCnet32 PCI support
>>
>> >> >> >> For VESAFB:
>> >> >> >> Graphics support --->
>> >> >> >> <*> Support for frame buffer devices --->
>> >> >> >> [*] VESA VGA graphics support
>> >> >> >> Console display driver support --->
>> >> >> >> <*> Framebuffer Console support
>> >> >> >> [*] Select compiled-in fonts
>> >> >> >> [*] VGA 8x8 font
>> >> >> >> [*] VGA 8x16 font
>>
>> >> >> >> In order to build correctly with 2.6.27, you may apply the patch
>> >> >> >> from here:http://review.source.android.com/6751
>>
>> >> >> >> For command line option of vga=788, several approaches:
>> >> >> >> 1. append the option when the system boots, when it shows the menu,
>> >> >> >> you can press 'e' to edit the default entry(2). then 'd' to delete
>> >> >> >> the
>> >> >> >> first option line: "cmdline ... ", then 'e' the 0 entry, which is
>> >> >> >> the
>> >> >> >> line of " kernel --use-cmd ...",
>> >> >> >> remove the "--use-cmd-line" and append the option
>> >> >> >> "androidboot.hardware=eee_701 vga=788" at end of that line
>> >> >> >> then choose boot. It will enter the vesafb mode correctly. But you
>> >> >> >> may need to edit it every time when boot.
>>
>> >> >> >> 2. modify the cmdline in /dev/block/sda3, you can mount it after you
>> >> >> >> have successfully boot. to append "vga=788" to cmdline file:
>> >> >> >> #mkdir /data/boot
>> >> >> >> #mount -t ext2 /dev/block/sda3 /data/boot
>> >> >> >> #echo " vga=788" >/data/boot/cmdline
>> >> >> >> #umount /data/boot
>> >> >> >> then reboot the vm
>>
>> >> >> >> 3. modify the cmdline creation step in the build, i think you can
>> >> >> >> get
>> >> >> >> the in bootable/diskinstaller/config.mk, then you may need to
>> >> >> >> rebuild
>> >> >> >> the instaler.img and reinstall it to your vm.
>>
>> >> >> >> Hope it helps!
>> >> >> >> --
>> >> >> >> Chen
>>
>> >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 9:23 AM, rukiman <ruksh...@optushome.com.au>
>> >> >> >> wrote:
>>
>> >> >> >> > I have got as far as booting Android in VMware thanks to Chen
>> >> >> >> > Yang's
>> >> >> >> > post above. I replaced mydroid/vendor/asus/
>> >> >> >> > eee_701/ kernel with that of Stargatto's posted above. However
>> >> >> >> > booting
>> >> >> >> > up Android with VMware keeps giving me the below error over and
>> >> >> >> > over.
>>
>> >> >> >> > SurfaceFlinger[XXXX]: segfault at 38 ip XXXXXXXX sp XXXXXXXX
>> >> >> >> > error 4
>> >> >> >> > in libc.so[80100000+49000]
>>
>> >> >> >> > Perphaps my kernel is not ok? How do I build a kernel with VESAFB
>> >> >> >> > and
>> >> >> >> > network drivers and where do I specify vga=788? I do not know much
>> >> >> >> > about building kernels so if someone could provide a guide that
>> >> >> >> > would
>> >> >> >> > be great.
>>
>> >> >> >> >> 1. Be sure to compile the kernel with VESAFB and add the vga=788
>> >> >> >> >> with in
>> >> >> >> >> cmdline. 800x600 seems to be a quite usable resolution, for
>> >> >> >> >> 1024x768 and
>> >> >> >> >> above resolutions, you may meet some performance or execution
>> >> >> >> >> issues.
>> >> >> >> >> 2. If you want to use network, you may need to compile the AMD
>> >> >> >> >> PCNET32
>> >> >> >> >> driver.
> >
>
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