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23/10 1.2 - MCK - Playing with custom kernels (for the brave!)


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As you may know, HTC have just released the kernel source code, and i've been having a play.

Nothing massively exciting yet, but if you want your kernel to feature...

- Additional filesystems (EXT4, NFS, CramFS, SquashFS 4.0)

- Freshly compiled tun.ko module

- CompCache 0.5.4 support

- DroidWall support

...then you can install this package over the top of the latest MCR.

This is pretty much untested at the moment, so Nandroid backup first (of course), and i'm taking requests for future improvements. This is seperate from the main MCR thread for now simply because of it's untested nature!

I'd like to add...

- Port to 2.6.29 kernel

...but as I say this is just an early first-stab at a custom kernel. I thought i'd put it out there as I know many people like to run EXT4 on their A2SD partitions.

Download: http://content.modaco.net/hero/1.2-update-...-mck-signed.zip

Source Download (1.0 - to be updated): http://content.modaco.net/hero/1.0-update-...0-source.tar.gz

Enjoy! :)

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Changelog

1.2

Added DroidWall support

1.1

Internal (non public) Test Release

1.0

Initial Release

Guest jnwhiteh
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My first impression: it's a bit slower starting up but once everything gets loaded it goes back to being smooth as silk. Looking forward to any of the other enhancements you intend to make. Do you plan to toss your modifications (and build system?) up somewhere public? I'd love to help, I'm just not terribly experienced at the moment .

Guest Erik Wallentinsen
Posted

Can you post the .config you used for compiling? Would love to hack on this :)

Posted

I'll zip the directory up shortly and post it in the first post...

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So, I haven't had a chance yet, can anyone confirm they got compcache up and running?

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Guest munkimatt
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So, I haven't had a chance yet, can anyone confirm they got compcache up and running?

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I'm going to be daring and try, would I need to follow this?

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Possibly, i'm not that au fait with how compcache works...

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Guest munkimatt
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Possibly, i'm not that au fait with how compcache works...

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Right, I'm off to Tesco, if no one has done it by the time I'm back I'll give it a go.

Posted

Sweet, looking forward to what you can do with this baby! :)

Keep up the good work Paul. It is very appreciated!

Only thing I can think of as of now is that the Power Control Widget included in CyanogenMOD is pretty sweet. Perhaps something to add?

Posted

Hey Paul,

Is this compatible with 32B Sapphire devices? I was a really big fan of the Hero to Sapphire port Custom MoDaCo ROM which is unfortunately no longer being supported. I know that in the op of that thread (http://android.modaco.com/content/htc-sapphire-sapphire-modaco-com/292559/13-09-2-2-modaco-custom-rom-hero-to-sapphire-port-optional-4-1-11-1/) you said that you wanted to "package my ROMs for all three devices", I'm not sure if that means that your Hero builds are now compatible with all three, or if you are no longer working on the Dream and Sapphire at all. I'm really jonesing for some updated MoDaCo goodness on my myTouch!

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I'm not currently working on Sapphire / Dream ports i'm afraid...

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I'm not currently working on Sapphire / Dream ports i'm afraid...

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Man that sux, to this day the best Sapphire stuff is based off of your work. Oh well, myself and many others miss you, but we're still grateful for you contribution. Thanks bro.

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That's a Donut feature...

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Oh crap, didn't know that :) Oh well I'll just have to wait for 1.6 to come then...

Guest Rubber Ducky
Posted (edited)

Is it possible to compile this kernel in Windows??? (Currently no linux installed)

I want to play with kernel. :)

Edited by Rubber Ducky
Posted (edited)
Is it possible to compile this kernel in Windows??? (Currently no linux installed)

I want to play with kernel. :)

idk if it is possible at all, but if it is then it is probably a bigger hassle than throwing an ubuntu on your hard disk... check out WUBI, it is on the ubuntu live cd, and installs ubuntu kinda as application into your windows partition. if you want to get rid of it you can just uninstall it from within windows and it's gone...

Edited by kendon
Guest stripealipe
Posted

Heya Paul,

I know you're just starting out on compiling the new kernels that have been released, so by all means keep this thread going as an ongoing DEV testbed and post whatever needs testing. I'll be glad to help out, flash and report back with any bugs or problems to help you along.

Just let us know the best way of reporting back to you.

Cheers and nice 1 for all your efforts!

Guest packetlss
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- Required iptables functionality for DroidWall (i'll investigate)

Getting Droidwall up and running is a piece of cake, just enable the owner match support for iptables. I got it running on my Hero at the moment working fine.

Socket owner matching allows you to match locally-generated packets based on who created the socket: the user or group. It is also possible to check whether a socket actually exists.
Guest clarkEEE1
Posted

Can you upgrade to ext4 in adb like before were you just typed in upgrade_fs?

Guest Rubber Ducky
Posted (edited)
idk if it is possible at all, but if it is then it is probably a bigger hassle than throwing an ubuntu on your hard disk... check out WUBI, it is on the ubuntu live cd, and installs ubuntu kinda as application into your windows partition. if you want to get rid of it you can just uninstall it from within windows and it's gone...

Yeah, I know WUBI. But it's slow in my opinion. Oh well, guess I will be installing Ubuntu soon.

EDIT: Installed the MCK but it is not booting anymore. It's stuck in T-Mobile G2 bootscreen. I have a custom rom. Help please.

Edited by Rubber Ducky

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