Driver Sources and Kernel Source which are GPLv2 are here.. let hacking begin

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found this link at another site by user krylon360.

http://opensource.palm.com/3.0.2/index.html
Kernel: http://palm.cdnetworks.net/opensourc...nel-2.6.35.tgz
Kernel Patches: http://palm.cdnetworks.net/opensourc...35.patches.tgz

Originally Posted by hoolahoous

found this link at another site by user krylon360.

http://opensource.palm.com/3.0.2/index.html
Kernel: http://palm.cdnetworks.net/opensourc...nel-2.6.35.tgz
Kernel Patches: http://palm.cdnetworks.net/opensourc...35.patches.tgz

given the amount of work the APQ8060 does - it seems that getting android with graphics support shouldn't be the hardest. Graphics is built into the cpu, what else? battery charging might be tricky, usb port, wifi?

The more the core CPU (APQ806) does - less driver work to get a similar device working. there's a good bit of devices that use the same SOC cpu . it would be cool if someone did a teardown to show the insides to see compare to phones/tablets and see what looks the most similar. I'd bet the touchpad is pretty reference design - to get it constructed so quickly they probably stuck to qualcomm's reference design

Here's what I posted on Reddit (context: "it should be doable"):

* The dual-core Qualcomm CPU, obviously
* Wifi: atheros 6003x (potentially same as Galaxy 5)
* Gyroscope: Invensense, who released a library for Android
* Sound: wm89583; hopefully close enough to wm8994 (Galaxy S)
* Bluetooth: Blucore 63T22. Ouch this one might be a problem.

Originally Posted by cyansmoker

Here's what I posted on Reddit (context: "it should be doable"):

* The dual-core Qualcomm CPU, obviously
* Wifi: atheros 6003x (potentially same as Galaxy 5)
* Gyroscope: Invensense, who released a library for Android
* Sound: wm89583; hopefully close enough to wm8994 (Galaxy S)
* Bluetooth: Blucore 63T22. Ouch this one might be a problem.

Doesn't HP release the driver source along with the kernel source for their tablets? And are there any differences between drivers for a Linux kernel intended to run webOS and drivers for a Linux kernel intended to run Android?

Anyone notice the source seems to be a patch to the Android kernel? ....Is WebOS based off of Android?

Originally Posted by Smith7018

Anyone notice the source seems to be a patch to the Android kernel? ....Is WebOS based off of Android?

Duh. new high quality upstart mobile OSs are a branch of Android... Samsung bada too. I think they thought they could do it better or something.. noone one wants to work on a branch of a branch... they want to work on the trunk. That's why bass is destined to fail as well.

Originally Posted by AdamOutler

Duh. new high quality upstart mobile OSs are a branch of Android... Samsung bada too. I think they thought they could do it better or something.. noone one wants to work on a branch of a branch... they want to work on the trunk. That's why bass is destined to fail as well.

Just to clear things a bit: this is not "Android kernel", it's linux kernel, that's what android was built on. There's no such thing as Android kernel. And Samsung's Bada was not built on top of it (unfortunately - it would be much easier to port android), it's built on Nucleus...

Originally Posted by hoolahoous

found this link at another site by user krylon360.

http://opensource.palm.com/3.0.2/index.html
Kernel: http://palm.cdnetworks.net/opensourc...nel-2.6.35.tgz
Kernel Patches: http://palm.cdnetworks.net/opensourc...35.patches.tgz

Um, the hacking has been going on for over 2 years already ...

http://www.webos-internals.org/

-- Rod

Originally Posted by rwhitby

Um, the hacking has been going on for over 2 years already ...

http://www.webos-internals.org/

-- Rod

nice necro!

Originally Posted by anghelyi

Just to clear things a bit: this is not "Android kernel", it's linux kernel, that's what android was built on. There's no such thing as Android kernel. And Samsung's Bada was not built on top of it (unfortunately - it would be much easier to port android), it's built on Nucleus...

Bada is built on Nucleus, but is has links to Linux-community as Bada uses Enlightenment Libraries for some parts and apps.