building AOSP rom using Dell's instructions

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taken from here: http://opensource.dell.com/releases/streak/4.05/how-to-build%233.txt'>http://opensource.dell.com/releases/streak/4.05/how-to-build%233.txt

bluez

1) download source tree of anroid gingerbread from Google.

2) build android by

. build/envsetup.sh

choosecombo (all default option, Product choices are: 2. generic)

make -j4

3) replace external/bluez, and 'export BOARD_HAVE_BLUETOOTH=true'

4) mmm external/bluetooth/glib

mmm external/bluetooth/bluez

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e2fsprogs

1) download source tree of anroid gingerbread from Google.

2) build android by

. build/envsetup.sh

choosecombo (all default option, Product choices are: 2. generic)

make -j4

3) replace external/e2fsprogs

4) mmm external/e2fsprogs

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webkit

1) download source tree of anroid gingerbread from Google.

2) build android by

. build/envsetup.sh

choosecombo (all default option, Product choices are: 2. generic)

make -j4

3) replace external/webkit

4) mmm external/webkit

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wpa_supplicant

1) download source tree of anroid gingerbread from Google.

2) build android by

. build/envsetup.sh

choosecombo (all default option, Product choices are: 2. generic)

make -j4

3) replace external/wpa_supplicant_6

4) mmm external/wpa_supplicant_6/wpa_supplicant

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kernel

1) download source tree of android gingerbread from Google. (Android 2.3.5R1)

2) get source of "device" and "vendor" folder for msm8660 from Qualcomm. (M8660AAABQNLYA3134)

3) edit android/device/qcom/common/common.mk

before:

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include build/core/utils.mk

after:

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# include build/core/utils.mk

4) edit android/build/core/base_rules.mk

before:

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$(error user tag detected on new module - user tags are only supported on legacy modules)

after:

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# $(error user tag detected on new module - user tags are only supported on legacy modules)

5) edit android/device/qcom/msm8660_surf/BoardConfig.mk

before:

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TARGET_NO_BOOTLOADER := false

BOARD_KERNEL_BASE := 0x40200000

BOARD_BOOTIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE := 0x00A00000

BOARD_RECOVERYIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE := 0x00A00000

BOARD_SYSTEMIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE := 157286400

BOARD_USERDATAIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE := 1073741824

after:

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TARGET_NO_BOOTLOADER := true

BOARD_KERNEL_BASE := 0x20000000

BOARD_BOOTIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE := 0x00500000

BOARD_RECOVERYIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE := 0x00600000

BOARD_SYSTEMIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE := 0x10400000

BOARD_USERDATAIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE := 0x08C00000

6) replace kernel

7) build kernel by

. build/envsetup.sh

choosecombo

Build for the simulator or the device?

1. Device

2. Simulator

Which would you like? [1] 1

Build type choices are:

1. release

2. debug

Which would you like? [1] 1

Which product would you like? [generic] msm8660_surf

Variant choices are:

1. user

2. userdebug

3. eng

Which would you like? [eng] 3

8) make -j4 bootimage

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currently seeing if this works, the packages you need to replace as instructed can be downloaded here: http://opensource.dell.com/releases/streak/4.05/

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can get the system image to build, but the boot image dies in a ball of flame at drivers, most disappointing