compilling and load ICS into pandaboard ES

[Chirag Shah]

hi all,
I am trying to cross compile and load ICS into my pandaboard ES. I am
following steps from source.android.com but i never find a step to
load toolchain and set path of if. so i am curious how compilation
scripts will know which tool chain tobe used to compile source for my
pandaboard?

I am realy struglling with setting environment and compiling/loading
ICS into pandaboard. so i wanted to confirm that source.android.com is
missing steps to mention about it or i do not understand process
exactly?

is this the reliable link (source.android.com) to follow to setup and
load ICS into pandaboard if i am doing it for the first time?

Regards,
chirag shah

[Chirag Shah]

[Joshi, Vikas]

Those instructions build AOSP fs. You need the cross compiler if you are building the kernel from source.
On AOSP master there is a pre-built kernel. In any case look at: http://omappedia.org/wiki/Android_Panda_Build_Source

Vikas

[Vladimir Olovyannikov]

Hi VJ,
It seems that master AOSP branch is broken if you build under Ubuntu 10.04LTS 64 bit for now.
I am getting Error 127 building for Pandaboard ES as following:
host C: emulator <= external/qemu/android/main-emulator.c
prebuilts/tools/gcc-sdk/gcc: line 40: prebuilts/tools/gcc-sdk/../../gcc/linux-x86/host/i686-linux-glibc2.7-4.6/bin/i686-linux-gcc: No such file or directory
make: *** [out/host/linux-x86/obj/EXECUTABLES/emulator_intermediates/android/main-emulator.o] Error 127

Vladimir.

[Chirag Shah]

I am also getting the same error. Please let us know when its fixed. I
currently stuck at this point in my project.

Chirag

[Joshi, Vikas]

Did you follow instructions at: http://source.android.com/source/initializing.html for initializing the environment?

I built on 11.10 Ubuntu and did not see below error.

 

Vikas

[Vladimir Olovyannikov]

I followed those instructions to the letter.
Vikas, that's the point: I guess we both (Chirag and me) have Ubuntu 10.04LTS. And master branch cannot be built currently under it.
Thank you for confirmation regarding 11.10.

Vladimir.

[Vladimir Pantelic]

Vladimir Olovyannikov wrote:
> Hi VJ,
> It seems that master AOSP branch is broken if you build under Ubuntu 10.04LTS 64 bit for now.
> I am getting Error 127 building for Pandaboard ES as following:
> host C: emulator <= external/qemu/android/main-emulator.c
> prebuilts/tools/gcc-sdk/gcc: line 40:
> prebuilts/tools/gcc-sdk/../../gcc/linux-x86/host/i686-linux-glibc2.7-4.6/bin/i686-linux-gcc: No such file or directory
> make: *** [out/host/linux-x86/obj/EXECUTABLES/emulator_intermediates/android/main-emulator.o] Error 127

You don't need qemu anyway to biuld the SW for the device,
simplest thing might be to just disable building it in the
appropriate Android.mk

> Vladimir.

yeah, me too :)

[Chirag Shah]

Hey Vladimir Olovyannikov,

We are not only the one who are pissed of from this error. look at
"http://groups.google.com/group/android-building/topics".

Hey VJ : On ubuntu 11.10 also i am getting same error.

[Chirag Shah]

Correct link : http://groups.google.com/group/android-building/browse_thread/thread/7d5b3c3b2076c35f#

[Joshi, Vikas]

You are using 11.10 64 bit or 11.10 32 bit?
Mine is 64 bit.

Vikas

[Vladimir Olovyannikov]

Thanks Vladimir,

I disabled qemu build, and got ICS build. However, after I "flashed" the images onto the SD card and rebooted, I could only pass to iridescent Android logo; zygote never started, though there are no errors. Also the shell is not available, so there is no logcat; Android logo stays sparkling forever. I am playing with Pandaboard ES Rev. B1. So far I found only one repo which I built and which works fine on my board, and it is not from the googlesource, but a clone from bitbucket; with that repo I got working WiFi and Ethernet, so I'm pretty happy, but would like to have AOSP master running on the board. Any idea what could be wrong?

Thanks,
Vladimir.

[Joshi, Vikas]

I got a word from someone who tried AOSP master and he says AOSP master is fixed as of 12 hrs ago. I am going to download and give it a try.

I will let you know if I successfully boot it up.

 

Vikas

[Chirag Shah]

Hi I have given git reset command in qemu and tools folder of
prebuilds, i was able to build android successfully.

But when i was following steps from devices/ti/panda/README,
===========================================================
i am getting following error while giving command
COMMAND : "sudo out/host/linux-x86/bin/fastboot -p panda flash
userdata"
ERROR MESSAGE: "error : cannot load <path to android
source>/ ........ /userdata.img"
============================================================

Before executing this command i have given following commands and all
applies successfully.
# do not insert SD card, reboot the board
sudo device/ti/panda/usbboot device/ti/panda/bootloader.bin
# now insert the SD card
sudo out/host/linux-x86/bin/fastboot oem format
sudo out/host/linux-x86/bin/fastboot flash xloader device/ti/panda/
xloader.bin
sudo out/host/linux-x86/bin/fastboot flash bootloader device/ti/panda/
bootloader.bin
# reboot the board to fastboot mode again(hold user button, then
toggle power button)
sudo out/host/linux-x86/bin/fastboot erase cache

What could be the reason of this error ?
(1) Whether my android not compiled successfully or
(2) xloader.bin/bootloader.bin are not correct for pandaboard ES ?
(3) Another observation is that when i load bootloader.bin through
usbboot, it detects OMAP4440 device instead pandaboard ES has OMAP4460.

[shubh]

Hi Vikas, could u tell me what are the changes you made for make wifi
work, I am trying to on Panda 4430 with ICS source.

let me know if u have any suggestion.

thanks

On Mar 22, 8:06 am, "Joshi, Vikas" <v-jos...@ti.com> wrote:
> I got a word from someone who tried AOSP master and he says AOSP master is fixed as of 12 hrs ago. I am going to download and give it a try.
> I will let you know if I successfully boot it up.
>
> Vikas
>
> From: panda...@googlegroups.com [mailto:panda...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Vladimir Olovyannikov
> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 2:34 AM
> To: panda...@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: [pandaboard] compilling and load ICS into pandaboard ES
>
> Thanks Vladimir,
>
> I disabled qemu build, and got ICS build. However, after I "flashed" the images onto the SD card and rebooted, I could only pass to iridescent Android logo; zygote never started, though there are no errors. Also the shell is not available, so there is no logcat; Android logo stays sparkling forever. I am playing with Pandaboard ES Rev. B1. So far I found only one repo which I built and which works fine on my board, and it is not from the googlesource, but a clone from bitbucket; with that repo I got working WiFi and Ethernet, so I'm pretty happy, but would like to have AOSP master running on the board. Any idea what could be wrong?
>
> Thanks,
> Vladimir.
>
> On Tuesday, 20 March 2012 01:55:05 UTC-7, Vladimir Pantelic wrote:
> Vladimir Olovyannikov wrote:
> > Hi VJ,
> > It seems that master AOSP branch is broken if you build under Ubuntu 10.04LTS 64 bit for now.
> > I am getting Error 127 building for Pandaboard ES as following:
> > host C: emulator <= external/qemu/android/main-emulator.c
> > prebuilts/tools/gcc-sdk/gcc: line 40:

> > prebuilts/tools/gcc-sdk/../../gcc/linux-x86/host/i686-linux-glibc2.7-4.6/bi n/i686-linux-gcc: No such file or directory
> > make: *** [out/host/linux-x86/obj/EXECUTABLES/emulator_intermediates/android/main-emu lator.o] Error 127