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Guest skywave
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Looks like the blade 2 will get ICS look at picture and look at processor msm7227 just like the blade 1 this might be the soloution?ZTE-Blade-2.jpg

http://cdn.techpp.co...ZTE-Blade-2.jpg

Sorry thats the msm7227 A, which is an armv7 processor, which only shares the GPU and gpio pinout

Guest rafalo1333
Posted

But his adreno 200 will have released source, yes? This source which is needed for us?

Guest skywave
Posted (edited)

But his adreno 200 will have released source, yes? This source which is needed for us?

Adreno 200 drivers are proprietary and there will not be any source code released of it. Furthermore the binaries compiled for this device will be almost definitely be targeted for ARMv7 instructionset making it incompatible with the blade. Just the kernel source maybe interesting if they rebase the kernel we are using now to 3.0 or 2.6 and still leave it compatible with the blade1. Only problem it will be 2014 the time they release it seeing ZTE's past record.

The only thing i can see this useful for a Blade owner is if he's so in love with the looks of it that he doesn't wan to switch.

Edited by skywave
Guest deksman2
Posted

Adreno 200 drivers are proprietary and there will not be any source code released of it. Furthermore the binaries compiled for this device will be almost definitely be targeted for ARMv7 instructionset making it incompatible with the blade. Just the kernel source maybe interesting if they rebase the kernel we are using now to 3.0 or 2.6 and still leave it compatible with the blade1. Only problem it will be 2014 the time they release it seeing ZTE's past record.

The only thing i can see this useful for a Blade owner is if he's so in love with the looks of it that he doesn't wan to switch.

This is not entirely accurate.

ICS was ported to other phones with full functionality (full HW accelerated 2D UI and 3D) that have identical gpu's to ours and ARMv6.

Guest skywave
Posted (edited)

This is not entirely accurate.

ICS was ported to other phones with full functionality (full HW accelerated 2D UI and 3D) that have identical gpu's to ours and ARMv6.

Which ones and what is "full" hardware acceleration according to you?

Edited by skywave
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Guest sifri
Posted

Is the development stopped because i cant see any sign since 7th february in the commits?

Guest skywave
Posted

Yes and no, been working on a CAF port for the Blade (CAF/CodeAurora is AOSP but with optimalisations for Qualcomm devices). It sort of boots, without image as the gralloc component is sort of borked. Also big problems regarding buffers cause of the stupid Adreno binaries which still requires all the crappy hacks.

Also been working hard on kernel port, but so far i haven't gotten any serial output and that means it's like finding a needle in a industrial size haystack with your eyes poked out. For now i am kinda busy with study and an other hobby project, kinda lost movivation when i noticed my USB connector on the Blade is starting to break down. Need some time away from it to refocus.

Guest tilal6991
Posted

A new gralloc will need to be written but they should help.

Guest skywave
Posted

A new gralloc will need to be written but they should help.

Well did someone check if they are compiled with v7 dependencies? New gralloc doesn't have to be written as it's been tested with CodeAurora releases. They tested with an ARMv7 device however so that doesn't look good.

Guest tilal6991
Posted

Well did someone check if they are compiled with v7 dependencies? New gralloc doesn't have to be written as it's been tested with CodeAurora releases. They tested with an ARMv7 device however so that doesn't look good.

I tried the binaries. It crashed the hacked gralloc/surfaceflinger. Linker didn't crash and it usually does with an ARMv7 binary so I hope that's not the issue.

Guest skywave
Posted (edited)

I tried the binaries. It crashed the hacked gralloc/surfaceflinger. Linker didn't crash and it usually does with an ARMv7 binary so I hope that's not the issue.

Got the binaries myself now too. If you instead of doing that, you should have stringed it, you would have found this

GCC: (GNU) 4.4.3 aebi ARM v7

The blade is dead long live the blade.

Edited by skywave
Guest tilal6991
Posted

We have to hope now that ZTE follow through with the promised ICS release for one of new ARMv6 phones - I forget the name.

Guest skywave
Posted

We have to hope now that ZTE follow through with the promised ICS release for one of new ARMv6 phones - I forget the name.

Well it was just mentioned on a couple of news sites that it contained a V6 device, can't remember it seeing spec-signs on any photos. I remember the Skate was once a snapdragon according to the news media.

Guest subasd
Posted

Speaking of possible armv6 ICS phones from ZTE, here is an overview of the models that ZTE had on display at MWC 2012.

In addition to the ZTE Nova 3.5 that was mentioned above, the Style Q and V856 are two low-end models that seem likely candidates. They have QVGA displays and a reported cpu frequency of 600 mhz. In the photos they are currently running gingerbread but in this photo you can read their spec sheets which state ICS.

Fingers crossed.

Guest emc02
Posted

wow, new version (16/03) is very fast... its getting harder to last at CM7 ;)

Guest Sulthekk
Posted

wow, new version (16/03) is very fast... its getting harder to last at CM7 ;)

Wrong thread - That one is AOSP, not coldfusion.

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