This seems to be a good idea to me to have a x86/generic structure. On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Yi Sun <beyo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > x86/generic should be the major part of the whole project. Let's wait > for Chih-wei and others to give more comments. > Currently, I'm trying to upload a baseline tree to google code, but my > svn keep screws up. It is very hard to upload a large scale project. > On Tue, 2009-05-12 at 19:00 -0700, adam singer wrote: > > I agree with the 3 level structure for x86/eeepc/generic, etc.. But I > > think one main starting point will be needed which would be > > x86/generic . Just cause it seems like more than a few people are > > targeting x86 as a hardware platform. > > > > Kind Regards. > > > > PS: has anyone hosted builds for installer.img and live-usb ? > > > > On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 10:07 AM, Yi Sun <beyo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > My 2 cents inline..... > > > On Mon, 2009-05-11 at 02:03 -0700, Chih-Wei wrote: > > >> On 5月10日, 上午4時08分, Yi Sun <beyo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> > There are a few things planed in my mind for next: > > >> > 1. a mail list for Eeepc/X86 issues only > > >> > > >> I think android-porting list is just good for it. > > >> Unless the topics are too hot, then we can fork a new list. > > > A new list will allow people to look up information in a easier way. I > > > have a few hundred e-mails flood in every day from different places, a > > > separate list gives me a better choice to config my e-mail box to > filter > > > e-mails. > > > Because the traffic in Android-porting is not too big at today, > > > with/without a new e-mail list is not a very critical issue for me at > > > the moment and we can postpone the discussion to the time when someone > > > feels that we really need a new list for some reason. > > >> > > >> > 2. a git server for Eeepc/x86 platforms. > > >> > > >> Yes. Since the eee_701 project is almost dead, > > >> I do think to re-invent a new one is better. > > >> > > >> Actually I'm planning to do that. But there are something I need to > > >> figure out first. > > >> Instead of eee_701, I plan to use a more generic name like eeepc (more > > >> generic? please suggest). > > > Good, people are all on the same line now. It is just about execution > > > now :-) > > > Actually, there may be differences among eeepcs (later we may have new > > > wifi driver, new camera driver, new video card and new something > > > else...). We may still end up with something like asus/eeepc/eee_bla. > > > And we still need to cover the VM support as well. > > > So, could we do two or three level structure (maybe you are talking > > > about the same thing)? > > > product_line_name/platform_name > > > Like: > > > eeepc/eee_701 > > > eeepc/eee_1000e > > > eeepc/generic > > > If you don't have anything special for a platform, then use generic > > > otherwise, create a special directory for the platform and put all > > > special things in it. > > > > > > Talking about emulator, to me emulator is based on CPU type. I think > > > eventually, we may end up with: > > > x86/eeeepc > > > x86/emulator > > > x86/hp > > > x86/dell > > > > > > So if people can agree, then we can have 3 levels structure like: > > > x86/eeepc/generic > > > > > >> And I hope to add some scripts to automatically detect the hardware > > >> and load appropriate drivers or configurations. > > > This is very important. I think. > > >> The problem is, now it is not possible to use shell scripts in android > > >> ramdisk(boot.img). > > >> Current I'm considering two approaches: > > >> 1. Add /system/bin/sh (+linker, all necessary libraries) to ramdisk. I > > >> also have to add toolbox > > >> that provides utilities for scripts. However, android toolbox lacks > > >> some important utilities like sed and cut. > > >> Without them it's hard to write useful scripts. > > >> So I may have to add the necessary utilities to toolbox first. > > >> 2. Add a prebuilt, static linked busybox with all utilities I need to > > >> ramdisk. > > >> The approach may be much easier, but I don't know if it is > > >> acceptable by google. > > >> > > > I think Makefile may be able to solve your problem (if you only want to > > > be able to load the right drivers). > > > You can have makefile to automatically generate platform specific > > > init.rc to do this. > > > If you want to install drivers during run time, we maybe able to do it > > > by extending system prop and vold. > > > > > > But in any case, adding a busybox is good idea, I always use it when I > > > debug something. > > >> > > >> I may need your comments to move on. > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Ravishankar Haranath http://www.linmaya.net We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action. - Frank Tibolt --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ unsubscribe: android-porting+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
