[android-porting] Re: Why do we need static compilation for android???

2009-09-14 Thread Abhinayak Mishra
My guess is static compilation comes into play because of absence of the standard functions support in the form of a shared library. As to why some drivers could be directly ported over is probably because they never assumed presence of any of the "standard" functions. :) On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at

[android-porting] Re: Why do we need static compilation for android???

2009-09-14 Thread pavan savoy
is there a thing such as static compilation of drivers ? android uses BlueZ for bluetooth and for WLAN has very well defined integration sort of layer which your driver has to provide. bluetooth/bluez drivers are already present in the linux kernel and a whole bunch of wlan drivers are also presen