[project]Port android to meizu M8

yes you need to rgesiter but its easy. You can wait till banxian ups the kernel sources somwhere

bills link is a pudn link, i cant dl from pudn.

But if found this
libertas - Linux Wireless
the libertas page has a GSPI driver for us. I will compile it and then we see. But it seems there are some gpio inits to be made. I will dl and compile this driver.. lets see. Maybe this driver is already included in a newer kernel.Someone with new kernel sources could look for a file called libertas_sip or something in drivers/net/wireless/libertas

Just read that indeed in 2.6.30 SPI driver is mainline in kernel

Another interesting thing is this: windows ce starts the gsm deamon, it says
...........Mux07_10 Driver Attach+++++++++++++++
07.10 i´s gsm protocol version and there is a implementation for linux. I donwloaded and comiled it. This code creates two serial ports (this would be com7 and 9 in windowes i think)
Windows ce has a hayes comtaible modem on com1 so i think we should have our modem @ com 1 and 7 and 9 are vreated by gsm deamon. I will try more command/baudrates on com 1

Originally Posted by r3wDy

yes you need to rgesiter but its easy. You can wait till banxian ups the kernel sources somwhere

lol
just begin thinking to take some hosting somewhere for upping all the files :P

link is a pudn link, i cant dl from pudn.

I can, so i did and i re-uploaded it to mediafire (link) .. let me know

seems there are some gpio inits to be made.

if we could run haret we could get a log of all pollings to the gpio´s,
dunno if there is such tool that can run on busybox/android/..

the libertas page has a GSPI driver for us

Libertas GSPI driver in 2.6.30

Code:

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-testing.git;a=summary;

Build the wlan driver but could notload it.... it depends on some usb functions. i need to configre it without them or remove them because we do not need usb wlan.

Found things about gsm modem:
In windows ce registry is mentioned which com port the mux0710 gsm muxxer uses to communicate. it uses com1 @ 115200. I talked to this port an nothing happend... i thing we need to do some init to get the chip powerd on first. right now im looking in ida in mux0710.dll to see what happens

I'd like report my progress:
linux cooking howto:
I am using help n manual to writing it.
I hope more bravohearts can join and Divide driver list, muhaha

new dualboot menu:
writing font dumper. I must dump 4 or 16 level gray scale for alpha blending.

sound codec:
no backports found. maybe I must do it myself.

I heared serial port gsm using in M8 is COM7 or COM9 (SE), the comn is a OS related number, so it may need a assign operation.

What version is the android kernel? maybr we could integrate and start telnetd with it or better nfsroot

and com 7 and 9 are both used by m8 fe (first edition) too. The muxxer creates them as far as i see. At pudn and in the internet there are these mux0710 imple,memtations this is not the problem. we first need to get the modem answer OK when we send AT through terminal and that doenst work dunno why.

will concentrate on bluetooth / wlan first this seems to be easer^^

edit:
okeo ke ^^ its not that easy...
those spi devices are somehow registres in kernel already so what i need to do is to add the description of the wlan card do a struct in kernel. Then the card will be reconized i think. Im unsure of how this whole spi thing is working and i need to do some research on this. Its defenitly more than just insmod some drivers ...

i created a little wiki
Home - MDROID WIKI
for us where we can insert our informations to get them all to one place.
I inserted some informatins from this thread to give an example :D

Its a very small and stupid wiki, because i didnt get php to run on my server

So everyone can edit this as he likes as long as you dint generate a shitload of useless traffic there and as long i dont find any useless spam

mhn there are files called
SDIO8688_WAPI and SDIO8688_WLAN
in windows ce m8 firmware... so seems to be not a gspi device.. anyway, now i now what gspi means lol :P
hum bit i remember this

=== GSPISWLD24SP_8015 Driver ===<<Error msg is on>>
<<Tx-Fragment msg is on>>
<<Rx
-Fragment msg is on>>
<<Performance tuning msg is on>.
GSPI - Using DMA mode
GSPI -

hum... i will have a look in pre M8 se xip because i think those gpio files are M8 s8 dependent. is someone here with ;8se and serial cable to give us a bootlog

Dear r3wDy

in your topic:[HowTo] build / boot a linux kernel on M8

I want to download -Linuxstarter Sources (RapidShare Webhosting + Webspace), but it has been deleted now.

Where I can download it now?

I asked calmer to test 16GB M8 SE.
He haven’t a serial cable, so I write a ls /dev/mmc* > /dev/tty0 in rcS but no /dev/mmcblk0 printed like my M8 8G.

LiteXipBuidler can automatic calculate n verify inject address now, by analyst stock xip.
I'll upload a dualboot kit for users which want to cooking r3 dualboot other than 0937 firmware.

MPack_Beta_20091109_r1_GCC.zip
Loader_n_zImage_rev3_fixed.rar

with these two package your can cook your xip to have dual boot menu like r3.

Check "Place Kernel as Overlay of Input file", "Stock Xip Injector mode", and fill loaer / kernel / stock xip.
Click build to have your own dualboot firmware.

read my poor manual to start your dual boot cooking.

i have a 16GB M8 FE.
But no serial cable or jtag or something like this.
Can I help anyway? Just tell me what i can do to help you getting android running.

Originally Posted by banxian

LiteXipBuidler can automatic calculate n verify inject address now, by analyst stock xip.
MPack_Beta_20091109_r1_GCC.zip
Loader_n_zImage_rev3_fixed.rar

with these two package your can cook your xip to have dual boot menu like r3.
read my poor manual to start your dual boot cooking.

Hi,banxian. Can you tell me where the manual is, I can't find it?

Originally Posted by r3wDy

i created a little wiki
Home - MDROID WIKI

thanks r3wdy, you might have noticed that i messed around abit with the wiki. i like it and it will be very usefull, so i upped it to the first page.

I think it would be a good idea to add all patches that one applies there to.
Btw i was wondering if anyone tried to use the kandroid kernel yet on m8?
(not sure what android version it is theseday since the site is in chinese )
Korea Android - www.kandroid.org

I'd like report my progress:
read my poor manual to start your dual boot cooking.

thanks Banxian, you´re great!

is someone here with m8se and serial cable to give us a bootlog

Loonix was expecting his parts, so i think he would be able to do it in a few days.

Can I help anyway? Just tell me what i can do to help you getting android running.

Hi BPM, there are plenty of stuff that you can do.
for example someone could make a new android kernel that supports the sd like some people request.
You could look on r3wdy´s wiki, i added the patch bill mentionned.

@bill, did you read my pm?

i am afraid i am not able to make a kernel without reading many many many stuff about it.
i am using linux since many years (sidux). but i never needed to build my own kernels.
is there a possibility to give you log files from my 16GB m8 without having a serial cable?

install the android and send the dmesg > bootlog.txt command to terminal using adb. then get this file and post it ot the wiki.

he can't reach rootfs on disk so can't get android startup. seems all mmc card havn't detected by kernel in my test.
maybe mount rootfs via nfsroot is possilble.

host>
#mkdir /nfsroot
#mount -o loop mdroid.img /nfsroot
m8>
flash with a special kernel boots from nfs

i tried to follow the instructions to send a command using adb.
i downloaded the driver and installed it with right-mouse-button (on .inf) install.

i installed android on m8. but when i start the device and connect it to my pc i do not see any devices with "adb devices".
what is missing to get a running adb connection?

Loonix was expecting his parts, so i think he would be able to do it in a few days.

Wohoo, my 'USB-RS232 Serial Convert Communications Module' thingy has arrived a few minutes ago and it was superb packaged (inside a glued shut styrofoam case and vacuum wrapped).
now all i need are my 10 pin Mini USB plugs =)

yey we are meizume title

Oke Bootlaog from aesop says:

spi /dev entries driver
S3C64XX SPI Driver
hspi registers c8838000 (c7c80440, c042c8f0)
hspi irq resource c042c90c (80)
s3c2410-spi s3c2410-spi.0: s3c2410-spi.0: S3C SPI adapter
s3c2410-spi.0: S3C SPI adapter
hspi registers c883c000 (c7c803a0, c042c930)
hspi irq resource c042c94c (81)
s3c2410-spi s3c2410-spi.1: s3c2410-spi.1: S3C SPI adapter
s3c2410-spi.1: S3C SPI adapter

#

So they use a modified 2410 driver for the two spis.
I will digg deeper into their kernel to get it to work... i think i can do this.
Its quite the same driver i use, but there must somewhere in kernel said that there is a spi controller and this is not in the m8 kernel so i need to find this

Found it :P
With some luck wlan driver may work this evening, i think sip driver will at least work

Originally Posted by BPM

i tried to follow the instructions to send a command using adb.
i downloaded the driver and installed it with right-mouse-button (on .inf) install.

i installed android on m8. but when i start the device and connect it to my pc i do not see any devices with "adb devices".
what is missing to get a running adb connection?

that is mostlikely since android is not started yet.
So ADB wont work i think, the only wait out on this for the moment will be the serial cable.

BPM, maybe you could find out what the flash chip is from brand and model number? This could open some possible leads to a solution.

Wohoo, my 'USB-RS232 Serial Convert Communications Module' thingy has arrived a few minutes ago and it was superb packaged (inside a glued shut styrofoam case and vacuum wrapped).

that is good news! if you can you may shoot some pictures, i will add them in the belonging topic ;-)

now all i need are my 10 pin Mini USB plugs

you are very close :P

I will digg deeper into their kernel to get it to work... i think i can do this.

it thrust in you! We might look for a S3C64XX SPI Driver ? that is allways better then a modified one from an older version.

With some luck wlan driver may work this evening

that would be new and great news!
btw, do you think bt and wifi are the same chip or..?

ps: wiki is taking some volume ;-)

edit 1
r3wdy this may help patch part 1 & part 2

edit 2
did you include the S3C6410 TV encoder Driver patch in the aesop kernel?
i am interested to know if it loads..