Android parts in HP Pre 3 kernel

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Hello everybody,

I was just looking around the Pre 3 kernel sources to find something useful about turning on the flash LED to make a torch when I found some lines related to Android.

Maybe HP just used Android sources to make their kernel or maybe this kernel is ready to start Android ?

What do you think about that ?

# Android
#
CONFIG_ANDROID=y
CONFIG_ANDROID_BINDER_IPC=y
CONFIG_ANDROID_LOGGER=y
CONFIG_ANDROID_RAM_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_ANDROID_RAM_CONSOLE_ENABLE_VERBOSE=y
# CONFIG_ANDROID_RAM_CONSOLE_ERROR_CORRECTION is not set
# CONFIG_ANDROID_RAM_CONSOLE_EARLY_INIT is not set
CONFIG_ANDROID_TIMED_OUTPUT=y
CONFIG_ANDROID_TIMED_GPIO=y
CONFIG_ANDROID_LOW_MEMORY_KILLER=y

Originally Posted by legsim

Hello everybody,

I was just looking around the Pre 3 kernel sources to find something useful about turning on the flash LED to make a torch when I found some lines related to Android.

Maybe HP just used Android sources to make their kernel or maybe this kernel is ready to start Android ?

What do you think about that ?

# Android
#
CONFIG_ANDROID=y
CONFIG_ANDROID_BINDER_IPC=y
CONFIG_ANDROID_LOGGER=y
CONFIG_ANDROID_RAM_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_ANDROID_RAM_CONSOLE_ENABLE_VERBOSE=y
# CONFIG_ANDROID_RAM_CONSOLE_ERROR_CORRECTION is not set
# CONFIG_ANDROID_RAM_CONSOLE_EARLY_INIT is not set
CONFIG_ANDROID_TIMED_OUTPUT=y
CONFIG_ANDROID_TIMED_GPIO=y
CONFIG_ANDROID_LOW_MEMORY_KILLER=y

Qualcomm's reference kernel for that processor is an Android kernel. So all devices based on that processor start with an Android kernel and work from there.

-- Rod

Originally Posted by rwhitby

Qualcomm's reference kernel for that processor is an Android kernel. So all devices based on that processor start with an Android kernel and work from there.

-- Rod

so,is it possible to run android on hp pre 3?

Yes, both the Pre3 and touchpad were developed with android due to mismatch in speed between hardware teams and webOS teams. I.e. webOS teams were way too slow.

Originally Posted by pablo_max

Yes, both the Pre3 and touchpad were developed with android due to mismatch in speed between hardware teams and webOS teams. I.e. webOS teams were way too slow.

On what authority do you make this statement? Do you work in either of those teams? You'll need some facts to back up a bold, unprovable statement like that.

-- Rod

Originally Posted by pablo_max

Yes, both the Pre3 and touchpad were developed with android due to mismatch in speed between hardware teams and webOS teams. I.e. webOS teams were way too slow.

Seriously ? It sounds a little weird, I thought that the Pre 3 was developed with WebOS 2.1.

Anyway, it still would be great to be able to dual-boot Android or at least make Android apps working, maybe within a chroot like there is with the Touchpad.
By the way, would the Touchpad Android IPK work on Pre 3 ? Is there any reason I shouldn't try ?

Originally Posted by legsim

Seriously ? It sounds a little weird, I thought that the Pre 3 was developed with WebOS 2.1.

Without further proof, you should treat that post as trolling. There is no Android available from HP for the Pre 3.

Anyway, it still would be great to be able to dual-boot Android or at least make Android apps working, maybe within a chroot like there is with the Touchpad.
By the way, would the Touchpad Android IPK work on Pre 3 ? Is there any reason I shouldn't try ?

You should read the threads on PreCentral where the damage that package does to your kernel installation is outlined. Folks are having to doctor their devices to recover full capability again.

-- Rod

I tried to install the IPK but it didn't want to install the modified kernel.
So I did it manually and now the Pre 3 won't boot anymore.

It's time for doctoring in recovery mode

Originally Posted by legsim

I tried to install the IPK but it didn't want to install the modified kernel.
So I did it manually and now the Pre 3 won't boot anymore.

It's time for doctoring in recovery mode

that's the attitude.

gratz