Could someone please respond. Even a simple "Try generic Froyo and see if it bricks. If so do this to recover" would be a big help.
On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 6:46 PM, Brad Cox <[email protected]> wrote: > Question reposted here from StackOverflow. Seeking qualified expertise. > > I've been building permission-handling extensions to the java middleware > on a fork of the Froyo kernel. The extensions work in the emulator and I'm > ready to try it on the tablet. But there seem to be no comprehensible > instructions for installing custom kernels (what's a "recovery"? An > "update"?), or else point you to market roms (mine is custom, not on the > market), or are explicitly flagged as "unreliable". > > To be clear, I have a custom kernel+middleware source directory that > builds and runs in the emulator without problem. This is probably a generic > kernel as I've seen no mention of Samsung tablets in there. > > Should I be using Android 2.2 as the build target in Eclipse, or the > Samsung Tab 2.2 target? Or is eclipse even relevant when doing a kernel > build (probably not). What happens if I pick the wrong one or screw up > elsewhere? And most of all, how to recover if I make a wrong choice? > > The build produces several .img files but the boot loader seems to want a > .zip file. Do I build this by hand, or what? > > Do clear and reliable instructions exist for this? A recipe would be nice > but what I really need is a clear mental model. > -- Cell: 703-594-1883 Blog: http://bradjcox.blogspot.com Web: http://virtualschool.edu Manassas VA 20111 -- unsubscribe: [email protected] website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-kernel
