Would it be possible to make a running kernel for an msm7201 phone chain load and startup a test kernel? This would be fairly useless on a phone that can fastboot, but a number of otherwise rooted phones cant do that, making flash & crash the only current testing option. I started looking through the reboot code, and it seems like coordination with the baseband might be a major challenge.
Alternatively, what about adding a grub-like menu very early in the kernel startup process, to permit choosing an alternate kernel? Is it possible to display something before the system is irrevocably started? Or even not display, but simply read keystate to see what is held down? I'm not asking someone to do these, more soliciting ideas of difficulties I might run into trying to do them. Chris -- unsubscribe: [email protected] website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-kernel
