I don't see any fundamental reason why building FreeRunner images couldn't be done from within the existing Android build system, and I believe that the existing configuration system should be able to exclude parts that might be undesirable (or could be reasonably easily extended to add that ability). There might not be a need to create a separate project for this.
JBQ On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 11:50 AM, Davide <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Very thanks for your very complete and clear explanation. > > To install android on freerunner it was very nice to > have a setup script like for installing debian > on freerunner. > > A script that check all and do all the necessary steps > (patch, compile, deploy, ecc) > > Why not create an open source project for building such > script? > > It is possible to avoid the legal issues of previous > portings? Or the legal issues will block any other > way? > > 2008/11/25 Jim Ancona <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> On Nov 24, 5:00 pm, Davide <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Anyone can help me? >> >> Three people that I know of are working (apparently independently) on >> Freerunner/Neo ports. (I'm not one of them!) I believe all three have >> them have posted on this list at one time or another. >> >> One of the three, Sean McNeil, has released a couple of sample images >> here: http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/User:Seanmcneil3 >> He removed his latest image because of licensing concerns with MP3 and >> video codecs. Some of his patches have been submitted to Google. The >> kernel that he has posted does not resume from suspend, and most of >> the peripherals (Wifi, GPS, Bluetooth) either don't work or are very >> flaky. I have a copy of his image, and it the phone can make calls >> using Android, but can't receive them because there's no "answer" >> button. >> >> A second port is being worked on by Brian Code, who has a email >> address at Koolu, a Freerunner distributor which has announced a >> forthcoming Android port (see http://tinyurl.com/5pnkku). I haven't >> seen anything from him since an initial flurry of activity right after >> Google released the Android source. Koolu has set up an Android on >> Freerunner forum at http://forum.koolu.org/viewforum.php?f=10, but >> it's been pretty quiet. >> >> The third developer working on Android for Openmoko phones is Ben >> Leslie (http://benno.id.au/blog/). He says he has an image running on >> his Neo (the predecessor to the Freerunner), but I haven't seen >> anything from him since he left on vacation three weeks ago. >> >> Supposedly, Android support has been integrated into the next release >> of the Freerunner kernel, and the Openmoko developers are putting most >> of their effort into making the low-level functionality (suspend/ >> resume, GSM modem issues, etc.) more reliable, which should benefit >> all distributions in the future. >> >> Right now, it's a bit frustrating because there is no visibility into >> the state of the various ports. There's no source repository or other >> way for anyone to build their own image or contribute to the effort. >> Of course it's still just a month since the source was released, so >> I'm still cautiously optimistic that a usable port for the Freerunner >> will come out, probably from Koolu. They're claiming a beta will be >> available in December, so we should know more soon. >> >> Jim >> >> > >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
