Plz check my reply.. On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 5:30 AM, ppmoore <polom...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > [ I have also cross-posted this to androidcommunity.com ] > > Hello, > > I work for a portable entertainment products manufacturer, and we are > looking at porting Android to one of our handheld audio-visual > devices. My initial task is to determine if Android can be ported to > the device. For this , you have to check your device hardware it in terms of CPU, if its other than ARM, i.e MIPS etc, you have to start from scratch to port Android on it. > I've been browsing through the various Google-sponsored > Android sites, looking for hardware porting and requirements > information, and haven't been able to find anything. From reading the > postings on this group, the lack of a Porting Guide document seems to > be accepted. > > Our device is primarily an entertainment device, so we will need to > support the various audio, still-picture and video applications and > codecs normally found on such a device. The device is not a mobile > phone, so we will not be supporting GSM/3G. The device supports > connectivity through USB/Ethernet/Wi-fi, and the related applications > such as web browsing, VOIP, and possibly IPTV. > If you have Linux running on your device with driver like USB/Ethernet/wifi, its not big to make them work same on Anroid. Regarding codecs audio/video, I dont have idea. > > At this stage, I need to determine if Android can be successfully > ported to the device. I guess that this should include an evaluation > of whether the hardware is already supported. Does Android already > include device drivers for various low-level hardware? Or is it > expected that each manufacturer has to implement the necessary device > drivers and codecs? I apologise because I don't have much experience > of embedded Linux, so I'm learning on the fly here. > As per my understanding, if you have linux ( not android) up and running with device driver i.e touchscreen, sound, keypad.. and your device based on ARM variant you just need customization in device driver to make them work same as on Android. > Can someone please point me in the right direction? I've been looking > at the documentation included in the kernel/common (Common Android > Kernel Tree) section of the code, but haven't been able to find what > I'm looking for. > Check this: http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT2892720865.html > > Many thanks, > Paul > > > -- Thanks Rizavan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ unsubscribe: android-porting+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
