Basically, submit patches. Adding BSP's to OE is not that hard, it just takes people with time and hardware.
End user support is very difficult :) You would need to build a very patient group of developers to help with that. Philip On 01/04/2012 11:37 PM, Algirdas Kazimieras Baltusis wrote: > Hello! I am user of Android phones and tablets, and I noticed that there > are plenty of devices based on Telechips CPU (like 8902) that were shipped > with Android 2.1, which had bugs and clearly was not optimizes for the > tablets. And I joined xda-developers.com because I found modified > unofficial Cyanogen mod 7 for Telechips 8902 based tablets. More than 4 > months have passed since I joined the forum and GPU accelerated playback, > battery life and overall stability is still and Issue with that build I > have. > > I am writing here because I thought maybe your community or your Angstrom > distribution could start to take care of these thousands of tablets made by > Chinese that are so lacking support these days? I know that you have your > plans, but I believe you have experience from the past to support devices > that were left by their creators. I really believe new movement could be > started and business case could be made. Even I am from Eastern Europe, and > buying software is not a common thing here, I see many people struggling > with their devices, with out no support, who are willing to donate/pay > money if their problem would be solved. I would suggest 20-30$ donation or > payment from person could start a new movement, maybe a new distribution, > because Android developers are not mostly are not concerned about support > of their sold devices - it seems that is all left to the community to solve > their problems. And most of the time owners of these Android devices needs > step-by-step instructions to update their devices and expertise seems like > a real scarcity. Is it realistic to expect support from you, experienced > developers, for a community, group of people, that was left on its own? > Would it help if there would be a organized group of owners-users who are > willing to donate? > > Thank you for your ideas and opinions. > > Regards, > Algirdas > _______________________________________________ > Angstrom-distro-users mailing list > Angstrom-distro-users@linuxtogo.org > http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/angstrom-distro-users > _______________________________________________ Angstrom-distro-users mailing list Angstrom-distro-users@linuxtogo.org http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/angstrom-distro-users
