On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 12:38 AM, dhaval shah <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everybody, > > first of all thanks a lot for giving nice responses to question. > with help of android-kernal forum member i have already downloaded > kernal
"kernel" > by using following command. > git clone http://android.git.kernel.org/kernel/common.git > now i am curious to know that in kernal which i haved downloaded from > http://android.git.kernel.org/kernel/common.git > > (1) patches for android kernal are already made ? Yes > (2) how this differ from original linux kernal if patches are made for > android? There are changes to it, such as drivers/staging/android/ You could checkout the same version non-Android kernel and compare. > (3) how to compile this android linux kernal ?if possible please give me > some steps Here is an example that may not be what you need for your device: export ARCH=arm export CROSS_COMPILE=arm-eabi- make msm7627_defconfig make -j8 zImage > (4) is their any toolchain required ? Yes, if you want to build it for ARM (etc.). You can use the tools from an AOSP build. > (5) how android use for non mobile applications ? like in set top box > > thanks & regards, > Dhaval shah. > > > > -- > unsubscribe: [email protected] > website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-kernel -- unsubscribe: [email protected] website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-kernel
