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Doesn't the HTC hero have Android 1.5? I think 1.5 uses the 2.6.27 linux kernel, whereas 1.6+ uses the 2.6.29 one, which is why porting 1.6+ versions is so difficult, but once a 1.6 rom is working properly with the required drivers, then porting 2.0 and even 2.1 should be easier.

Someone please tell if im wrong though...

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Doesn't the HTC hero have Android 1.5? I think 1.5 uses the 2.6.27 linux kernel, whereas 1.6+ uses the 2.6.29 one, which is why porting 1.6+ versions is so difficult, but once a 1.6 rom is working properly with the required drivers, then porting 2.0 and even 2.1 should be easier.

Someone please tell if im wrong though...

Well I also thought that Hero was 1.5, and I agree with the other stuff u say, but I dont know much :)

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Ah, I'm wrong! 1.5 and 1.6 do have different kernels!

I must have read something wrong somewhere. Certainly, 2.0 has a different kernel.

Hm. Anyway, you can apparently compile and run android 1.6 with the kernel from 1.5.

Google reckons that the HTC Hero does have android 1.6.

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1.5 , 1.6, 2.0, 14.567 with kernel xyz - who cares :D

As long as it boots up

No just kidding B)

Thanks for the infos!

I also thought that the Hero has another kernel with android 1.6.

So if I'll get this to work, that would be the first kernel that has been ported to the Pulse :)

I'll now go on compiling the kernel (I hope to finish it within the next hour)

Stay Tuned!

Greetings,

BigBearMDC

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It does have 1.6, the HTC Tattoo runs Android 1.6 with Sense UI :)

Hope it goes well and u get it running, Will be very nice to have 1.6 on Pulse

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Ahh, well I understand now lol :), well Id rather see android 1.6 on Pulse rather than 1.5, however 1.5 looks good with sense ui B) and ofc Flash player

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1.5 , 1.6, 2.0, 14.567 with kernel xyz - who cares :D

As long as it boots up

No just kidding B)

Thanks for the infos!

I also thought that the Hero has another kernel with android 1.6.

So if I'll get this to work, that would be the first kernel that has been ported to the Pulse :)

I'll now go on compiling the kernel (I hope to finish it within the next hour)

Stay Tuned!

Greetings,

BigBearMDC

You know, if you pull this off, you'll probably be eligible for some kind of Android Nobel prize.

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Well i think compiling the kernel will not be the problem.

The problem will be that really many things won't work.

Sorry guys I'm not gonna make it today.

Just too less time :)

But as fast as i can I'll go on with my work!

Stay Tuned!

Greetings,

BigBearMDC

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Well i think compiling the kernel will not be the problem.

The problem will be that really many things won't work.

Sorry guys I'm not gonna make it today.

Just too less time B)

But as fast as i can I'll go on with my work!

Stay Tuned!

Greetings,

BigBearMDC

Stop being sorry about things! We all think that you're brilliant, and are really grateful that you're doing this at all - there's no need to be sorry :)

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Hi guys :)

UPDATE:

I think I'm pretty close now.

But i get this error:

LD	  .tmp_vmlinux1

~/android-1.6-source/prebuilt/linux-x86/toolchain/arm-eabi-4.4.0/bin/arm-eabi-ld: no machine record defined

~/android-1.6-source/prebuilt/linux-x86/toolchain/arm-eabi-4.4.0/bin/arm-eabi-ld: no machine record defined

make: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Fehler 1[/code]



Does anyone know how to fix this?

I tried to copy "CONFIG_ARCH_MSM7200A=y" into the .config file, but it makes no difference B)



Please help me!

I'm so close...



Greetings,

BigBearMDC
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Hi guys :)

UPDATE:

I think I'm pretty close now.

But i get this error:

LD	  .tmp_vmlinux1

~/android-1.6-source/prebuilt/linux-x86/toolchain/arm-eabi-4.4.0/bin/arm-eabi-ld: no machine record defined

~/android-1.6-source/prebuilt/linux-x86/toolchain/arm-eabi-4.4.0/bin/arm-eabi-ld: no machine record defined

make: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Fehler 1

Does anyone know how to fix this?

I tried to copy "CONFIG_ARCH_MSM7200A=y" into the .config file, but it makes no difference B)

Please help me!

I'm so close...

Greetings,

BigBearMDC

Some info here, might make more sense to you:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=5080885

A few other forums have reported the same error, so you're in good company. It's not clear how they resolved it though, sorry :D

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Thanks!

But I made an decision:

I'll start again from the beginning.

I've made far too many changes to the source... And i can't correct them.

I'll try to edit the most important Hero drivers to get them to work on the Pulse.

That's gonna take some time.

But i won't give up :)

Stay Tuned!

Greetings,

BigBearMDC

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Hi guys

UPDATE:

As said before, I'm now trying to edit the source code to get the Hero kernel working.

It looks like the Pulse kernel is a kind of "enhanced" Hero kernel.

The main functions stay the same but the Pulse kernel adds some features the Hero kernel hasn't.

EDIT:

Weird.

It looks like its faster to adapt the kernel than commenting out all the code that doesn't work.

I now get less errors than before.

Stay Tuned :)

Greetings,

BigBearMDC

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Hi guys

UPDATE:

As said before, I'm now trying to edit the source code to get the Hero kernel working.

It looks like the Pulse kernel is a kind of "enhanced" Hero kernel.

The main functions stay the same but the Pulse kernel adds some features the Hero kernel hasn't.

EDIT:

Weird.

It looks like its faster to adapt the kernel than commenting out all the code that doesn't work.

I now get less errors than before.

Stay Tuned B)

Greetings,

BigBearMDC

So if you get the Hero Kernal to run, and say u fix the problems, would we see sense UI on our pulses?

Keep going, your doing great :D

Thanks for ur time and effort :)

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So if you get the Hero Kernal to run, and say u fix the problems, would we see sense UI on our pulses?

I think the SenseUI should work :)

Greetings,

BigBearMDC

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UPDATE:

Hi guys.

Everything is working fine so far.

Except this annoying "no machine record defined" error.

But i found a way to bypass it (this could be intersting for other devs too):

i just out-commented this line (in /kernel_dir/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds)

ASSERT((__proc_info_end - __proc_info_begin), "missing CPU support")

/*ASSERT((__arch_info_end - __arch_info_begin), "no machine record defined")  */[/code]



Thats not very elegant, but it works - at least for now.



Stay Tuned!



Greetings,

BigBearMDC
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UPDATE:

Hi guys.

Everything is working fine so far.

Except this annoying "no machine record defined" error.

But i found a way to bypass it (this could be intersting for other devs too):

i just out-commented this line (in /kernel_dir/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds)

ASSERT((__proc_info_end - __proc_info_begin), "missing CPU support")

/*ASSERT((__arch_info_end - __arch_info_begin), "no machine record defined")  */

Thats not very elegant, but it works - at least for now.

Stay Tuned!

Greetings,

BigBearMDC

Do the assorted sensors (camera, gps, etc) work?

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Do the assorted sensors (camera, gps, etc) work?

I did not finish compiling the kernel yet.

But as soon as its done I'll test it and upload it so anybody can test it.

Stay Tuned!

Greetings,

BigBearMDC

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I did not finish compiling the kernel yet.

But as soon as its done I'll test it and upload it so anybody can test it.

Stay Tuned!

Greetings,

BigBearMDC

So you booted into what version of android? Im kinda confused here :), keep going!!

Thank you

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Okay, her is exactly what i tried:

1.5 Hero kernel / Pulse .config / 1.5 ramdisk -> boots up, but automatically restarts

1.5 Hero kernel / def_config / 1.5 ramdisk -> stuck at T-Mobile screen

1.5 Hero kernel / Pulse .config / original Hero ramdisk (1.5) -> boots up, but automatically restarts

1.5 Hero kernel / Pulse .config / 1.6 ramdisk -> stuck at T-Mobile screen

1.5 Hero kernel / def_config / 1.6 ramdisk -> stuck at T-Mobile screen

What I'm trying to compile now:

Modified* 1.5 Hero kernel / Pulse .config / 1.5 ramdisk / stock android 1.5

*: modified means that i copied all the drivers from the Pulse kernel and edited only header files.

The last time i edited the source files - thus I screwed everything up.

But at the moment I'm getting some weird errors.

For example:

There's one file called "irq.c". It includes the file "smd_private.h".

In the "smd_private.h" a function of "irq.c" is declared.

But the compiler wants to make me belive that the "smd_private.h" header file isn't included.

But i don't get a "file or directory not found" error.

And its getting even more weird.

I copied the whole code from the header file into the source file.

And guess what happened ... I got exactly the same error (undifined reference i think).

So i tried to include the header file also.

And what error did i get?

"redeclaration of function bla BlA bLa..."

So the compiler recognizes the function in the header file and also the function that i copied into the source file...

But after 10 lines of code the compiler decides to just forget that the function is already declared and abborts with an "undifined reference" error...

really weird oO

BTW: i got the same error in a few other files that include the "smd_private" header file.

Greetings,

BigBearMDC

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I dont know how to fix any of ur problems, however since ur having trouble with Hero, cant you try 1.6 kernal etc. I dont suspose it would be much trouble?

Goodluck, hopefully u get it working anyhow

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I dont know how to fix any of ur problems, however since ur having trouble with Hero, cant you try 1.6 kernal etc. I dont suspose it would be much trouble?

I would need to get a 1.6 kernel source from the Hero or any other device.

The problem is not to compile an already finished kernel but to edit the kernel.

That causes some trouble...

But if I don't edit the kernel, it won't boot.

Maybe I'll have to start again from the beginning if I can't figure out how to fix this werid errors...

Any help is greatly appriciated!

Greetings,

BigBearMDC

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I would need to get a 1.6 kernel source from the Hero or any other device.

The problem is not to compile an already finished kernel but to edit the kernel.

That causes some trouble...

But if I don't edit the kernel, it won't boot.

Maybe I'll have to start again from the beginning if I can't figure out how to fix this werid errors...

Any help is greatly appriciated!

Greetings,

BigBearMDC

Maybe you could post on XDA Developers somewhere, asking for some help, Im sure they wouldnt mind it? would they :) ? lol

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Hey guys

I think I'm going to make a tutorial on how to edit the android kernel if I can manage to compile my one.

There aren't any tutorials on the net...

BTW I started again from the beginning - I now only copied the drivers (instead of the drivers and the mach_msm directory).

I guess that won't work as there is still some HTC stuff in the kernel... like HTC_battery and things like that...

I'll try it anyway.

Stay Tuned!

Greetings,

BigBearMDC

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