Porting Android on Neo Freerunner
Radek Polak
psonek2 at seznam.cz
Mon Feb 23 06:30:32 CET 2009
> Hi All,
>
> I have some questions on porting Android on Neo Freerunner.
>
> 1. Android kernel is also a linux kernel. Linux kernel
> changes when machine changes. So if we want a linux kernel which can run
> well in Neo runner, the kernel should be same or near with the openmoko
> kernel. So, to port Android on Neo Freerunner, what we should do is
> running an openmoko kernel with an Android root filesystem. Am I right?
>
Yes, that's current situation. Only difference now is kernel
configuration, because wakelocks make some problems in non
Android images. So they are disabled in openmoko default kernel.
>
> 2. I don’t think Android kernel should added a prefix
> “Android”. That’s because the kernel is not based on a specific machine.
> The kernel will be different on porting to different machines. On neo
> freerunner, the kernel will be changed to be a kernel same or near with
> openmoko kernel. If a kernel can be added with a prefix XXX, the kernel
> should have some characteristics or the kernel should be on some
> specific machine.
>
>
>
> 3. Can a kernel compiled with EABI run on S3c2410?
As far as i know it's currently this way compiled.
Radek
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