[android-kernel] Re: question about sysfs interface for backlight adjustment

2009-02-06 Thread Brian Swetland
["Xiaoyang Yu (Max)" ] > > Android assumes the sysfs interface for backlight adjustment is at "/ > sys/class/leds/lcd-backlight/brightness", which is not true for EeePC. > EeePC uses "/sys/class/backlight/eeepc/brightness". And other > platforms may use "/sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightnes

[android-kernel] Re: emulator support in 2.6.27 ?

2009-01-27 Thread Brian Swetland
[Jean-Baptiste Queru ] > > I think it's coming soon. If not in the next push, it'll probably be > in the one after that. The latest 2.6.27 goldfish kernel is now available: http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=kernel/common.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/android-goldfish-2.6.27 We'll be keeping this g

[android-kernel] Re: usb networking with USB_FUNCTION_ETHER

2009-01-23 Thread Brian Swetland
provided more support for composite client devices, so we're in the process of migrating our USB work there for post-cupcake development. Brian > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 11:17:27PM -0800, Brian Swetland wrote: > > > > You're going to have to configure the function to be

[android-kernel] Re: usb networking with USB_FUNCTION_ETHER

2009-01-20 Thread Brian Swetland
You're going to have to configure the function to be included in the usb composite device (look in board-trout.c), and probably will have to modify the VID/PID to match one your desktop linux kernel associates with the "simple" ethernet profile. Also, I've found that having other interfaces (lik

[android-kernel] Re: Why Google chooses odd versions of Kernel tree ?

2009-01-05 Thread Brian Swetland
[gulshan.karm...@gmail.com] > > > Hi All, > > Can anyone explain why Google chooses odd versions of Kernel > tree ? > >It is valid not to use the latest version for developments but > why always odd ones like 25 and 27. 2.6.25 was the most recent released kernel when we were fin

[android-kernel] Re: X86 kernel patches

2009-01-05 Thread Brian Swetland
[markgross ] > > We have a number of kernel patches for running android on IA targets. > I'm not sure which branch(es) to have these pushed too. > > Cupcake for x86 targets is running 2.6.25, and yet there is a 2.6.27 > kernel branch in mainline as well. Cupcake *should* be using 2.6.27 everywh

[android-kernel] Re: (Opinion) Android has some apparently messy kernel patches

2008-12-15 Thread Brian Swetland
[kapare ] > > http://mjg59.livejournal.com/100221.html I'm a bit confused as to all the anger in the blog post and comments -- the source is out there now and developer devices are available. If somebody feels that we've done everything terribly wrong, we're interested in suggestions as to h

[android-kernel] Re: 2.6.27 branch and userspace

2008-12-09 Thread Brian Swetland
We changed the wakelock APIs in 2.6.27. The current userspace code is not compatible with the new APIs. A large source update (as we complete our perforce to git transition) is coming soon which will bring these back into sync, but for the moment you may need to stick with 2.6.25. I believe th

[android-kernel] Re: PMEM

2008-11-29 Thread Brian Swetland
[markgross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > > I'm trying to figure out what PMEM is for and why it doesn't compile > for x86. Is there any information on this driver? Should the driver > be made more portable or should kconfig remove the driver from the x86 > build? The pmem driver is used to manage lar

[android-kernel] Re: Help on new android kernel 2.6.27

2008-11-21 Thread Brian Swetland
[Henrique Dante de Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > > Hello, > > I've noticed that there's a new branch in android repository, > "android-2.6.27". I was interested in this version, because I'm trying > to port Android to a certain hardware that this kernel version > supports (Palm TX). However, t

[android-kernel] Re: linux-msm-kernel list discontinued. see android-kernel@googlegroups.com

2008-11-21 Thread Brian Swetland
[Trilok Soni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > Hi Brian, > > On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 8:38 PM, Brian Swetland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > We're migrating to 2.6.27 for the upcoming Android 1.1 release and will > > have android-2.6.27 and msm-2.6.27 br