Boot to Gecko - Worth a Shot?

[Guest rangeoshun]

@Lalit:

Does this:

Important: Only devices running Android 4 (aka Ice Cream Sandwich) are supported. If your device is listed above but running an older version of Android, please update it before doing anything.

mean, that the known issues of ICS/JB will be still present?

Thank you!

Source: https://developer.mo...d_prerequisites

[Guest andr0idbeliev3r]

Go any lower than having that GPU and you'll be in wildfire territory aka no GPU at all. So don't make it as our GPU is the minimum standard, take it as you need a GPU or it won't run.

Actually HTC Touch HD has a adreno GPU (lower then 200) and has android and it has a GPU

[Guest oscar-mark]

Tilal you still working on this? :S

[Guest omegavesko]

Tilal you still working on this? :S

I imagine CM10 updates are taking up most of his time.

[Guest oscar-mark]

I imagine CM10 updates are taking up most of his time.

And his new Xperia :(

[Guest tilal6991]

No no. Still working on the skate. Just real life taking up most of my time.

In the past couple of days I've probably spent more time on the skate than the xperia.

[Guest oscar-mark]

No no. Still working on the skate. Just real life taking up most of my time.

In the past couple of days I've probably spent more time on the skate than the xperia.

Omg, you almost sound "human".

JK, but are you still working on this?

[Guest rangeoshun]

Apparently there are some issues compiling Gaia to ARMv6 right now. A few people are working on it on XDA for a few ARMv6 devices, but have to be patient. Probably Mozilla also needs work on this subject, I think their main focus is stability and finishing the OS and for that one ARM architecture is enough. After that they might look at other platforms. Just a guess tho..

[Guest oscar-mark]

Apparently there are some issues compiling Gaia to ARMv6 right now. A few people are working on it on XDA for a few ARMv6 devices, but have to be patient. Probably Mozilla also needs work on this subject, I think their main focus is stability and finishing the OS and for that one ARM architecture is enough. After that they might look at other platforms. Just a guess tho..

Thanks

[Guest omegavesko]

Apparently there are some issues compiling Gaia to ARMv6 right now. A few people are working on it on XDA for a few ARMv6 devices, but have to be patient. Probably Mozilla also needs work on this subject, I think their main focus is stability and finishing the OS and for that one ARM architecture is enough. After that they might look at other platforms. Just a guess tho..

Yeah, ARMv6 was never a priority for Mozilla. At least we have Nighly/Aurora now, I guess.

[Guest zukriaksah]

No no. Still working on the skate. Just real life taking up most of my time.

In the past couple of days I've probably spent more time on the skate than the xperia.

Can u collaborate with this dev?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1827571

[Guest omegavesko]

Can u collaborate with this dev?

http://forum.xda-dev...d.php?t=1827571

Hm. The hardware seems similar enough, if anything.

[Guest rangeoshun]

They didn't manage to boot it yet... They say there are components not compatible with ARMv6.

Edited October 21, 2012 by rangeoshun

[Guest rangeoshun]

Good news everyone!

Mozilla will decide hopefully in a few days, or already has, on official ARMv6 support, but encouraging fact, they got themselves a lot of ARMv6 devices.

Ordered (11/01)

• ZTE Atlas W (blade2)
  
• ZTE Skate N960
  
• Kyocera Milano (C5120)
  

Source: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/ProductPlanning/Notes-2012-10-30

[Guest omegavesko]

That is great news. I can't wait to see what they do with it.

[Guest m4te]

Looks promising. Looking forward to a new OS.

[Guest razzmataz1478]

N960? We're U960.

[Guest utternoob]

Misprint or typo maybe?

[Guest rangeoshun]

Well, the only thing I could find out is, it's the CDMA version of the U960, and it should be as they are based in the USA.

Here is where I could find some specs atleast: http://product.pconl...704_detail.html

Here are specs that differ in CPU speed: http://product.yesky...543/param.shtml

So hopefully they are close enough :)

Besides, it seems it's even older, with a MSM7627 chipset according to pdadb: http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=cpu&id=a7627&c=qualcomm_msm7627

Edited November 9, 2012 by rangeoshun

[Guest tilal6991]

Msm7627 is the sister chip set. It's just as old ad it was released at the same. The only difference is the CDMA vs GSM which you've already pointed out.

[Guest oscar-mark]

Msm7627 is the sister chip set. It's just as old ad it was released at the same. The only difference is the CDMA vs GSM which you've already pointed out.

So you're back on this project again, or atleast will be back? :D

[Guest tilal6991]

Maybe. Not investing too much time in it though.

[Guest rangeoshun]

There is some progress in the above mentioned xda topic. It seems user adfad666 provided some patches ( HERE ) for armv6, which make armv7 hacking obsolete. So he says it builds now, and boots.

I got the sources of b2g and gaia, but haven't managed to apply one patch. Seems I have stuff missing. If anyone manages to apply these and could shed some light what repos are needed, would be very welcome!

Cheers!

[Guest razzmataz1478]

There is some progress in the above mentioned xda topic. It seems user adfad666 provided some patches ( HERE ) for armv6, which make armv7 hacking obsolete. So he says it builds now, and boots.

I got the sources of b2g and gaia, but haven't managed to apply one patch. Seems I have stuff missing. If anyone manages to apply these and could shed some light what repos are needed, would be very welcome!

Cheers!

How big is the source?

[Guest rangeoshun]

Cannot recall, as I have deleted them... I'll clone them again tomorrow at work. Anyways, how big should it be? A few hundred megabites, aint it?

I used this:

git clone git://github.com/mozilla-b2g/B2G.git

And cloned Gaia separately..

Edited November 12, 2012 by rangeoshun