ICS Thoughts

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Just rambling here. In order to get ICS ported to the Venue, we need compatible kernel drivers. It appears, from what I can find on the 'net, that Qualcomm isn't releasing drivers for the QSD8250 for ICS. Looking around XDA, I see the HTC Desire (GSM), also based on the '8250, has a working ICS beta found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1403113. This appears to use a Tiamat kernel, http://tiamat-dev.com/tiamat_bravo/. Using the AOSP 4.0.x repository, the Dell info from http://opensource.dell.com/releases/venue/v4.06/ and the Tiamat kernel, is it possible to pull together an ICS port? I wish I had more experience with this type of stuff...

Dell used the CAF 8260 GB sources when building 4xx roms, they simply backported whatever they need to from their already working 3xx codebase for whatever was needed (i assume)

CAF itself dropped support for 8x50 in their GB codebases, but the 8x60 is close enough it didnt really matter ultimately.

Much of the drivers arnt even in the kernel, they're in the android userland which is Apache and not gpl, hence the driver issue.

Which ever method you (presumedly do) to get the kernel booting under ICS doesnt really matter, but the more difficult/time-consuming methods will ultimately be more useful for porting to newer kern versions.

Don't forget the Nexus One and, IIRC, the HD2 also use the 8250

I would think this would help too: http://www.xda-developers.com/androi...aries-for-ics/

Too bad the development work is well outside my capabilities. Maybe our Korean friends are working on it though.

Guys.!!! Dell venue n dell streak 5got same rom n environment hardware too just diffrence is venue is Hdpi n dell streak is Mdpi .so why do nt we join hands n make ics work for dell or on other hand u can take advantage of our dell streak 5 formus there r few good roms like longhorn 2.8 with Hdpi support for dell Venue and Dcs 1.1.which supports both hdpi n mdpi just need to edit build.prop n may be kernel....whish u all safe cooking ...n Friends in need friend indeed ..

Max

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Folks, I can see that Qualcomm released Adreno 200 drivers for ICS several months ago (Mar) (https://developer.qualcomm.com/mobil...-and-resources).

Information in the above page also says that, the drivers has been tested on CAF M8960AAAAANLYA1030. As I noticed, whenever we get the source code from Code Aurora, there is also a kernel directory included. Do you think that we can start from that kernel to port ICS to Venue?

Originally Posted by chacona

Folks, I can see that Qualcomm released Adreno 200 drivers for ICS several months ago (Mar) (https://developer.qualcomm.com/mobil...-and-resources).

Information in the above page also says that, the drivers has been tested on CAF M8960AAAAANLYA1030. As I noticed, whenever we get the source code from Code Aurora, there is also a kernel directory included. Do you think that we can start from that kernel to port ICS to Venue?

Yes we can,
But I aint that good into dev
This mobile has what it requires to run ICS

The kernel itself ultimately doesnt matter, as long as it has the right code changes merged in.

The current S5 ICS kernel's lineage is:
S5/405 (dell) -> Phoenix kernel/GB (n0p) -> Phoenix/cm7.2 (hPa) ?-> Phoenix/cm9 (hPa) -> Phoenix/AOSP (kibuuka)

Only the final step involved merging in any changes to make it work with ics, ultimately it's based mostly on the phoenix GB kernel which itself is based on the S5's 405 kernel

S5 405 = S5 408 = V 406 = V 408, they're all the same kernel (with ifdefs/configs for the S5/V).

I'd imagine getting a V kernel to boot ICS period is 85% of the work as the S5's froyo/GB kernels can directly boot V froyo/gb roms, and the reverse would likely hold.

The kernel 405/6/7/8 from Dell can be built successfully, however there are known issues such as after charging, we won't be able to boot the kernel up. I do not have a Streak, so I wonder whether those issues are fixed well in Phoenix kernel Manii? Can you show me how to get the source for the latest phoenix kernel that you're using with your Streak AOSP? Maybe I will try to build with Venue myself to see how things work!

phoenix kernel/ICS - Github

It's currently in the process of being merged back in.

You could try diffing S5 405 with V 406 and seeing what's changed in the source, they're nearly identical, but I dont expect them to be bit identical