Custom Kernel development effort

[Guest xangma]

Do you mean the french kernel?

Or if your referring to martin's custom kernel, if its the custom one, then have a look at post 94, Martin has kindly detailed all his changes there.

Oh, my bad =] thanks. Yes I did mean the custom one.

[Guest klutsh]

Can anyone possibly test a build of the kernel without the wifi patch on the U8230 system\wifi files

I've noticed a few file size differences between the U8220 files and those on the U8230,

data.patch.hw2_0.bin

ar6000.ko

are the 2 files

[Guest xangma]

I'm pretty sure I've done that already. Worked just the same as the one given to us in the original post ... well I think so anyway.

[Guest screwface]

Just ordered a pulse as i couldn't hold out waiting any longer for the perfect smart phone to come out. This will tide me over untill the new wave of HTC phones/Xperia X10.

Once it arrives i'll lend a hand.

[Guest martinbrook]

Hi Guys,

Here is a my custom kernel with wifi and ext3/4 support.

Pulse Kernel with wifi and ext3/4 support

Martin

[Guest bounty123]

Hi Guys,

Here is a my custom kernel with wifi and ext3/4 support.

Pulse Kernel with wifi and ext3/4 support

Martin

Thanks! Just to be sure: I can put this on my Pulse at the boot screen, with the command 'fastboot flash boot bootimagename.img', right?

[Guest martinbrook]

Thanks! Just to be sure: I can put this on my Pulse at the boot screen, with the command 'fastboot flash boot bootimagename.img', right?

I usually erase and flash from within an adb shell but I think your method will also work.

Martin

[Guest klutsh]

I usually erase and flash from within an adb shell but I think your method will also work.

Martin

Care to post instructions?

[Guest martinbrook]

Care to post instructions?

Flashing your new image back onto the phone

You will probably only ever be flashing boot images directly to the phone, given the fact that /system/recovery.img automatically flashes the recovery device for you (as noted above). If you have created a new recovery image, just stick it in /system/recovery.img and reboot. If you are flashing a boot image, stick it on your phone via adb (a tool included in the Android SDK):

adb push ./mynewimage.img /sdcard

Then, open a shell to your phone via 'adb shell', get root, and do the following two commands to flash your new boot image:

# cat /dev/zero > /dev/mtd/mtd0

write: No space left on device [this is ok, you can ignore]

# flash_image boot /sdcard/mynewimage.img

# reboot

[Guest Bigsy]

Nice work.... few questions

This isn't a rom right? So you can just install this kernel inside Pauls rom for example?

Thanks.

Edited December 5, 2009 by Bigsy

[Guest klutsh]

Thanks,

Been using it for a few hours now (Flashed using Fastboot) on Paul's u8230 MCR1.0

Working without problems and converted my Ext2 partition to Ext3, again no problems at all.

Edited December 5, 2009 by klutsh

[Guest Neron]

Thanks,

Been using it for a few hours now (Flashed using Fastboot) on Paul's u8230 MCR1.0

Working without problems and converted my Ext2 partition to Ext3, again no problems at all.

Used same method also with MCR 1.0 now converted ext3 with no issues!

Thanks!

[Guest HunteronX]

Used same method also with MCR 1.0 now converted ext3 with no issues!

Thanks!

My pulse was flashed in the same way, but only works with ext3 with the new kernel - when I use ext4, no apps are recognised at all (apart from in-rom ones), apart from in the market, but I can't open them, and no apps/games can be installed either.

I don't know if anyone else has the same problem?

Thanks anyway Martin, wifi still works great with your modified kernel, and using ext3 reduces the amount of installation unsuccessful errors I get! :D

[Guest martinbrook]

I guess ext4 has to be supported in the stack above the kernel. I notice that the recovery image does not have any ext4 related menu items.

My pulse was flashed in the same way, but only works with ext3 with the new kernel - when I use ext4, no apps are recognised at all (apart from in-rom ones), apart from in the market, but I can't open them, and no apps/games can be installed either.

I don't know if anyone else has the same problem?

Thanks anyway Martin, wifi still works great with your modified kernel, and using ext3 reduces the amount of installation unsuccessful errors I get! :D

[Guest joners]

Are there any plans to add support for the wifi teather app in the kernel i understand that some bits have to be added in?

Edited December 6, 2009 by joners

[Guest Timmmm]

Yeah it needs netfilter. I might give it ago.

Incidentally to give you an amusing insight into the insanity of some linux developers, some of the netfilter source files differ only in case! I.e. there is some_FILE.c and some_file.c and *they are different*! How messed up is that?

[Guest Paul]

I will add all the netfilter stuff etc. to my custom kernel.

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[Guest Paul]

Hmmm, so I built a kernel with CONFIG_MMC_MSM_SDC2_SUPPORT unset, and I still get 'Unable to start wifi'. :D

Any pointers?

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[Guest Paul]

My bad, I messed with CONFIG_LOCALVERSION! :D

Custom kernel now posted here... http://android.modaco.com/content/t-mobile...-mck-for-pulse/

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[Guest Paul]

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