Any updates on the i386 emulator image? Are any preview images available? Thanks!
On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 10:18 PM, Ricardo Salveti de Araujo < [email protected]> wrote: > Hey, > > I know everybody is waiting for a working X86 emulator, so just an > update at what was done and what we're currently working on. > > Done: > * Android package is now generating images for the generic_x86 target > * Images for generic_x86 are now published by live-build, cdimage and > system-image > * Initial i386 android toolchain published in the archive, but not > yet functional (image fails to boot if built with it) > > In Progress: > * Packaging split and rebuild to create a Qt stack which is > compatible with OpenGLES on i386 > - As we found out that libqt5gui5 is not ABI compatible when built > with a different gl (e.g. gles) backend, we decided to update the > original symbols and rebuild everyone to have a dependency chain that > is either compatible with either versions, or specifically to the > GL/GLES ones. > - An updated version of qtbase and qtdeclarative (together with the > ones built with the gles backend by default) are already available in > a private PPA (so we can have builds on real machines). Work is in > progress to rebuild the reverse dependency chain, at least enough to > create a working X86 image. > * Investigating the issue with our i386 android toolchain > > To be done: > * Working image based on a PPA that proves that we're able to have a > Qt stack which is compatible with OpenGLES (only replacing the > packages that are affected by the GL backend configure option). > * Update our ubuntu-emulator flashing tool to be able to create and > run x86 images. > > As we're hitting final freeze this thursday (and the Qt packages are > not only common to the Touch image), we should only be good to land > this once 'u' is open for development. If everything goes as planned, > it should be available from our archive by the end of this month. > > Thanks, > -- > Ricardo Salveti de Araujo > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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