Finally managed to boot using my new kernel. The problem was with the
bootloader version I was using. Did the following to get it to work :
1. My Nexus S phone was still on 2.3.0. Updated it manually to 2.3.3
(update.zip). Used Clockwork Mod Recovery to wipe dalvik cache, userdata and
cache partition because was facing the same boot loop of crashes.
2. Got latest kernel code and built :
git clone git://android.git.kernel.org/kernel/samsung.git
export
PATH=$PATH:/home/<uname>/mydroid/prebuilt/linux-x86/toolchain/arm-eabi-4.4.3/bn/
make ARCH=arm clean
make ARCH=arm herring_defconfig
make -j4 ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-eabi-
3. Split the boot.img from update.zip and created new ramdisk img
./split_bootimg.pl boot.img
mkdir ramdisk
cd ramdisk
gzip -dc ../boot.img-ramdisk.gz | cpio -i
find . | cpio -o -H newc | gzip > ../newramdisk.cpio.gz
4. Create new boot img using built zImage and newramdisk.cpio.gz
./mkbootimg --kernel zImage --ramdisk newramdisk.cpio.gz --base
0x30000000 --pagesize 4096 -o newtestboot.img
(if it hangs in the boot screen, wipe dalvik cache etc.)
5. To test :
fastboot boot newtestboot.img
To flash :
fastboot flash boot newtestboot.img
@Steve : Thanks for your help.
@Ian : Hope this helps.
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Steve Modica <mod...@small-tree.com> wrote:
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>
>> I have exactly the same problem and as you can see from my post
>> (http://groups.google.com/group/android-kernel/browse_thread/thread/
>> 6719c09c108b977a) I used the CROSS_COMPILE stuff when I built. Steve,
>> have you done this successfully? What exactly did you do?
>>
>
> I do the following:
> go into gingerbread tree
> source build/envsetup.sh
> cd into kernel/samsung
> make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-eabi- menuconfig
> make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-eabi-
>
> go to <root>/out/target/product/crespo
> fastboot -b 0x30000000 -n 4096 flash:raw boot ./zImage ./ramdisk.img
>
> I have a feeling you're missing the -b and -n parameters.
>
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