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i totally forgot u are using the new 4.4 kernel from intel. There is a huge chance that, that one wont work. it doesn't have the right defconfig (the file that tells the builder what to make for your device) and most likely all the drivers that the tab needs. That's why there are so many different kernels laying around for android. Always use your stock kernel source. it should be somewhere on the internet because it must be opensource. If your stock works, than u can upgrade/move components from your stock to the new 4.4 kernel.
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For the bootloops. Always try to make a recovery first. A kernel wont boot an OS by it self without the right ramdisk (both make bootimage, but u already know that), while u have all the parts in cm11 to make a recovery. There are no extra's needed for building a recovery than having a device tree with some basic functions in it. (like: kernel make parameters, device parameters, partition tables) So always make a recovery first. if it boots u have the basics under control.
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About the SKIA problem. in this case it doesn't call for an outside file, nah sort of. Libc doesn't know the parameters because they are for ARM, that's why according to the commits we will use our own memcpy (libc x86 memcpy) parameters that should work. It is a bit fizzling around and get everything on the right track. I can make a patch for you for it, but it may take some time (or maybe not
) and i can't test it.
