Rizavan and Eric, Many thanks for the replies. They have been most helpful, especially the link about the port to the Nokia N810.
Best regards, Paul On 18 feb, 08:26, Rizvan S <porting.begin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Plz check my reply.. > > On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 5:30 AM, ppmoore <polom...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > [ I have also cross-posted this to androidcommunity.com ] > > > Hello, > > > I work for a portable entertainment products manufacturer, and we are > > looking at porting Android to one of our handheld audio-visual > > devices. My initial task is to determine if Android can be ported to > > the device. > > For this , you have to check your device hardware it in terms of CPU, > if its other than ARM, i.e MIPS etc, you have to start from scratch > to port Android on it. > > > I've been browsing through the various Google-sponsored > > Android sites, looking for hardware porting and requirements > > information, and haven't been able to find anything. From reading the > > postings on this group, the lack of a Porting Guide document seems to > > be accepted. > > > Our device is primarily an entertainment device, so we will need to > > support the various audio, still-picture and video applications and > > codecs normally found on such a device. The device is not a mobile > > phone, so we will not be supporting GSM/3G. The device supports > > connectivity through USB/Ethernet/Wi-fi, and the related applications > > such as web browsing, VOIP, and possibly IPTV. > > If you have Linux running on your device with driver like > USB/Ethernet/wifi, its not big > to make them work same on Anroid. Regarding codecs audio/video, I dont > have idea. > > > > > At this stage, I need to determine if Android can be successfully > > ported to the device. I guess that this should include an evaluation > > of whether the hardware is already supported. Does Android already > > include device drivers for various low-level hardware? Or is it > > expected that each manufacturer has to implement the necessary device > > drivers and codecs? I apologise because I don't have much experience > > of embedded Linux, so I'm learning on the fly here. > > As per my understanding, if you have linux ( not android) up and running > with device driver i.e touchscreen, sound, keypad.. and your device based > on ARM variant > you just need customization in device driver to make them work same as on > Android. > > > Can someone please point me in the right direction? I've been looking > > at the documentation included in the kernel/common (Common Android > > Kernel Tree) section of the code, but haven't been able to find what > > I'm looking for. > > Check this:http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT2892720865.html > > > > > Many thanks, > > Paul > > -- > Thanks > Rizavan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ unsubscribe: android-porting+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
