Device Port Thread

[chev droid]

Hi devs and community!

Since there are plans for porting Maru OS to other devices, after it's Open Source and on Git, I think a Thread with a "Device Port List" would be good.

E.g.

[Nexus 7] [In development] [DevName1(Leader), DevName2 ...]

A Leader for each Port which is coordinating the work with the other devs could make sense in some cases.

Maru OS Device Ports:

Nexus Devices

[Nexus 5x] [port working] [Preetam] [NO Slimport & MHL Support by Hardware]

Preetam's development device for arm64

Nexus 5x Porting Thread


Development repos:
https://github.com/pdsouza/maruos_device_lge_bullhead
https://github.com/pdsouza/maruos_device_lge_bullhead_kernel
https://github.com/pdsouza/maruos_device_lge_bullhead-kernel

[Nexus 4] [planned] [Bojan, chev?]

[Nexus 7 2012] [in development] [Tyler, ...]


[Nexus 7 2013 (flo wifi)] [port working] [Tyler]

Nexus 7 Porting Thread

Download test builds:

Find it here


[Nexus 7 2013 (deb LTE)] [in development] [Tyler]

Nexus 7 Porting Thread

[Nexus 6] [planned] [chev, ...] [NO Slimport & MHL Support by Hardware]

Testing: UnsocialSoul, Lethe

[Nexus 6p] [in development] [bootlessxfly, chev] [NO Slimport & MHL Support by Hardware] [Display Link Support]

Nexus 6P Porting Thread

Development repos:
https://github.com/bootlessxfly/maruos_device_nexus6p
https://github.com/bootlessxfly/maruos_device_nexus6p_kernel
https://github.com/bootlessxfly/maruos_device_nexus6p_images


[Nexus 9] [in development] Tyler Martin


Pixel Devices

[Google Pixel] [planned] [chev]

Probably no Slimport/MHL Support.

HTC Devices

[HTC 10] [port working] [Georgian]

HTC 10 Porting Thread

One Plus Devices

[One Plus 3] [planned] [Vitor Arins]


[One Plus 5] [planned] [Vitor Arins]


Essential Devices

[Essential Phone] [in development] [Michael DeFrancesco]

Essential PH-1 Porting Thread

LG Devices

[LG G2] [planned] [Craig]

Testing : Starly Solon, Roma Lytvynov, ImOnLinux

[LG G3 D855] [Planned] [Mika Beckerich]

Testing: Nicolò Balzarotti, Andrea Gallo

[LG V10] [planned] [Georgian]

[LG G4 H815] [port working] [Georgian]

LG G4 Porting Thread

Motorola Devices

[Motorola G 2nd Gen] [Planned] [hackersarchangel] [NO Slimport & MHL Support by Hardware]

[Motorola Z2 Force] [port working] [Georgian]

Motorola Z2 Force Porting Thread

Samsung Devices

[Samsung Note 4] [planned] [Juan Luis ]

[Samsung S9/S9+] [port working] [Georgian]

Samsung S9/S9+ Porting Thread

 

Sony Devices

[Xperia devices which has MHL support] [Planned] [Noel Macwan]

Will be split up per device, when the builds are up.

[Xperia Z3 Compact] [in development] [Noel,Stefan]

Xperia Z3 Compact Porting Thread

Port Status


planned             =     User/Dev planned to do a port, not started yet or waiting

in development =     Dev(s) have started working on the port 

port working      =     Dev(s) have a working version of Maru OS on their devices

available           =     Working version of Maru OS available for this device
 
canceled           =      Dev(s) canceled the port due to either, no time, device not available to dev(s), or not able to make a port. 

Regards

chev

[Preetam]

Great idea chev, you beat me to it!

Anyone interested in porting to a device, please let us know by adding a line as chev has shown above.

I know Craig is looking at the LG G2, Antonius at the 5X, Bojan at the Nexus 4, chev himself at a few other Nexus devices, plus many others I can't remember off the top of my head...definitely some Sony devices and Samsung in there. I'll reach out to the folks who got in touch over email over the past few months and point them at this thread.

[Starly Solon]

I have a LG G2 (d803) and I'd be wiling to test some builds when they'll be available.

[Mika Beckerich]

I have an [LG G3 D855][Planned][Mika Beckerich]. How can this line be added to the list?

[Dustin Klingele]

I have a Moto G 2nd Gen I'd be willing to try this out on.

So [Motorola G 2nd Gen][Planned][hackersarchangel].

If I find the time to learn how to port stuff, I'll certainly take a crack at it until someone much more qualified than me comes along.

[dan]

Hey chev,

before porting to an old or dead horse (Android 5.1.1) wouldn't it be better to take a look at Nutella?
That would be an investment into the future.

[chev droid]

hi dan,

First Maru should be be updated to M and after N is out there will be the update to N I think, since preview 3 is out for Nexus 5 there is a good change Maru OS (currently based on Nexus 5) will get N.

Until then, porting from L to M or even N would be problematic since the "base" of Maru is currently on L. So porting to other Android 5.X phones/tablets makes sense atm.

Before we can start porting, we have to waint until Maru OS is opensourced (until Code is on git).

And that are only my thoughts, because Preetam is the developer of Maru OS (I'm only helping out here and doing this list and so on.) But I think Preetam will soon get help from us in developing :)

[Preetam]

Starting off porting v0.2.3 on devices that support L and then upgrading to M should not be a big change for the device maintainers as device-specific code is pretty well separated from the rest of the system. There are a few devices that were introduced with M or later (5X and 6P) so these will need to wait till Maru OS is on M. M first, then possibly N after it's been released and sees a few bug fixes as is common with any new release.

[Conor Anderson]

I am happy to test a Nexus 4 port.
I have a Oneplus One as well, but with no HDMI/MHL out, I don't know how Maru would work!

[Starly Solon]

If some devices already have the source code for the device tree and kernel (like devices officially supported by Cyanogenmod) would porting be easier? And what does it take to make a port, I'd love to try!

[Preetam]

I'll put together a basic outline of the porting process when all the code is up!

Yeah, it is definitely easier to do a port if you have a reference configuration to work off of. The Nexus devices all have publicly available device repos that you can base your port on, including the kernel sources. For non-Nexus devices, you may have to visit the vendor's website and download a tarball of all the necessary sources to build a complete device image; for example, LG has an open-source website where you can download the kernel and android sources.

I am not very familiar with CyanogenMod myself, but yes, if you have some reference to start with you can save a lot of time.

Essentially, what you will need to do is provide two things:

1. A pre-built kernel image repo that will be very similar to https://github.com/maruos/device_lge_hammerhead-kernel
2. A device configuration repo that will define all device-specific setup (the Nexus 5 device repo for Maru OS is not available just yet, but when it is that will serve as a good example). This can be pretty tricky to get working completely for devices without public repos...if you miss some configuration you may not activate certain hardware on your device for example.

I definitely encourage you to try a port if you're interested!

[Preetam]

A heads-up that the device configuration repo I mentioned above is now available on GitHub: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/maru-os-dev/CZxym6f_n7I/iog9BkaPCQAJ. This is the second piece of the puzzle for device ports, along with the pre-built kernel.

[jason bender]

Hello All!

I am excited to find this project - I was a member of the Atrix devteam (a similar project, my most notable contribution was to debug the GTK conflict with openoffice,  and writing an ARM device driver for SPL2 printers.) - I am willing to buy a device specifically for this project ... am thinking Nexus 6, LG G4 - or anything >5.5" that has LTE band 2...

On Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at 9:18:23 AM UTC-7, chev droid wrote:

Hi devs and community!

Since there are plans for porting Maru OS to other devices, after it's Open Source and on Git, I think a Thread with a "Device Port List" would be good.

Like:

[Device] [Status] [Developpers(Leader)/Maintainers]

E.g.

[Nexus 7] [In development] [DevName1(Leader), DevName2 ...]

Also a list with helpers/testers would be a good idea I think, since a dev can do a port, but maybe don't have a device. And maybe someone has that devices but isn't able to do a port.

A Leader for each Port which is coordinating the work with the other devs could make sense in some cases.

Maru OS Device Ports:

Nexus Devices

[Nexus 5x] [planned] [Antonius]

Porting could be problematic, since MaruOS isn't yet on marshmallow?

[Nexus 4] [planned] [Bojan]

[Nexus 7] [planned] [chev, ...]

[Nexus 6] [planned] [chev, ...]

[Nexus 6p] [planned] [chev, ...]

Porting could be problematic, since MaruOS isn't yet on marshmallow?

LG Devices

[LG G2] [planned] [Craig]

Testing : Starly Solon

[LG G3 D855] [Planned] [Mika Beckerich]

Motorola Devices

[Motorola G 2nd Gen] [Planned] [hackersarchangel]

Samsung Devices

Sony Devices

...

Regards

chev

[Technerd24680]

Would love to see this ported to the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Sm-n9005 Or all Note 3 Models. Thanks In Advance

[Preetam]

Hi Jason!

On Sunday, July 24, 2016 at 3:01:55 AM UTC-4, jason bender wrote:

Hello All!

I am excited to find this project - I was a member of the Atrix devteam (a similar project, my most notable contribution was to debug the GTK conflict with openoffice,  and writing an ARM device driver for SPL2 printers.) - I am willing to buy a device specifically for this project ... am thinking Nexus 6, LG G4 - or anything >5.5" that has LTE band 2...

Wow, very exciting to hear you were an engineer for the Atrix--I've always heard references to it as the first mover in this space!

Lots of folks have been asking for Nexus 6 and LG devices so we should definitely have a few ports over there before too long. The ports are mostly waiting on all of the code to be open-sourced. About 90% of it is available on GitHub now and the rest will be following shortly.

I'm very much looking forward to having your expertise on the project, whether it's testing Maru out on new devices or contributing ideas / code / etc.

Best,
Preetam

[chev droid]

Hi

Porting Maru OS to Nexus6p and Nexus5x could be problematic, since they don't support Slimport, MHL neither.
So I don't see Maru OS comming to the both Nexus Devices...or at least it wouldn't make much sense, when you can't connect to a Monitor/TV.

What maybe would work is DisplayLink (which requeris special hardware).


Or at least i don't see any other possibility.


Regards

chev

[Preetam]

On Thursday, July 28, 2016 at 10:33:26 AM UTC-4, chev droid wrote:

Hi

Porting Maru OS to Nexus6p and Nexus5x could be problematic, since they don't support Slimport, MHL neither.
So I don't see Maru OS comming to the both Nexus Devices...or at least it wouldn't make much sense, when you can't connect to a Monitor/TV.

Yup, I agree.

But if there is still interest in running the desktop in a headless mode over SSH/VNC it may be possible to still have a port once https://github.com/maruos/maruos/issues/5 is done.

 

What maybe would work is DisplayLink (which requeris special hardware).

This was just recently brought to my attention; something to look at for sure! It would be nice to support this in addition to HDMI to open up more devices for Maru. But yes, as you said it does require DisplayLink hardware (display / dock)...

Best,
Preetam

[Antonius Harijanto]

My Nexus 5x just got stolen, I'm going to get a new device which could also be used for development.

Any idea what would be ideal? (I'm looking for something newer, perhaps 2015 - 2016 launched device)

[Bart Vdpt]

+1
As my previous post, i also wanna still know which device is next. But i want something little newer then the Nexus 5. But it seams that this one was the last with SlimPort: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Google_Nexus_smartphones
The needed SlimPort seams to be the barrier that will possibly stop MarusOs from growing. Or are there new display ports that will be supported in the future?

My 2009 smartphone is diying so i need to buy a new secondhand the next coming month.
And i wanna buy one to run SailfishOs and Android/MarusOs.

[misc.intern...@gmail.com]

I was trying to look at the code and do something but too swamped now. Still, as a user, my request would be either

(a) Zenfone 2. This is x86 hardware so it would maybe allow many binary drivers to run (displaylink for one).

(b) HTC 10. This seems to work reliably (unlike LG hardware), is fast and has slimport 4K out. With a 4K output, one could hook the phone to datapath Fx4 and have a single phone drive 4 screens. With some hardware acceleration in Maru if it ever happens, this could be quite a desktop setup.

[Antonius Harijanto]

I decided to resurrect my HTC One m7, as turned out it supports HDMI over MHL. Looking forward to start working on MaruOS :)

[chev droid]

Antonius remember that Maru OS currently only supports Slimport not MHL!

But support for MHL sould be possible in future or could be tested e.g. on your M7!

And if I remember correctly most Samsung devices also only support MHL, so MHL support would be a good idea, even if Slimport is superior to MHL.

[Preetam]

I think I've implemented the HDMI stuff at a layer that abstracts the actual protocol--I just haven't had a chance to test it on MHL yet because I don't have MHL hardware. So Antonius can be the first to test out MHL! If it doesn't work, we can use the M7 to work towards supporting MHL.

[Antonius Harijanto]

Sounds great! I'll give it try

[Bart Vdpt]

Nexus 6 has no Slimport support?! Like i mentioned above after Nexus 5 no Slimport support anymore.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Google_Nexus_smartphones
The needed SlimPort seams not so widly spread and used:
http://www.slimportconnect.com/slimport-supported-devices/

Will there come other display port technology support later on, and which one?

I am really interested in Maru Os , sorry i am not a programmer but more a designer/developer.
But if i know which device i can buy and test.

After some research seams that the HTC 10 is the only phone that has all the specs right for the real desktop experience. http://www.htc.com/us/smartphones/htc-10/
Only to expensive for me.

[Preetam]

Hi Bart,

Thanks for bringing this up and apologies for the unclear answers!

MHL should likely work without major changes to the system so you can also take a look at devices that support MHL: http://www.mhltech.org/devices.aspx

I have heard that some of the Sony devices are pretty open with their Open Devices program and a lot of them support MHL: http://developer.sonymobile.com/open-devices/

Also the full list of SlimPort devices are here: http://us.slimportconnect.com/slimport-supported-devices/

But yeah, I agree 100% Maru needs to move past wired HDMI protocols like SlimPort and MHL since it looks like Nexus is dropping support in favor of Chromecast. Wireless standards like Miracast and Chromecast can open up a lot more devices to Maru. They've been on my list for a while but I've been tied up with the open-sourcing stuff.

Chromecast is #2 on my feature TODO list so we can get Maru on the latest Nexus devices. I am fairly confident this can be done so feel free to look at Nexus 6 and beyond if you are picking up a new device!

Preetam

[Bart Vdpt]

Hi Preetam 

Yes, in some post your write "only support for SlimPort". That was confusing me. 

Thanks for to make this all more clear. 

I will check soon all possible devices from the URL's you have posted. 

Make's it more difficult to chose out of more devices. :-)

I am not a big fan to buy a Nexus. 

Will follow up the Maru development and see which device is next. 

For me it doesn't have to be Wireless, how will i connect my (future) phone to any computer monitor? 

With a in-between device, but then it starts to get less mobile. 

The best thing of MaruOS for me is that i can connect my (future) phone anywhere on almost any monitor. 

Sometimes i notice that wired is more mobile then wireless, but that's another discussion. 

Pity i can't help because i understand nothing of this. 

And no time to learn because i work already more then full-time. 

But still waiting to test. 

Regards 

Op vrijdag 12 augustus 2016 03:48:16 UTC+2 schreef Preetam:

[Roma Lytvynov]

Hi, I have LG G2 (d802) and I want testing it.

Thx.

[abhiram aditya]

Please add Samsung Note 4 device. I would like to test on it.

On Wednesday, 15 June 2016 21:48:23 UTC+5:30, chev droid wrote:

Hi devs and community!

Since there are plans for porting Maru OS to other devices, after it's Open Source and on Git, I think a Thread with a "Device Port List" would be good.

Like:

[Device] [Status] [Developpers(Leader)/Maintainers]

E.g.

[Nexus 7] [In development] [DevName1(Leader), DevName2 ...]

Also a list with helpers/testers would be a good idea I think, since a dev can do a port, but maybe don't have a device. And maybe someone has that devices but isn't able to do a port.

A Leader for each Port which is coordinating the work with the other devs could make sense in some cases.

Maru OS Device Ports:

Nexus Devices

[Nexus 5x] [planned] [Antonius] [NO Slimport & MHL Support by Hardware]

[Nexus 4] [planned] [Bojan]


[Nexus 7] [planned] [chev, ...]

[Nexus 6] [planned] [chev, ...] [NO Slimport & MHL Support by Hardware]

[Nexus 6p] [planned] [chev, ...] [NO Slimport & MHL Support by Hardware]

LG Devices

[LG G2] [planned] [Craig]

Testing : Starly Solon, Roma Lytvynov

[LG G3 D855] [Planned] [Mika Beckerich]

Motorola Devices

[Motorola G 2nd Gen] [Planned] [hackersarchangel]

Samsung Devices

Sony Devices

...

Regards

chev

[Nicolò Balzarotti]

LG G3 D855 here, ready to tests nightly builds :)

[Conor Anderson]

I'd be interested to know how well Maru could respond to the Andromium Superbook. They've just finished their KS project.

[ha...@jakoblicina.de]

I can offer testing on Moto G 2014 Dual-SIM :)

[Bart Vdpt]

@conor: already dicussed in this post: https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/maru-os/9D_TBOXKo_8
The developers from Superbook have never replied on my question about MarusOs versus Superbook.
But the developers from NexDock have replied that it (will) work(s). Have backed the SBook, so in februari '17 i can test. :-/ When it doesn't work i sell it and buy the NexDock.

[ImOnLinux]

I have a LG G2 (VS980) and would enjoy testing Maru OS on it. I am currently running Maru OS on a Nexus 5 and it is fantastic.

[UnsocialSoul]

Hi, i have a Nexus 6P and a OnePlus 3. Willing to test builds on these devices

On Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at 11:18:23 PM UTC+7, chev droid wrote:

Hi devs and community!

Since there are plans for porting Maru OS to other devices, after it's Open Source and on Git, I think a Thread with a "Device Port List" would be good.

Like:

[Device] [Status] [Developpers(Leader)/Maintainers]

E.g.

[Nexus 7] [In development] [DevName1(Leader), DevName2 ...]

Also a list with helpers/testers would be a good idea I think, since a dev can do a port, but maybe don't have a device. And maybe someone has that devices but isn't able to do a port.

A Leader for each Port which is coordinating the work with the other devs could make sense in some cases.

Maru OS Device Ports:

Nexus Devices

[Nexus 5x] [planned] [Antonius] [NO Slimport & MHL Support by Hardware]

[Nexus 4] [planned] [Bojan]


[Nexus 7] [planned] [chev, ...]

[Nexus 6] [planned] [chev, ...] [NO Slimport & MHL Support by Hardware]

[Nexus 6p] [planned] [chev, ...] [NO Slimport & MHL Support by Hardware]

LG Devices

[LG G2] [planned] [Craig]

Testing : Starly Solon, Roma Lytvynov, ImOnLinux

[LG G3 D855] [Planned] [Mika Beckerich]

Testing: Nicolò Balzarotti, 

Motorola Devices

[Motorola G 2nd Gen] [Planned] [hackersarchangel]

Samsung Devices

Sony Devices

...

Regards

chev

[Kevin Cottingham]

Hello, I have a HTC One M7 and would be more than happy to test builds on it. 

[Nikil Augustine]

i know my way around porting, i have a spare falcon device not sure if i should try porting maru to it. i had it on my n5 since the early stages.

[Andrea Gallo]

Hi! I have an LG G3 international (d855). I'm ready to test the first build but I don't know how to port it