Source code (Android kernel, Ubuntu) now available

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I didn't notice this when it happened, but it was pointed out in IRC (and not on the forums yet, I believe). The Android kernel and Ubuntu source code has been release in Motorola's usual site. I know some people have been waiting for tun.ko and cifs.ko - here's your chance. I might play around with a few modules myself, but I'm more excited about the Ubuntu source code release.

P.S. Oh, the people who were bellyaching and talking about how HTC was better than Motorola because HTC released kernel source code for some devices? Eat your heart out.

Credit to [http://forum.xda-developers.com/memb...12640]jiggytom[/u] for pointing it out to me. This should have been in the original post.

awesome. thank you moto, finally opening some doors, even if it's just a little bit

it would be pretty sweet if they showed canadian customers some love and released source for the Bell Atrix as well :/

Originally Posted by raybond25

awesome. thank you moto, finally opening some doors, even if it's just a little bit

it would be pretty sweet if they showed canadian customers some love and released source for the Bell Atrix as well :/

I'm certain that for the source they released, it's identical for all released devices. The kernel version isn't going to be different, nor that for any of the webtop packages. Any differences lie elsewhere, and I don't expect Motorola to ever release that source code.

Originally Posted by Sogarth

I'm certain that for the source they released, it's identical for all released devices. The kernel version isn't going to be different, nor that for any of the webtop packages. Any differences lie elsewhere, and I don't expect Motorola to ever release that source code.

good point. it's just annoying that the frameworks files aren't cross compatible - because almost any ROMs that will be released will rely on framework changes and landing AT&T edited frameworks on a Bell Atrix causes a soft-brick (i've tried, lol)

i guess we just need a canadian dev, or someone who's nice enough to effect some of the current AT&T framework changes that can be made to Bell frameworks.

I would if I knew how, and who knows, maybe i'll try and puzzle through it. :P

For what it's worth, I believe I pointed it out on irc.

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so what will this give us atrix users?

Originally Posted by jiggytom

For what it's worth, I believe I pointed it out on irc.

To me, true. Not sure if anybody pointed it out to anybody before me (and they just decided not to tell anybody else). I was thinking about what to do about that, but credit where credit's due, right?

AHHHHH HEEELLSSS YEEAAHHH!!!!!! So what do we do now?

we just need the unlocked bootloader now!

Interesting, assuming the kernel compiles from the source, no extra proprietary files needed, I would be interested getting aufs.ko installed and working. My idea being that all the mods done here could be applied via the fs overlay and leave the stock system partition alone for updates. I know that init.d support is a bit of a hack via recovery.sh, no way to edit init.rc atm, so not sure if an overlay could be applied on the fly without issues while android is loading.