[ 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. 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. 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. 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. Many thanks, Paul --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ unsubscribe: android-porting+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
