User:NicolasD - Revision history

NicolasD at 13:01, 7 August 2009

2009-08-07T13:01:13Z

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NicolasD at 14:43, 31 July 2009

2009-07-31T14:43:28Z

NicolasD at 09:53, 31 July 2009

2009-07-31T09:53:10Z

NicolasD: /* Android kernel configuration (2.6.29) */

2009-07-31T09:52:17Z

‎Android kernel configuration (2.6.29)

NicolasD: /* Apply the Armadeus patchset */

2009-07-31T09:31:58Z

‎Apply the Armadeus patchset

NicolasD: /* Debug */

2009-07-31T07:38:23Z

‎Debug

NicolasD: /* Boot setup */

2009-07-31T07:36:57Z

‎Boot setup

NicolasD: /* Android kernel configuration */

2009-07-30T13:15:43Z

‎Android kernel configuration

NicolasD: /* Test with Android emulatoir */

2009-07-30T13:10:58Z

‎Test with Android emulatoir

NicolasD at 13:10, 30 July 2009

2009-07-30T13:10:05Z

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 $ cp $ARMADEUS/buildroot/target/device/armadeus/apf27/apf27-linux-2.6.29.config $ANDROID_SOURCE/kernel/arch/arm/configs/apf27_android_defconfig
 </pre>
 ===Battery patch===
 At the beginning, reboot happened over again even though Android logo appeared on board.
-Result of investigation, we found that battery power was returned with 0 when boot..
+Result of investigation, we found that battery power was returned with 0 when boot.. Then, we changed to notify full battery to Android by ignoring the information under '''/sys/class/power_supply''' so that to prevent the power down by low battery '''$ANDROID_SOURCE/frameworks/base/services/jni/com_android_server_BatteryService.cpp'''
-To complete!!!
+*Change the battery service status as TRUE
 ===Android kernel configuration (2.6.29)===
 Make sure your kernel boots normally on your board. Then enable some Android specific configuration and make sure that your kernel still boots (with your standard file system).
 *Android pmem allocator
@@ Line 124: / Line 195: @@
        | [*] Android Low Memory Killer
 </pre>
+* Anonymous Shared Memory Subsystem
-===compile Android kernel===
+<pre class="config">
 <pre class="host">
 $ make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=../prebuilt/linux-x86/toolchain/arm-eabi-4.2.1/bin/arm-eabi- uImage
 $ cp ./arch/arm/boot/uImage $TFTPBOOT/apf27-linux.bin
@@ Line 137: / Line 210: @@
 Android’s root file system is generated in $ANDROID_SOURCE/out/target/product/generic
 <pre class="host">
 $ cd $ANDROID_SOURCE/out/target/product/generic
-$ mkdir $ANDROID_SOURCE/rootfs (or '$ sudo rm -rf $ANDROID_SOURCE/rootfs/*' if the folder already exist )
+$ mkdir $ANDROID_SOURCE/rootfs
 $ cp -a root/* $ANDROID_SOURCE/rootfs/
 $ cp -a system/* $ANDROID_SOURCE/rootfs/system/
@@ Line 236: / Line 310: @@
 <pre class="apf">
 # mount /dev/mmcblk0p2 /mnt/mmc
-# strace  chroot /mnt/mmc /init androidboot.console=ttyS0
+# strace chroot /mnt/mmc /init androidboot.console=ttyS0
 </pre>
-Trave with ''''logcat'''
+Trave with '''logcat'''
 <pre class="apf">
 # mount /dev/mmcblk0p2 /mnt/mmc
 # chroot /mnt/mmc /init androidboot.console=ttyS0 &
-# /system/bin/logcat
+# chroot /mnt/mmc /system/bin/logcat
 </pre>
 ===Test with Android emulator===

@@ Line 105: / Line 105: @@
 </pre>
 * Android drivers
 <pre class="config">
 | General setup  --->

@@ Line 93: / Line 93: @@
 ===Android kernel configuration (2.6.29)===
 Make sure your kernel boots normally on your board. Then enable some Android specific configuration and make sure that your kernel still boots (with your standard file system).
-* EABI
+*Android pmem allocator
 <pre class="config">
-CONFIG_AEABI=y
+| General setup  --->
-# CONFIG_OABI_COMPAT is not set
+| ...
 </pre>
-* THUMB
+* Android drivers
 <pre class="config">
 <pre class="config">
+| General setup  --->
-# Android
+| ...
+| Device Drivers  --->
-CONFIG_ANDROID=y
++ |     Generic Driver Options  --->
-CONFIG_ANDROID_BINDER_IPC=y
+  | ...
-CONFIG_ANDROID_LOGGER=y
+  | [*] Staging drivers  --->
-# CONFIG_ANDROID_RAM_CONSOLE is not set
+  + | --- Staging drivers
-CONFIG_ANDROID_TIMED_OUTPUT=y
+    | [ ]   Exclude Staging drivers from being built (NEW)
-CONFIG_ANDROID_LOW_MEMORY_KILLER=y
+    | ...
 </pre>

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 $ mkdir $ANDROID_SOURCE/kernel/drivers/armadeus
 $ cp -r $ARMADEUS/target/linux/modules/* $ANDROID_SOURCE/kernel/drivers/armadeus
-$ cp $ARMADEUS/target/device/armadeus/apf27/apf27-linux-2.6.29.config $ANDROID_SOURCE/kernel/arch/arm/configs/apf27_android_defconfig
+$ cp $ARMADEUS/buildroot/target/device/armadeus/apf27/apf27-linux-2.6.29.config $ANDROID_SOURCE/kernel/arch/arm/configs/apf27_android_defconfig
 </pre>
 ===Battery patch===
 At the beginning, reboot happened over again even though Android logo appeared on board.

@@ Line 222: / Line 222: @@
 ==Debug==
 <pre class="apf">
 # mount /dev/mmcblk0p2 /mnt/mmc
 # strace  chroot /mnt/mmc /init androidboot.console=ttyS0
 </pre>
 ===Test with Android emulator===

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 <pre class="apf">
 # setenv addmmcargs 'setenv bootargs ${bootargs} root=${mmcroot} rootfstype=${mmcrootfstype} init=\init androidboot.console=ttyS0'
-# saveenvmtd-utils
+# saveenv
 </pre>
 ==Debug==
 <pre class="apf">

@@ Line 228: / Line 228: @@
 # strace  chroot /mnt/mmc /init androidboot.console=ttyS0
 </pre>
-===Test with Android emulatoir===
+===Test with Android emulator===
 [http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/emulator.html emulator]
 <pre class="host">
@@ Line 238: / Line 238: @@
 $ $ANDROID/out/host/linux-x86/bin/emulator -avd APF27-H -sysdir $ANDROID/out/target/product/generic/ -kernel $ANDROID/kernel/arch/arm/boot/zImage -data $ANDROID/out/target/product/generic/userdata.img -ramdisk $ANDROID/out/target/product/generic/ramdisk.img -system $ANDROID/out/target/product/generic/system.img
 </pre>
 ==Android Root File system==
 Android emulator has 3 basic images on tools/lib/images directory.

@@ Line 6: / Line 6: @@
 * ne plus avoir accès à Windows après l'installation de Linux
 * rendre inaccessible la partition Linux sur votre machine
-L'astuce est d'installer '''que''' GRUB sur une clé USB. '''Attention, l'ordre des actions est important'''
+L'astuce est d'installer ''que'' GRUB sur une clé USB. '''Attention, l'ordre des actions est important'''
-* Formatter la cle USB en fat32 (gparted)
+* Formater la cle USB en fat32 (gparted)
-* Récuperer la liste des disques monter ainsi que leur ID
+* Récupérer la liste des disques monter ainsi que leur ID
 <pre class="host">
 $ sudo blkid
@@ Line 16: / Line 16: @@
 /dev/sdb1: UUID="4C9D-547F" TYPE="vfat"
 </pre>
-* installer Grub sur la cle USB
+* installer Grub sur la clé USB
 <pre class="host">
 $ grub-install --no-floppy --root-directory=/media/disk /dev/sdb1  (remplacer sdb1 par la valeur récupérée avec la commande précédente)
@@ Line 28: / Line 28: @@
 $ sudo install-mbr /dev/sdb1
 </pre>
-* Mettre le flag boot sur la cle USB (gparted)
+* Mettre le flag boot sur la clé USB (gparted)
 ===make gconfig===
-installer les bibliothèques pour lancer make gconfig
+Installer les bibliothèques pour lancer make gconfig
 <pre class="host">
 sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev  libglib2.0-dev  libglade2-dev
@@ Line 36: / Line 36: @@
 ==Banc à sable==
-Ce qui suit n'est qu'un brouillon avec les fautes de frappes et d'orthographe comme il se doit.
+Ce qui suit n'est qu'un brouillon avec les fautes de frappes et d'orthographes comme il se doit.
 ==Prerequisites for Linux installation==
 ===Install needed software packages===
-Install these package for build the kernel image and for format the mmc/µSD card
+* Install these package for build the kernel image and for format the mmc/µSD card
 <pre class="host">
 $ sudo apt-get install uboot-mkimage mtd-utils
 </pre>
 ===Update the environment variables===
 Theses environment variables install the Android and Armadeus folder in our home directory, but of course, it can be placed anywhere!
@@ Line 56: / Line 58: @@
 ===Download Android source===
 The [http://source.android.com/download getting Android source] document describes how to set up our local work environment.
-Follow theses instructions until ''Installing Repo''.<br>
+Follow theses instructions until '''Installing Repo''' chapter.<br>
 <pre class="host">
 $ mkdir ANDROID_SOURCE
@@ Line 75: / Line 77: @@
 ===Apply the Armadeus patchset===
-Je n'ai pas indiqué (a faire) dans les pré-requit, il faut naturelle avoir installé et compilé le projet Armadeus-3.1.
+Before compiling the kernel, we patch the source with the Armadeus patches. In second time, I will give the URL to retrieve Linux 2.6.29.4 patch.
-Dans un second temps, j'indiquerai les différentes actions pour ne pas être obliger à compiler le projet Armadeus, notamment pour la rustine patch-2.6.29.4.bz2
 <pre class="host">
 $ $ARMADEUS/buildroot/toolchain/patch-kernel.sh $ANDROID_SOURCE/kernel $ARMADEUS/downloads patch-2.6.29.4.bz2
@@ Line 88: / Line 89: @@
 At the beginning, reboot happened over again even though Android logo appeared on board.
 Result of investigation, we found that battery power was returned with 0 when boot..
-A effectuer!!!!
+To complete!!!
-===update android kernel configuration for APF27===
+===Android kernel configuration===
-C'est un point délicat, Google/Android ne donne '''aucune''' informations dessus
+Make sure your kernel boots normally on your board. Then enable some Android specific configuration and make sure that your kernel still boots (with your standard file system).
 <pre class="config">
 </pre>
 ===compile Android kernel===
@@ Line 114: / Line 137: @@
 </pre>
 ===Change init.rc===
-To do!!!!
+Open $ANDROID_SOURCE/system/core/rootdir and comment the 'mount yaffs2' lines like this:
 ===Formatting an MMC/SD card===
-We will create two partitions on our mmc/sd card, The first one will use for Android memory card, the second one will use for Android file system.
+We will create two partitions on our mmc/µSD card, The first one will use for Android memory card, the second one will use for Android file system.
-First connect your card reader to your workstation, with the MMC/SD card inside. Type the '''dmesg''' command to see which device is used by your workstation. Let’s assume that this device is '''/dev/sdb'''
+First connect your card reader to your workstation, with the mmc/µSD card inside. Type the '''dmesg''' command to see which device is used by your workstation. Let’s assume that this device is '''/dev/sdb'''
 <pre class="host">
 $ dmesg
@@ Line 161: / Line 206: @@
 sudo rsync -a $ANDROID_SOURCE/rootfs/ /media/AndroidFS/
 </pre>
-Finish by unmounting your MMC/SD partitions:
+Finish by unmounting your mmc/µSD partitions:
 <pre class="host">
 sudo umount /media/MemoryCard
@@ Line 168: / Line 213: @@
 ==Boot setup==
 The last thing left to do is to specify how the board boots Linux.<br>
-In the U-boot prompt, make the mmc boot is on second partition of the MMC/SD card
+In the U-boot prompt, make the mmc boot is on second partition of the mmc/µSD card
 <pre class="apf">
 # setenv mmcroot '/dev/mmcblk0p2 rw'
@@ Line 183: / Line 228: @@
 # strace  chroot /mnt/mmc /init androidboot.console=ttyS0
 </pre>
-===Tester android avec l'emulateur===
+===Test with Android emulatoir===
 [http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/emulator.html emulator]
 <pre class="host">