On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 7:27 AM, Xan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, I want to update the kernel on my device (Huawei U8220) to 2.6.29. > I have some idea of how to do this already.
Why 2.6.29? It's obsolete and no longer supported by anyone. And why do you want to upgrade your kernel? What is it going to give you? > So far, I have downloaded the 2.6.27 source, and got my current kernel > source and created a diff file (so it included all of the huawei > changes). When I patched it to the 2.6.29 source, it wouldn't compile > properly, it had a problem with building the io.o file (using io.c and > io.h). Then fix the problem :) Seriously, forward porting the android code is non-trivial, due to the hooks and other mess that the current android kernel code is in. > I am using Ubuntu 9.04 by the way with gcc 4.3.3. Any help or advice > would be appreciated =] You do realize you need a cross-compiler, right? good luck, greg k-h -- unsubscribe: [email protected] website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-kernel
