[Q]Couple of questions about kernel developement - HTC Wildfire S

I was wondering if its possible to build WFS kernel with the linaro toolchain or is it only for kernel v 3.
Also is there a way to eddit the .config file w/o decompiling the kernel. I think i saw some tool like that or something.
I tried compiling fresh kernel from source didnt work out so well so i tought lol maybe there is a workaround for some smaller changes.
Basically i want to take an alrady compiled kernel open its config file and add manualy EXT support or change the dafault scheduler governor or freq.

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[23-Sep-2011][Kernel][Patch] Lagfree and Smoothass governors

Hi fellows!
I have been building a kernel for P1000L/N based on Overcome v3.3.1 Kernel.
Additionally, I added to my version two new governors: lagfree and smoothass.
Here are the description of each one:
Lagfree governor
'lagfree' - this driver is rather similar to the 'ondemand'
governor both in its source code and its purpose, the difference is
its optimization for better suitability in a battery powered
environment. The frequency is gracefully increased and decreased
rather than jumping to 100% when speed is required.
Smoothass governor
'smoothass' - Slightly more aggressive smartass
I'm uploading here the .patch to add this both governors to P1000 kernel tree.
This patch was maid to be applied on top of Overcome v3.3.1 kernel, but anyone with some knowledge about diff/patch should be able add the both governors in your kernels.
If you want to check my kernel tree, visit my github account:
https://github.com/ronisbr
Just for information, lagfree is my default governor now
23-Sep-2011
I did some modifications in the patch to make it more compatible with different kernels. If you want to try to patch your tree, download .zip attached here, decompress, go into your kernel directory and type:
patch -p1 < (Folder you decompressed the .zip file)/ronan-P1000-lagfree-smoothass-20110923.patch
Thanks!
Ronan
Reserved......
is it for GT-P1000 too? Or GT-P1000L/N only?
ayong chia said:
is it for GT-P1000 too? Or GT-P1000L/N only?
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The kernel I'm working on is just for P1000L/N.
But the patch that I attached here should work on every P1000 kernel. Actually, if it was applied right, it should work on every android kernel (2.6.35 version at least).
Thanks,
Ronan
Ronis_BR said:
The kernel I'm working on is just for P1000L/N.
But the patch that I attached here should work on every P1000 kernel. Actually, if it was applied right, it should work on every android kernel (2.6.35 version at least).
Thanks,
Ronan
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How do you apply it? Do I have to do any compiling first or is it a patch that can be flashed via recovery?
where do i apply this patch?
0vermind said:
How do you apply it? Do I have to do any compiling first or is it a patch that can be flashed via recovery?
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This patch needs to be applied to the kernel source code.
After, you need to recompile your kernel and flash it.
Thanks,
Ronan
dizgustipated said:
where do i apply this patch?
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Well, if you are using overcome kernel or something similar, you should go into your kernel directory and type:
patch -p1 < ronan-P1000-lagfree-smoothass-20110922.patch
But it is very unlikely that you will do it without problems since I have generated this patch from my own kernel. So, the best thing to do, is to open the .patch file, analyse it, and apply the changes manually.
If you want, post your kernel somewhere and I'll send the specific patch for your kernel.
Thanks,
Ronan

[kernel][For CM7 only][LAZY,TUN,CIFS,ondemand tweaks]Adam's kernel[02/10/2012]

Hi guys.
I'm a newbie about compiling kernel,and this is my personal compiled kernel based on Hashcode's git source( stock branch),also with some tweaks which I think can improve the responsiveness without bringing extra power consumption( or as little as possible).
This kernel will also be my testing platform to do some MOD porting from Ezekeel's GLaDOS kernel.
Thanks to all great developers in XDA , especially:
-Hashcode & intersectRaven : for their git repo alone with a working .config. alone
-Ezekeel : for his so many great MODs on Nexus S(my phone) and Galaxy Nexus(will be my next phone)
-whistlestop : For his improvement on CM7 (I'm completely unfamiliar with the user land things about android, without him I'll be still using the stock ROM)
Features:
-LAZY cpufreq governor ported from GLaDOS(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1276092) with some tweaks.
-TUN compiled into kernel (especially important for people living in regions with strict network censorship like CHINA! F*ck the GreatFireWall)
-CIFS compiled into kernel along with NLS-utf8 for non-ASCII characters.( Now who cares the size of the internal flash?)
-Minor tweaks on ondemand governor to improve responsiveness.
ToDo:
-BLX porting from GLaDOS(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1257497)
-TouchWake porting from GLaDOS(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1239240)
Because I'm a newbie on kernel development and the MODs above both have some code in hardware drivers, so it will be a long time before accomplish.
The kernel source code seems to work on both CM9 and stock ROM.
So later I'll upload the flashable kernel zip for CM9 and stock ROM after some test.
Download:
CM7:http://www.mediafire.com/?2nsm9lb7ylm3gnl
In next post,I'll post the procedure for compiling the kernel and the wifi driver.
In this post I'll post the detailed procedure of compile the kernel.
1.Get the kernel source and wifi driver:
If you want to compile the kernel based on my tweak,
you can use my repo (fork from hashcode's source):https://github.com/adam900710/kernel_omap(branch stock)
Or you can just start from scratch without my tweak:https://github.com/KFire-Android/kernel_omap(only branch stock is tested)
If you are unfamiliar with git,you can learn it on the GitHub's help page:
http://help.github.com/
Tiwlan drivers from neither omapzoom nor CM7 works due the lack of given functions.
ONLY the wifi driver from Amazon seems work. So you need to download the whole zip from Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200203720
The wifi driver locates in mydroid/hardware/ti/wlan/wl1283
2.Get the cross compile toolchain:
Yes,you can build from scratch according to CLFS(http://trac.cross-lfs.org/),but a newbie like me is glad to use the pre-compiled toolchain like sourcery G++. Omappedia recommanded 2010q1-202(https://sourcery.mentor.com/sgpp/lite/arm/portal/release1293), so I use it as the toolchain and it works well.
The self-extrated installation program will install the toolchian without any problem.
Also other toolchain is available like linaro , but according to the post by Ezekeel (http://rootzwiki.com/topic/10855-researchmythbuster-optimized-compiler-toolchains/) , there seems no obvious difference. So the out-of-box sourcery G++ is a good choice.
3.Compile the kernel.
Code:
cd kernel_omap #cd into your kernel
make mrproper #clean the source tree( normally you can skip)
make otter_android_defconfig #get the default .config (also you can copy it manually)
make ARCH=arm menuconfig #if you want,you can tweak the config of the kernel.This needs headers of ncurse
make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-linux-gnueabi -j4 #you should make sure that the toolchain is in you PATH
After some CPU time, the kernel is built, in arch/arm/boot/zImage. Also the modules is built in other places.
Since I built all TUN/CIFS and so on into kernel,so there is no need to install the modules.
4.Compile the wifi driver:
Code:
cd mydroid/hardware/ti/wlan/wl1283/platforms/os/linux/ #cd into the building folder
make ARCH=arm KERNEL_DIR=/home/adam/kernel_omap CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-linux-gnueabi- TNETW=1273 -j4 #you need to change the path of KERNEL_DIR
CAUTION: DO NOT add DEBUG=n OR DELETE TNETW=1273....
I don't know why,but if you do so,the wifi driver won't work properly.
5. Package the kernel into boot.img with ramdisk.
Thanks to DooMLord , in his git repo , you can download the tools needed.
https://github.com/DooMLoRD/Kindle-Fire-Kernel/tree/master/final_files
Only minor changes are needed for the path ,every thing elso works fine.
You can use the ramdisk extracted from any CM7 boot.img using the perl script.
Then just ./make_bootimg will do everythin for you.
Great i will test it
Sent from my GT-P1000 using xda premium
Best kernel.
I'm running on CM7 with this kernel and get super-perfomance and perfect power consump (Using Lazy governor).
It's not support OC??
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acax456 said:
It's not support OC??
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Sorry, not support yet.
Maybe I'll add OC in next release.But I don't recommend OC because the power consumption...
can you able otg usb support ???
is this possible
Please add .zip for CM9!
Can I flash this from the recovery? or do I have to use adb??
please.update your kernel.since its been two months from last.update
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TF300T kernel source repository

https://github.com/untermensch/asus_kernels
getting started with building kernels:
http://source.android.com/source/building-kernels.html
I started with the source from the ASUS website and the Linux 3.1.10 source from
kernel.org and made a some patches for the various directories, created a new git
repository and made a commit after each patch is applied to the Linux 3.1.10
kernel source tree. So now you can browse the changes made to the Linux 3.1.10
source to make it into a kernel for the TF300T.
update 11-21-2012:
add cifs, md4 modules
update 10-27-2012:
add data2sd support
uncap sd card DTR
add DUB-E100 revision C dev id
update 10-11-2012:
add zram support
add zram swap
add init.d
add OC kernel for the TF300TL, TF300TG
update 10-05-2012:
fix exFat mounting
revert MosChip MCS7830 driver
update 10-04-2012:
NTFS R/W via ntfs-3g
noauto_da_alloc added to fstab.cardhu
updated MosChip MCS7830 driver
added GPU overclock to 520Mhz from Motly-git
added user voltage control from Motly-git
possible I/O latency tweek
update 10-02-2012:
NTFS mount fail fixed (read only)
all I/O scheduler's included
support for MosChip MCS7830 based Ethernet adapters added
attached is the current snapshot of the repository.
changes:
debug stuff removed
OC to 1.6GHz
simple I/O scheduler as default
pegasuq governor added
zcache and cleancache enabled
CWM flash-able
Great move... lets see if someone dedicates some time to this wonderful gadget
Sent from Chanook 300 using Tapatalk 2
I'm running the source built kernel now and it appears that all the devices work
you may want to start a dev.. go ahead
untermensch said:
I'm running the source built kernel now and it appears that all the devices work
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Hi !
..also I compiled the 10.4.2.9 kernel source code , and seems to be stable and no issue !
:good:
I have somme issue with dock keyboard ...as soon as it is connected = frequent reboot in any JB rom ( stock or custom !)
I hope this latest update 10.4.2.13 to resolve this ! :good:
untermensch said:
https://github.com/untermensch/tf300t_kernel
I started with the source from the ASUS website and the Linux 3.1.10 source from
kernel.org and made a some patches for the various directories, created a new git
repository and made a commit after each patch is applied to the Linux 3.1.10
kernel source tree. So now you can browse the changes made to the Linux 3.1.10
source to make it into a kernel for the TF300T.
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Thanks for your work.
Could you tell me why would be beneficial to port Linux 3.1.10 to the TF300?
Valantur said:
Thanks for your work.
Could you tell me why would be beneficial to port Linux 3.1.10 to the TF300?
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the official ASUS kernel source is based on 3.1.10 so I am not porting anything, I am using
github to display the differences between the source released by ASUS and the base Linux
3.1.10 source it was built from. I do believe that the repository would be helpful to port to
a newer kernel, after the patches have been applied it is basically the ASUS source, but I
did fix a few things so it would build.
applied patch for the 10.4.2.13 kernel source
untermensch said:
applied patch for the 10.4.2.13 kernel source
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Good .. that should fix the reboot issue which afaik occurs if you have a SD inserted in the dock
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CPU over clocking to 1.6Ghz pushed to the repository
add
Code:
CONFIG_TEGRA_OC=y
to your .config
and remove
Code:
CONFIG_TEGRA_EDP_EXACT_FREQ=y
from your .config
or make xconfig and tick the TF300T Over Clocking check box
well that is nice. Can you post your OC Kernel for us?
mikaole said:
well that is nice. Can you post your OC Kernel for us?
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here is the kernel plus the modules that go into /system/lib/modules
see this post for install instructions
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31944448&postcount=34
Thx, but Kernel is not flashable
untermensch said:
here is the kernel plus the modules that go into /system/lib/modules
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This files, are compatible on Fw asus JB 10.4.2.13 with root, insecure kernel + busybox?
and how to instals the two files?
Thank's for reply and thank's for greats works
stevtec86 said:
This files, are compatible on Fw asus JB 10.4.2.13 with root, insecure kernel + busybox?
and how to instals the two files?
Thank's for reply and thank's for greats works
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normally you just flash the kernel in Recovery and you can copy the modules with root explorer. But flashing the Kernel fails in TWRP.
nothing I do will ever be "flashable" because people are stupid and will flash anything on to
any device.
install the kernel vi fastboot
Code:
fastboot flash boot kernel.blob
modules are optional install via adb while in recovery
Code:
adb shell sh -c "rm -fr /system/lib/modules/*"
then cd into the directory with the modules
Code:
adb push ./ /system/lib/modules
stevtec86 said:
This files, are compatible on Fw asus JB 10.4.2.13 with root, insecure kernel + busybox?
and how to instals the two files?
Thank's for reply and thank's for greats works
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this is a 10.4.2.13 kernel, the ram disk is stock. I'm sure if you request it
the dev for your kernel will merge the overclocking changes so you can
have OC to.
thx, just saw the blob myself. Its already done
Works fine here. Big THX
untermensch said:
this is a 10.4.2.13 kernel, the ram disk is stock. I'm sure if you request it
the dev for your kernel will merge the overclocking changes so you can
have OC to.
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Two other questions:
1 - I have the TERP recovery, is that a problem?
2 - OC frequencies can be selected?
1. no problem at all, have TWRP, too
2- Yes can be selected in the OC app like set CPU or Antutu Master

Stock kernel

I have a question last night i was adding modules in system/lib directory and added some governer the insmod it in terminal but there was no governers listed in setcpu is there any way that we can add governers i/o schedular and freq on the devices itself and one more thing i extracted the boot.img using android kernel kitchen in ubuntu there too i was unable to add anything to ramdisk folder is there any expert in kernel development who can help me i believe if franco would have helped me lets see how many experts can help me in solving the issue

[Q] [PORT][Kernal] How Do I Get Started

I was Wondering How Do I Get Started Porting This Kernel I Know How To Make Roms because I Can From Android forums, Never Did Kernels Or Kernels Ports So How Do I Get Started.... The sources Are Here
Sources :-
Sources at*http://github.com/gokhanmoral/siyahkernel-sgs3
Ramfs at*http://github.com/gokhanmoral/ramfs-sgs3
Toolchain at*http://github.com/gokhanmoral/android_prebuiltSimply clone all to a directory and run build_kernel.sh in the kernel directory
Porting a Kernel primarily modifies the Ram Disk. You will need to get correct drivers from Samsung's source or from CM device tree. In addition, you have to make sure the Governors and Schedulers in Siyah are actually supported on this chipset.
Here's few Guides. Link 1 Link 2 and CM Build Guide
Most important of all, ask the Original Dev for permission!!!

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