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remind that the kernel has inside android patches, not, even if your |
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gentoo is chrooted, it could have some pb anyway |
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2009/11/5 wireless <wireless@×××××××××××.com>: |
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> Christopher Friedt wrote: |
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>> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 8:34 PM, wireless <wireless@×××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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>>> Can the gentoo embedded, openmoko, or any other |
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>>> embedded linux stack run on the (verizon) Android |
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>>> (verizon droid) phone? |
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>> |
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>> yes. |
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>> |
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>> my suggestions would be to |
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>> |
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>> 1) cross-compile busybox statically for armv5tel |
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>> 2) push the busybox binary (and symlinks) to the device using adb |
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>> 3) download a gentoo stage3 filesystem for armv5tel |
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>> 4) extract the filesystem to a suitable memory card |
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>> 5) log in to the device using 'adb shell' |
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>> 6) execute '/bin/ash' (the busybox shell) |
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>> 7) mount proc sys dev -o bind to your memory card, where the gentoo |
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>> root is installed |
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>> 8) chroot to the gentoo root filesystem |
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>> |
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>> If you do that, you'll have android and gentoo 'running' on the device |
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>> at the same time. I'm not sure how easy it is to do all of that on a |
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>> Motorola Droid, and you might need to make some software modifications |
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>> to start the adb (android debug bridge) service on the device. |
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>> |
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>> You can of course do the same with an OpenMoko filesystem image |
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>> instead of a Gentoo filesystem image. Unfortunately, you won't be able |
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>> to use the framebuffer while Android is using it (AFAIK). |
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>> |
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> |
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> Nice to know. |
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> |
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>>> Isn't the Android(2.0) phone just somebody's Linux |
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>>> stack? If so, is it an open/hackable embedded |
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>>> linux stack for an Arm? |
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>> |
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>> I would suggest that you ask Motorola to release the source code for |
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>> their Droid Linux kernel. Aside from that, all of the available source |
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>> and documentation for Android is at http://source.android.com . Note |
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>> that most of the 'good' Android apps are not open source - they (e.g. |
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>> Google, Motorola, HTC) can get away with that because the userland is |
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>> made available under an Apache-2.0 license. |
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> |
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> I do not think I'll be leading the charge here. |
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> Just looking for folks that I can follow on |
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> putting eGentoo on a cell phone, with wifi and |
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> compatible with Verizon. |
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> |
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>> If you really want to experiment, then try to modify the Droid boot |
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>> loader so it will boot into your Gentoo root on /dev/mmcblk0p1 or |
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>> something instead of /dev/mdtblockX (where Android resides). You'll |
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>> probably want to check out mtd-utils to do that. Warning: You'll most |
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>> likely void your warranty by doing so, and you might end up with a |
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>> bricked device. |
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> |
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> I do not think the DROID phone is what I want, |
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> after looking more closely... However, I am wedded |
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> to Verizon, for a variety of reasons, so the cell |
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> phone I choose should run Gentoo and work with |
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> Verizon and WiFi. |
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>> IMHO - the best (current) device you can use for a hackable handheld |
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>> is the Nokia N900 - I wish I had one myself. |
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> I do not see much about this phone on Verizon's |
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> wireless plans..... I could consider T-mobile? |
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> I'm not sure about how good the T-mobile coverage |
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> is in Florida? |
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> James |
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