Guest Gespecial Posted October 26, 2011 Report Share Posted October 26, 2011 I have been trying my hand at cross compiling, with some success, kernels for this rom; based on the 4.05 source from Dell using arm-eabi-4.4.3 I unpack and repack a boot.img utilizing my generated zImage. After flashing, I find that the device boots and everything works, but WIFI does not- It will show up as an error on my streak in the wifi settings; I've tried both the broadcom drivers, and the generics settings in menuconfig I have built one just using the config pulled from device via ADB, with no changes except to remove function to reset chip otherwise I get an error, yet I still do not get WIFI to function- What is the best practices here for getting WIFI functional? I've read things regarding WPA SUPPLICANT, could this be my missing keystone? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen Hyde Posted October 26, 2011 Report Share Posted October 26, 2011 You need to get the dhd.ko from your kernel build and put it in system/lib/hw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gespecial Posted October 26, 2011 Report Share Posted October 26, 2011 Thanks Steve! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gespecial Posted November 2, 2011 Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 (edited) Gkernel1.0 release If any are interested I have compiled a kernel I have tested for one week for use with 2.4 betas; No overclock, about 14 hours battery life with moderate use, compiled from latest official dell source If interested: http://db.tt/3Iheb6ud Extract Flash the boot.img with fastboot. Replace dhd.ko in system/lib/modules for wifi to function If you want to go back to the original roms' kernel Reflash the boot.img contained in the rom's zip, and also get the original dhd.ko back into the same path. you will find that also in the rom's zip. I intend to continue further kernel work in the future. -G Edited November 2, 2011 by Gespecial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lordmorphous Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 Have you had any wifi issues or hangups with this? Every gingerbread romi have used had the wifi hang up when left idle. By this i mean it shows connected but there is no data throughput. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gespecial Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 This may be a feature of the 'wifi sleep policy', in advanced under wi-fi settings- I usually set mine to never. I have noticed reboots to occur when you dont change this to either 'never or, never when plugged' Otherwise, for your case, you may choose to stick with the Froyo builds kernels and roms, that are out there, many are very stable Gkernels1.0 works best right now with the latest Gingerstreak 2.4.3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gespecial Posted November 5, 2011 Report Share Posted November 5, 2011 Gkernels1.0 is compatible with the latest Gingerstreak 2.4.4, same procedure to get it installed and or to revert to the original, love the screen off cosmetics in portrait and landscape, featured in this rom! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest krazman Posted November 5, 2011 Report Share Posted November 5, 2011 Gkernels1.0 is compatible with the latest Gingerstreak 2.4.4, What benefit / advantage does your kernel provide over the kernel Steve provides in his GS 2.4.4? (I'm not being critical, only curious) Thank you. kraz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gespecial Posted November 5, 2011 Report Share Posted November 5, 2011 (edited) Gkernels1.0 is a basic kernel without overclocking, neither a benefit or an advantage really; an alternative. Edited November 5, 2011 by Gespecial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 80sLoveCHILD Posted November 5, 2011 Report Share Posted November 5, 2011 foreword. i may have done something wrong. i decided to give this a try cos im a curious kind of guy. flashed boot img with fastboot, no problem. boots fine. it seemed to boot faster than steves kernel in his 2.4.4 build, but this may be due to my low expectations, no offence. i replaced dhd.ko like in was told. wifi does not work. when i go to wifi settings it says error next to wifi. any sugestions to what might fix it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest krazman Posted November 5, 2011 Report Share Posted November 5, 2011 Gkernels1.0 is a basic kernel without overclocking, neither a benefit or an advantage really; an alternative. Thank you for explaining. Much appreciated! kraz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gespecial Posted November 6, 2011 Report Share Posted November 6, 2011 wifi does not work. when i go to wifi settings it says error next to wifi. any sugestions to what might fix it? What could have happened is that the dhd.ko file did not actually overwrite- or somewhere along the line, the correct or incorrect dhd.ko files were mistaken for each other; you may try to delete the dhd.ko file on the device, then transfer the new one from Gkernels archive, with root explorer or total commander or the like. there are a few ways to get the file in the correct path, I found adb to be effective in pushing the file to that path on the device by using this command: adb push dhd.ko /system/lib/modules I hope this is helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest maxicet Posted November 6, 2011 Report Share Posted November 6, 2011 trying your kernel since yesterday evening, and I think that it works very well, with no issues, stable and smooth.... I'm on my "maxicetdroid1.2", and they're a "nice couple", would you agree if I'll use it for my next release? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gespecial Posted November 6, 2011 Report Share Posted November 6, 2011 would you agree if I'll use it for my next release? Interesting, absolutely; My intentions are to continue to work with Gkernels1.0 to produce a 1.5 version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest maxicet Posted November 7, 2011 Report Share Posted November 7, 2011 Interesting, absolutely; My intentions are to continue to work with Gkernels1.0 to produce a 1.5 version. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1304727 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Delirium77 Posted November 12, 2011 Report Share Posted November 12, 2011 Gespecial - very stable rom. Very good work. 3 days and no reboot on StreakDroid 2.4.4 :) I put your files into oryginal Steve's zipped rom, because I had problem with dhd.ko. Keep working! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gespecial Posted November 12, 2011 Report Share Posted November 12, 2011 Thanks! Gkernels1.3 is very close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gespecial Posted November 14, 2011 Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 Gkernels1.3 Release cross compiled using dell kernel source 4.05 Changes from 1.0: Enable WiFi control function abstraction Preallocate memory for WiFi buffers Enable KSM for page merging Use kernel mem{cpy,set}() for {copy_to,clear}_user() (EXPERIMENTAL) available here http://db.tt/FHavOhAf Same procedure to install, as listed above, for 1.0 -Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Delirium77 Posted November 16, 2011 Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 Thanks :) I will try it today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Delirium77 Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 Gespecial - I put your kernel 2 days ago into StreakDroid 2.4.4 beta 1 and it seems to be ok. More stable than oryginal kernel :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest messier Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 (edited) I want to try v1.3, the control panel would write commands in install detail? Thanks, Edited November 19, 2011 by messier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest messier Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 I want to try v1.3, the control panel would write commands in install detail? Thanks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gespecial Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 Messier- Forgive me, as I am not certain as to what it is that you are asking; To install, instructions are listed earlier within this topic, there also are many ways to do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest messier Posted November 20, 2011 Report Share Posted November 20, 2011 Would you write the installation instructions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gespecial Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 1.3.3 coming soon Working with the low resolution timer, snappier, still in testing; under-volting as well, with the static voltage regulator, attempted other voltage regulators, the hardware hates it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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