Android codebase - Patch set #1

flamma at correo.ugr.es flamma at correo.ugr.es
Thu Oct 23 18:34:28 CEST 2008


> I have Android nearly fully functional on the Freerunner. I will be
> posting patches to this list as I can, but I am in the process of a
> serious move to another country which will keep me busy until sometime
> next week. I wanted to get some of the fundamentals out there, however,
> so that people didn't waste time reproducing work. So, the following
> patches are for
>
> bionic - Add support for armv4t
> dalvik - Ditto
> build - Abstract out the armv5 compiler settings so we can override them
>
> I am using gcc 4.2.4 and binutils 2.18 with 1 patch for java exceptions
> which I am including here as well.
>
> Enjoy!
> Sean
>

Excuse me if I'm going a little out of topic, but, will some polemic
features like [1] and [2] be removed, so the platform is a bit "more
free"?

[1]
http://alsutton.wordpress.com/2008/10/22/android-the-not-so-open-open-platform/
[2]
http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/google-implemented-an-android-kill-switch-those-rascals/




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