[W500] New ISO 2012-05-29

[Marek Vasut]

Hi,

since hackndev.com is down for now, I rolled out a new ISO here:

http://twilight.ponies.cz/android-x86/

I have a few questions, they're at the bottom of this document. Answers are very
welcome.

You can find the SHA1SUM in there too and in the directory libsensors-w500 the
sensors library source for Rotation vector sensor and Ambient light sensor
(still has issues). Repo diff is there (x86.diff) and so is kernel config (you
need to replace it in kernel/arch/x86/configs/android-x86_defconfig and
device/amd/brazos/brazos_defconfig after you rebase the kernel, see below).

It should have all of the necessary patches and fixed wrapped in it.
* The sensors library is there, so you can use some sensor program (I use
"Sensor List", "AndroSensor" doesn't support RVS).
* The Ambient light sensor has issues (it sends readings only when I tilt the
device as reading from it is initiated by data on the RVS filedescriptor for
some reason, needs further investigation. If anyone will fix it, I'll be happy,
otherwise you'll have to wait until I get to it).
* The RVS doesn't rotate the device screen automatically, no idea why. Again,
fixes welcome.

Kernel patches for 3.4 (you'll need to take acer-wmi.c from the mainline kernel,
rebase the android-x86 kernel on top of android/android-3.0 (as of now, 3.0.31)
and drop it in there). Then add defconfigs as needed and apply:

http://www.spinics.net/lists/platform-driver-x86/msg03345.html
http://www.spinics.net/lists/platform-driver-x86/msg03346.html

Now a few questions:
1) Can I use toolchain that's present on my system instead of the toolchain
supplied with android-x86? eg. gcc 4.7 has additional optimizations for amd
brazos.
2) Where exactly does the screen rotation decision happens? (in what file etc,
based on what kind of sensor etc.)

M

[Alexandru Stoian]

It seems sound isn't working with the latest build. 

The power button now locks the screen without putting the device to sleep. And there seems to be no way to turn of the tablet.

[Jonathan Farnden]

I really think someone should list changes for new people that don't have a clue btw double hit the power button to shut off

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[Marek Vasut]

Dear Alexandru Stoian,

> It seems sound isn't working with the latest build.
> The power button now locks the screen without putting the device to sleep.
> And there seems to be no way to turn of the tablet.

Sound works for me ... try adjusting volume with the volume key?

Best regards,
Marek Vasut

[Alexandru Stoian]

Tried that and still no success with sound.

[Marek Vasut]

Dear Alexandru Stoian,

> Tried that and still no success with sound.

Then it's broken, wait for new ISO ;-)

Best regards,
Marek Vasut

[Marek Vasut]

Hi,

new ISO is here, including all patches, changes used etc:

http://twilight.ponies.cz/android-x86/

For details refer to the begining of this thread.

NEWS (the surprise):
There's only one change, demo here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_QkmqXzAfU

To enable (for some reason it's shitty), go to Settings->Display->autorotation,
tick if off, then tick it on. It should start working.

M

[Mitesh Chudasama]

Thanks Marek.

-Mitesh

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[Marek Vasut]

Hi,

Just rolled out new ISO with the above issue fixed.

Best regards,
Marek Vasut

[Carlos lima]

Your iso is great. Congratulations Marek. Now let us see if we can solve HD playback in youtube, the error when trying to use google voice search, the poor video players and codecs for android x86 and finally the sound driver error that happens sometimes. Here suddenly the sound goes crazy stay mute or does a strange noise like xxxxxxxx. Hope you can solve that. Thanks for sharing your great job with us

[Carlos lima]

Your iso is great. Congratulations Marek. Now let us see if we can solve HD playback in youtube, the error when trying to use google voice search, the poor video players and codecs for android x86 and finally the sound driver error that happens sometimes. Here suddenly the sound goes crazy stay mute or does a strange noise like xxxxxxxx. Hope you can solve that. Than

[Marek Vasut]

Dear Carlos lima,

> Your iso is great. Congratulations Marek. Now let us see if we can solve HD
> playback in youtube

No idea

> the error when trying to use google voice search

No idea

> the
> poor video players and codecs for android x86

Well the ones on the market use JNI methods carrying ARM code. You'd have to get
the binary translator from intel to get them running. And even then it'd be
shitty. The other option is to -- somehow -- wrap QEMU into android's JNI
component.

> and finally the sound driver
> error that happens sometimes.

New kernel maybe.

> Here suddenly the sound goes crazy stay mute
> or does a strange noise like xxxxxxxx.

I noticed. It's shitty, 3.4 kernel might have it fixed, but it'll take a while
until that lands.

Best regards,
Marek Vasut

[Marek Vasut]

Hi,

new ISO is here, including all patches, changes used etc:

http://twilight.ponies.cz/android-x86/

For details refer to the begining of this thread.

NEWS:
* Bluetooth probably works

Best regards,
Marek Vasut

[Ahmet]

flashing new iso :)

Thanks for the great work Marek :)

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[electrik jesus]

I was not able to boot with this one, while using my same data.img. I
tried it twice. Is there something different in this one where I need
to create a different data image?

[Marek Vasut]

Dear electrik jesus,

> I was not able to boot with this one, while using my same data.img. I
> tried it twice. Is there something different in this one where I need
> to create a different data image?

Data image? What's that? Just write it to USB thumbdrive and boot.

> On Jun 8, 12:23 pm, Marek Vasut <marek.va...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > new ISO is here, including all patches, changes used etc:
> >
> > http://twilight.ponies.cz/android-x86/
> >
> > For details refer to the begining of this thread.
> >
> > NEWS:
> > * Bluetooth probably works
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Marek Vasut

Best regards,
Marek Vasut

[Marek Vasut]

Hi,

new ISO is here, including all patches, changes used etc:

http://twilight.ponies.cz/android-x86/

For details refer to the begining of this thread.

NEWS:

* Clock should now work properly (alarm driver enabled in kernel)

Best regards,
Marek Vasut

[electrik jesus]

Beautiful!! Thanks so much for the clock fix, glad to see things on a
steady pace upwards :) I don't know what was up with the previous
buile, I tried re-flashing it many times with no luck on booting into
it. The 06-10 release booted perfectly though, so it's all good now.

In the past releases, I have been able to take the SD folder and the
data.img, from the previous release, and just copy them into the new
releases directory, therefore, not having to re-install/re-download
everything all over again. That is what I was mentioning in my
previous post.

[Marek Vasut]

Dear electrik jesus,

> Beautiful!! Thanks so much for the clock fix, glad to see things on a
> steady pace upwards :) I don't know what was up with the previous
> buile, I tried re-flashing it many times with no luck on booting into
> it. The 06-10 release booted perfectly though, so it's all good now.
>
> In the past releases, I have been able to take the SD folder and the
> data.img, from the previous release, and just copy them into the new
> releases directory, therefore, not having to re-install/re-download
> everything all over again. That is what I was mentioning in my
> previous post.

Good to hear it works for you now. I'm using the thing to read study materials
until plasma active lands in debian ... then I'll probably pass the builds over
to someone (or maybe talk CWH into merging this crap).

>
> On Jun 10, 4:31 pm, Marek Vasut <marek.va...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > new ISO is here, including all patches, changes used etc:
> >
> > http://twilight.ponies.cz/android-x86/
> >
> > For details refer to the begining of this thread.
> >
> > NEWS:
> > * Clock should now work properly (alarm driver enabled in kernel)
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Marek Vasut

Best regards,
Marek Vasut

[Jonathan Farnden]

So marek i was curious whether the patches are included in the iso or that i have to add them in which i am also not sure how do

[Marek Vasut]

Dear Jonathan Farnden,

> So marek i was curious whether the patches are included in the iso or that
> i have to add them in which i am also not sure how do

They're included.

Best regards,
Marek Vasut

[Alexandru Stoian]

Like you I'm also waiting for plasma active. Tryed it in ubuntu 12.04 on the w500 but was quite buggy. Plasma Active 3 should be out around the end of summer. Will bring many improvements.

There are the Mer Active images that work well on atoms but noone is working on APU support in them. Maybe you should give that a try if like me you are using android just out of lack of options.

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[Marek Vasut]

Dear Alexandru Stoian,

> Like you I'm also waiting for plasma active. Tryed it in ubuntu 12.04 on
> the w500 but was quite buggy. Plasma Active 3 should be out around the end
> of summer. Will bring many improvements.
> There are the Mer Active images that work well on atoms but noone is
> working on APU support in them. Maybe you should give that a try if like me
> you are using android just out of lack of options.

Maybe, but I'm quite busy already and I'd prefer to have installable packages in
debian.

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Best regards,
Marek Vasut

[Alexandru Stoian]

Another interesting project for tablets was Bodhi. It had a tablet ui built on top of Enlightenment. Bodhi is built on top of debian/ubuntu. It was a very fast and quite smooth experience but it lacked proper support for our GPU and multitouch. If someone would fix the touch driver , Bluetooth and gpu it would be a great experience for the w500. Especially it uses far less resources the Plasma active.

Here you can get an idea of the UI : http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5bdO0FMWXa8/TT7KAaBrlpI/AAAAAAAAAg0/_QuSgFcISnM/s1600/Screenshot-13.png

Version 2.0 is on its way but I have serious doubts anyone tackled our specific hardware issues.

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[Marek Vasut]

Dear Alexandru Stoian,

> Another interesting project for tablets was Bodhi. It had a tablet ui built
> on top of Enlightenment. Bodhi is built on top of debian/ubuntu. It was a
> very fast and quite smooth experience but it lacked proper support for our
> GPU and multitouch. If someone would fix the touch driver , Bluetooth and
> gpu it would be a great experience for the w500. Especially it uses far
> less resources the Plasma active.

Cool, would you be willing to fund such effort ? :-)

> Here you can get an idea of the UI
>
> : http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5bdO0FMWXa8/TT7KAaBrlpI/AAAAAAAAAg0/_QuSgFcISnM

> : /s1600/Screenshot-13.png

>
> Version 2.0 is on its way but I have serious doubts anyone tackled our
> specific hardware issues.

Hm, is it only a kernel issue or userland stuff? If it's kernel issue, it'll
likely get fixed along the way with other stuff, if it's userland, I'm not
touching it unless someone pays me.

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> > > >
> > > > Best regards,
> > > > Marek Vasut
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Marek Vasut

Best regards,
Marek Vasut

[Alexandru Stoian]

WIsh I had the funds to support something like this :))

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[Zoc]

Thanks for this new update. Google voice typing and speech reco crash
using Google translate app, any idea to fix it?
Thanks

[Marek Vasut]

Dear Zoc,

> Thanks for this new update. Google voice typing and speech reco crash
> using Google translate app, any idea to fix it?

No, it probably uses JNI to call some arm code.

> Thanks
>
> On Jun 10, 10:31 pm, Marek Vasut <marek.va...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > new ISO is here, including all patches, changes used etc:
> >
> > http://twilight.ponies.cz/android-x86/
> >
> > For details refer to the begining of this thread.
> >
> > NEWS:
> > * Clock should now work properly (alarm driver enabled in kernel)
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Marek Vasut

Best regards,
Marek Vasut

[Jonathan Farnden]

so i got a curious question I've been wondering since I've been getting ubuntu to run on my android phone for those who want flash could possibly be a workaround for both android and a virtual linux. would that be an option to build as a part of these iso?

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[Marek Vasut]

Dear Jonathan Farnden,

> so i got a curious question I've been wondering since I've been getting
> ubuntu to run on my android phone for those who want flash could possibly
> be a workaround for both android and a virtual linux. would that be an
> option to build as a part of these iso?

I don't really know what you're asking. But then, if you want to run real
GNU/Linux system on the thing, install it onto the device. Running it on top of
android is stupid, besides there were many improvements in the recent version of
Linux kernel allowing better operation on the brazos.

Best regards,
Marek Vasut

[Dels]

Dear Marek,

For youtube HD, we could use modded youtube apk that bring HD to any
devices.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1529715

For video player we could use Moboplayer x86, but i don't know about
the codec availability (currently it use arm v6 codec which i haven't
tested)

Too bad many AMD C-60 user have problems not able to booting with this
ISO :(

Regards,
Dels

On 13 Jun, 00:42, Alexandru Stoian <lxsto...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Another interesting project for tablets was Bodhi. It had a tablet ui built
> on top of Enlightenment. Bodhi is built on top of debian/ubuntu. It was a
> very fast and quite smooth experience but it lacked proper support for our
> GPU and multitouch. If someone would fix the touch driver , Bluetooth and
> gpu it would be a great experience for the w500. Especially it uses far
> less resources the Plasma active.
> Here you can get an idea of the UI

> :http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5bdO0FMWXa8/TT7KAaBrlpI/AAAAAAAAAg0/_QuSgFc...

> Version 2.0 is on its way but I have serious doubts anyone tackled our
> specific hardware issues.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tuesday, June 12, 2012 8:56:14 AM UTC-7, Marek Vašut wrote:
>
> > Dear Alexandru Stoian,
>
> > > Like you I'm also waiting for plasma active. Tryed it in ubuntu 12.04 on
> > > the w500 but was quite buggy. Plasma Active 3 should be out around the
> > end
> > > of summer. Will bring many improvements.
> > > There are the Mer Active images that work well on atoms but noone is
> > > working on APU support in them. Maybe you should give that a try if like
> > me
> > > you are using android just out of lack of options.
>
> > Maybe, but I'm quite busy already and I'd prefer to have installable
> > packages in
> > debian.
>
> > > On Tuesday, June 12, 2012 5:25:33 AM UTC-7, Marek Vašut wrote:
> > > > Dear Jonathan Farnden,
>
> > > > > So marek i was curious whether the patches are included in the iso
> > or
>
> > > > that
>
> > > > > i have to add them in which i am also not sure how do
>
> > > > They're included.
>

> > > > > On Jun 11, 2012 1:31 PM, "Marek Vasut" <marek.va...@gmail.com>

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>
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[Joan]

Dear Friends,

I am confused about all this talk about a New ISO 2012-06-10 that is not available in www.android-x86.org/

Is it an "unofficial" version, so to speak? A version for a restricted set of devices?

Joan

[Dels]

As in Marek email, this "unofficial" build available here:
http://twilight.ponies.cz/android-x86/

On 15 Jun, 15:30, Joan <joan.pujo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Friends,
>
> I am confused about all this talk about a New ISO 2012-06-10 that is not

> available inwww.*android*-*x86*.org/

[Marek Vasut]

Dear Dels,

> Dear Marek,
>
> For youtube HD, we could use modded youtube apk that bring HD to any
> devices.
> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1529715
>
> For video player we could use Moboplayer x86, but i don't know about
> the codec availability (currently it use arm v6 codec which i haven't
> tested)
>
> Too bad many AMD C-60 user have problems not able to booting with this
> ISO :(

Why not? What happens? Can you elaborate?

Best regards,
Marek Vasut

[MR4Y]

Still wondering why this build will not boot on older AMD platforms,
while the Eee build is the most compatible(as far as I tested on my
hardware). Even the generic 4.0 build (from tabletsx86) is not that
compatible with my hardware (Danube platform, just the generation
before Brazos) and even some people on the Brazos platform can't use
the brazos build, cause it won't build.

On 12 jun, 14:42, Alexandru Stoian <lxsto...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Another interesting project for tablets was Bodhi. It had a tablet ui built
> on top of Enlightenment. Bodhi is built on top of debian/ubuntu. It was a
> very fast and quite smooth experience but it lacked proper support for our
> GPU and multitouch. If someone would fix the touch driver , Bluetooth and
> gpu it would be a great experience for the w500. Especially it uses far
> less resources the Plasma active.
> Here you can get an idea of the UI

> :http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5bdO0FMWXa8/TT7KAaBrlpI/AAAAAAAAAg0/_QuSgFc...

> Version 2.0 is on its way but I have serious doubts anyone tackled our
> specific hardware issues.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tuesday, June 12, 2012 8:56:14 AM UTC-7, Marek Vašut wrote:
>
> > Dear Alexandru Stoian,
>
> > > Like you I'm also waiting for plasma active. Tryed it in ubuntu 12.04 on
> > > the w500 but was quite buggy. Plasma Active 3 should be out around the
> > end
> > > of summer. Will bring many improvements.
> > > There are the Mer Active images that work well on atoms but noone is
> > > working on APU support in them. Maybe you should give that a try if like
> > me
> > > you are using android just out of lack of options.
>
> > Maybe, but I'm quite busy already and I'd prefer to have installable
> > packages in
> > debian.
>
> > > On Tuesday, June 12, 2012 5:25:33 AM UTC-7, Marek Vašut wrote:
> > > > Dear Jonathan Farnden,
>
> > > > > So marek i was curious whether the patches are included in the iso
> > or
>
> > > > that
>
> > > > > i have to add them in which i am also not sure how do
>
> > > > They're included.
>

> > > > > On Jun 11, 2012 1:31 PM, "Marek Vasut" <marek.va...@gmail.com>

> > > > > > android-x86...@googlegroups.com.

[Marek Vasut]

Dear MR4Y,

> Still wondering why this build will not boot on older AMD platforms,
> while the Eee build is the most compatible(as far as I tested on my
> hardware).

What older AMD platforms? The kernel is compiled for amd brazos (C50 etc).

> Even the generic 4.0 build (from tabletsx86) is not that
> compatible with my hardware (Danube platform, just the generation
> before Brazos)

I see. I explicitly enabled brazos in kernel so that's it.

> and even some people on the Brazos platform can't use
> the brazos build, cause it won't build.

Won't build? How?

Best regards,
Marek Vasut

[Dels]

Dear Marek,

Mine using AMD C-60 platform, which when i use live-cd it keeps crash
on displaying boot screen, sometimes screen flickering but still after
half an hour cannot boot into system, also yesterday i tried to use
official android-x86 brazos build, it works but there several UI
glitch in installation, but overall works well.

[Marek Vasut]

Dear Dels,

> Dear Marek,
>
> Mine using AMD C-60 platform, which when i use live-cd it keeps crash
> on displaying boot screen, sometimes screen flickering but still after
> half an hour cannot boot into system, also yesterday i tried to use
> official android-x86 brazos build, it works but there several UI
> glitch in installation, but overall works well.

Well, maybe the C60 isn't supported by 3.0 kernel. Can you share the kernel log
after it "crashes" ?

>
> On 16 Jun, 03:23, Marek Vasut <marek.va...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Dear MR4Y,
> >
> > > Still wondering why this build will not boot on older AMD platforms,
> > > while the Eee build is the most compatible(as far as I tested on my
> > > hardware).
> >
> > What older AMD platforms? The kernel is compiled for amd brazos (C50
> > etc).
> >
> > > Even the generic 4.0 build (from tabletsx86) is not that
> > > compatible with my hardware (Danube platform, just the generation
> > > before Brazos)
> >
> > I see. I explicitly enabled brazos in kernel so that's it.
> >
> > > and even some people on the Brazos platform can't use
> > > the brazos build, cause it won't build.
> >
> > Won't build? How?
> >
> > > On 12 jun, 14:42, Alexandru Stoian <lxsto...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Another interesting project for tablets was Bodhi. It had a tablet ui
> > > > built on top of Enlightenment. Bodhi is built on top of
> > > > debian/ubuntu. It was a very fast and quite smooth experience but it
> > > > lacked proper support for our GPU and multitouch. If someone would
> > > > fix the touch driver , Bluetooth and gpu it would be a great
> > > > experience for the w500. Especially it uses far less resources the
> > > > Plasma active.
> > > > Here you can get an idea of the UI
> > > >
> > > > :http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5bdO0FMWXa8/TT7KAaBrlpI/AAAAAAAAAg0/_QuSgF

> > > > :c...

[Dels]

How to see kernel log?
Btw the official RC1 use 3.0 as i have noticed and works on AMD C-60

[Marek Vasut]

Dear Dels,

> How to see kernel log?
> Btw the official RC1 use 3.0 as i have noticed and works on AMD C-60

Well ... you can redirect it to the serial port. Debug mode will dump it to the
screen, so dmesg > file will also work at some point where it crashes.

> > > > > > :uSgF c...

[Pedro Mol]

Hi Marek,

Any chance to include Dan / Buildroid ARM Translator patch?

Maybe without binary or proprietary stuff.

Thanks

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[Dels]

Dear Marek,

I dunno about serial port, since my netbook didn't have any, is this
possible because specific hardware driver for Iconia Tab W500 included
in brazos.iso?
Btw may i ask you why eeepc build drain more battery than brazos build
on brazos hardware? Is there any specific optimization in brazos
build?

[Marek Vasut]

Dear Pedro Mol,

> Hi Marek,
> Any chance to include Dan / Buildroid ARM Translator patch?
> Maybe without binary or proprietary stuff.

When it's ready ... yes. I can't redist the libs, so you'll have to drop them in
yourself anyway.

> > > > > > > > > > > > >android-x86...@googlegroups.com.

[Marek Vasut]

Dear Dels,

> Dear Marek,
>
> I dunno about serial port, since my netbook didn't have any, is this
> possible because specific hardware driver for Iconia Tab W500 included
> in brazos.iso?

What do you mean? Boot into debug mode, something will pop up.

> Btw may i ask you why eeepc build drain more battery than brazos build
> on brazos hardware? Is there any specific optimization in brazos
> build?

I'd rather think it's either missing powernow-k8 module or such

> > > > > > > > :0/_Q uSgF c...

[electrik jesus]

Has there been any new progress made on this build?

[Marek Vasut]

Dear electrik jesus,

> Has there been any new progress made on this build?

None, I'll give that tablet to my student as I want him to hack on ACPI0008 and
he has no such hardware.

So don't expect any builds, on the other hand, you can take over. I can explain
you how to do it.

Best regards,
Marek Vasut

[Florin Acsinte]

Could you teach me how to do builds with newer kernels and to add stuff? I do not know the slightest thing about things like compiling kernels, or how android works.. but i am willing to learn 

[Holger Schurig]

Could you teach me how to do builds with newer kernels and to add stuff? I do not know the slightest thing about things like compiling kernels, or how android works.. but i am willing to learn 

My best suggestion is to get used to kernel stuff on your desktop computer first. Start by downloading your kernel from kernel.org, configure it manually to have it only those things needed for your desktop computer, compile it and install it.

That will be a great learning :-)

Then, go and buy a LDD3 (Linux Device Drivers, 3rd edition) and write some basic device driver.

That will help you in "adding things to a kernel", if you really need to do that. My personal feeling is that in the x86 world, you hardly have to do work on the kernel source-code level, this is much more needed in the ARM world.

 

[Marek Vasut]

Dear Florin Acsinte,

> Hello Marek. Could you explain (or show me some links that explain) how to
> build android x86 builds for the w500 tablet? stuff is getting out fast, so
> your .iso will become old very fast.
> Btw, i dont even know how to compile a kernel, but i am willing to learn :)

Grab the stock android-x86 source, apply http://twilight.ponies.cz/android-
x86/x86.diff.gz on it.

cd kernel ; git remote add x86
https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/common.git ; git fetch x86 ; git branch
old ; git checkout -t -b new x86/android-3.0 ; git am patches from
http://twilight.ponies.cz/android-x86/android-kernel/

Drop http://twilight.ponies.cz/android-x86/libsensors-w500/ into
device/amd/brazos/ (so you have device/amd/brazos/libsensors-w500/all-those-
files/ )

cp kernel/arch/x86/configs/android-x86_defconfig
device/amd/brazos/brazos_defconfig

make iso_img TARGET_PRODUCT=amd_brazos TARGET_BUILD_VARIANT=user -j9

AND WAIT ...

> On Tuesday, June 26, 2012 4:10:36 AM UTC+3, Marek Vašut wrote:

Best regards,
Marek Vasut

[Somdutta Roy]

Can anyone out there provide me with an integration of Ericson GSM/GPS module 5321( the details of integration is given here : http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/mbm/index.php?title=MBM#GPS_Control_.28mbm-gpsd.29 )

The built has to be on top of 4.0 asus_laptop....

I am willing to pay for the same....please somebody respond, it's really urgent....

Warm Regards
Som

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[Carlos lima]

Marek could you please provide us a new w500  ICS iso with working bluetooth and arm emulation integrated?  Thanks for all your hard work and your support.

[Marek Vasut]

Dear Carlos lima,

> Marek could you please provide us a new w500 ICS iso with working
> bluetooth and arm emulation integrated? Thanks for all your hard work and
> your support.

I'm giving the device away today and I'll have it back I dunno when ... but the
build instructions are floating somewhere in this thread.

Best regards,
Marek Vasut

[Marek Vasut]

Dear Florin Acsinte,

> Sorry, i am being a noob.
>
> 1)Where do i get the source from? I searched in android-x86 but cannot find
> it..

And it's in the left navigation bar, called "Get Source" : http://www.android-
x86.org/getsourcecode

> 2) how do i apply apply http://twilight.ponies.cz/android-x86/x86.diff.gz
> on it ?

patch(1) ?

> 3)the rest of the commands should be issued just as u wrote them?

More or less ...

> Thank you for your time!
>
> 2012/7/3 Marek Vasut <marek...@gmail.com>

Best regards,
Marek Vasut

[Marek Vasut]

Dear Romart,

> Hi Marek
> and thank you for your precious work on w500!
> I installed your last ISO (10/06 ?). Everything is right, but screen
> rotation don't work.
> 1) Sensor is OK (screen rotates in win 8 and when I use embedded camera in
> Android icons rotates).
> 2) Switching on/off rotation setting (hardware or software in Android)
> don't change anything.
> Any suggestions?

Dunno, the sources are out there, you can try diag'ing it. I don't have the
device anymore, sorry.

> Best Regards
>
> Roberto

Best regards,
Marek Vasut

[Florin Acsinte]

will there be a problem in using a PC with 2gb of ram and a AMD Athlon x2 5400+ CPU?

2012/7/6 Marek Vasut <marek...@gmail.com>

Best regards,
Marek Vasut

[Marek Vasut]

Dear Florin Acsinte,

> will there be a problem in using a PC with 2gb of ram and a AMD Athlon x2
> 5400+ CPU?

Why don't you try before asking ?

Best regards,
Marek Vasut

[Marek Vasut]

Dear Richard Twyning,

> I've been struggling to get this installed on my W500. I copied all the
> files on the ISO onto a 128MB stick and used my tablets boot menu to select
> it to boot from the stick but can't get it to boot.
>
> Is there something I'm missing?

Write the iso to the stick

> > > > > > Best regards,
> > > > > > Marek Vasut
> > > >
> > > > Best regards,
> > > > Marek Vasut
> >

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Best regards,
Marek Vasut

[Florin Acsinte]

Just use UNetBootin, you cant fail (also format it as fat32, not NTFS )

2012/7/13 Marek Vasut <marek...@gmail.com>

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[Marek Vasut]

Dear Richard Twyning,

> Excellent, mant thanks. I renamed the file to have a .img extension and
> used image Write in Ubuntu and it wrote and installed perfectly.
>
> I'm typing this email on my w500 using Android x86.

dd if=file.iso of=/dev/<disc> would have worked too ... and you won't need any
crazy point-and-click graphical utilities ;-)

> :-)

Best regards,
Marek Vasut

[Marek Vasut]

Dear Florin Acsinte,

> Just use UNetBootin, you cant fail (also format it as fat32, not NTFS )

Just use dd 3-/

Best regards,
Marek Vasut

[Marek Vasut]

Dear Antonio F. Cano,

> Hello,
>
> First of all thanks for the effort and the great job.
>
> I'm trying to build an iso by myself as learning process and with the idea
> of adding support for libhoudini.

>
> > > 1)Where do i get the source from? I searched in android-x86 but cannot
> >
> > find
> >
> > > it..
> >
> > And it's in the left navigation bar, called "Get Source" :
> > http://www.android-
> > x86.org/getsourcecode
>

> Following these steps job done.

>
> > > 2) how do i apply apply
> >
> > http://twilight.ponies.cz/android-x86/x86.diff.gz
> >
> > > on it ?
> >
> > patch(1) ?
>

> I try to apply the patch and I've got this error:
>
> can't find file to patch at input line 7
> Perhaps you should have used the -p or --strip option?
>
> --------------------------
>
> |project build/
> |diff --git a/core/combo/TARGET_linux-x86.mk
>
> b/core/combo/TARGET_linux-x86.mk
>
> |index 37f2112..f71940c 100644
> |--- a/core/combo/TARGET_linux-x86.mk
> |+++ b/core/combo/TARGET_linux-x86.mk
>
> --------------------------
> File to patch:

Doesn't that "repo" command have some reverse process of applying diff it
generated? It seems the top-level directories were cut off.

Best regards,
Marek Vasut

[Marek Vasut]

Hi,

new ISO is here, including all patches, changes used etc:

http://twilight.ponies.cz/android-x86/4.2.1/

Bluetooth is broken, audio is broken, rotation works. I ran gcc with
optimization for btver1 (amd c50) instead of atom.

Best regards,
Marek Vasut

[Alexandru Stoian]

Are you back to developing for the W500 by any chance ? I noticed you were trying to get some patches pushed in the upstream kernel a while back , did they ever make it ?

[Marek Vasut]

Dear Alexandru Stoian,

> Are you back to developing for the W500 by any chance ?

Not much.

> I noticed you were
> trying to get some patches pushed in the upstream kernel a while back , did
> they ever make it ?

Which ones do you mean in particular? All kernel stuff I wrote is in upstream
kernel I think.

> On Wednesday, January 23, 2013 7:38:28 AM UTC+2, Marek Vašut wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > new ISO is here, including all patches, changes used etc:
> >
> > http://twilight.ponies.cz/android-x86/4.2.1/
> >
> > Bluetooth is broken, audio is broken, rotation works. I ran gcc with
> > optimization for btver1 (amd c50) instead of atom.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Marek Vasut

Best regards,
Marek Vasut

[Alexandru Stoian]

The Bluetooth support , G-sensor and Ambient Light sensor. Last Kernel version I tried was 3.4 and none of the above mentioned hardware worked. Did they make it to 3.4 or are they part of newer revisions.

Too bad you lost interest in the hardware , you were the only Dev supporting it. The GPU side of things is going pretty well with the open source driver for Radeon so there aren't many snags there anymore , we got even HDMI working properly , but all the other hardware peripherals like touch , Bluetooth and sensors have been neglected. It's a nice little tablet and it's a shame it's not supported well under Linux , I had to upgrade to Windows 8 on it. 

[Plinio Sandes dos Santos]

Hi Alexandru,

You said that the driver for Radeon is working properly. I have special interest in drivers for nVidia, e.g. nouveau, but the best result I got was a lazy screen. Do you have better results running android-x86 with the nouveau driver?

My video card a nVidia ION.

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[Marek Vasut]

Dear Alexandru Stoian,

> The Bluetooth support , G-sensor and Ambient Light sensor. Last Kernel
> version I tried was 3.4 and none of the above mentioned hardware worked.
> Did they make it to 3.4 or are they part of newer revisions.
> Too bad you lost interest in the hardware , you were the only Dev
> supporting it. The GPU side of things is going pretty well with the open
> source driver for Radeon so there aren't many snags there anymore , we got
> even HDMI working properly , but all the other hardware peripherals like
> touch , Bluetooth and sensors have been neglected. It's a nice little
> tablet and it's a shame it's not supported well under Linux , I had to
> upgrade to Windows 8 on it.

ALS driver is missing, the rest is there (bt -- ath3k ; touch is egalax ;
rotation is bma150 for acer)

Best regards,
Marek Vasut