[Kernel][osprey][merlin] Squid Kernel for Moto G 2015

[kurtn]

I've been a combination of busy/lazy/tired lately, but I'm going to work on some Android related things this weekend. The kernel source code already supports Oreo if you want to build it yourself, but I haven't yet released an Oreo build publicly.

welcome back

 

[ArcherTanu]

I've been a combination of busy/lazy/tired lately, but I'm going to work on some Android related things this weekend. The kernel source code already supports Oreo if you want to build it yourself, but I haven't yet released an Oreo build publicly.

Im trying to complile ur oreo brunch kernel source from ur source repo with linaro gcc 7.2.

Successful compilation without any error. But after flashing zImage in my merlin with los15.1 oreo bootloader stack cant pass bootloader.

Any clue whts wrong?

 

[ArcherTanu]

Im trying to complile ur oreo brunch kernel source from ur source repo with linaro gcc 7.2.

Successful compilation without any error. But after flashing zImage in my merlin with los15.1 oreo bootloader stack cant pass bootloader.

Any clue whts wrong?

Now i know whats wrong.. Im compiling old source code with out latest commits..

And till now ur not adding couatom goverbors and hotplugs..?

 

[ArcherTanu]

Guyzz new coustom is good to go.. Ill post it asap now tesing period running.. ? Thnx for all support...

 

[ArcherTanu]

Guyzz new coustom is good to go.. Ill post it asap now tesing period running.. ? Thnx for all support...

Some screenshots of kernel testing..

 

[sanju455]

Eargly waiting for a merlin kernal for los16

 

[ArcherTanu]

Eargly waiting for a merlin kernal for los16

That kernel is up now..

Check over here..

https://forum.xda-developers.com/a2...nel-zenfire-kernel-moto-g-turbo-moto-t3942971

 

[Victor792019]

question

any chance to update the kernel?

 

[saikat08]

thanks a lot for this kernel . this kernel makes a huge difference in terms of performance , and also the battery life of this phone . thanks for adding IntelliPlug CPU hotplug in it . this is the best tool to get the best battery life out of this phone i think .
with few tweaks in cpu, gpu governors ,and a little bit of underclocking of cpu with this intelliplug hotplug tweaks , this phone's battery is a beast now .

 

[saikat08]

Do you implement custom changes unto stock Squid kernel? If so, I'd like to hear what settings you tinkered with, why and how? If you don't mind me asking. Posting a battery consumption screenshot would be helpful too. I've been using Squid as-is ever since it was released and it is the best kernel I've used on osprey by a long shot.

Sure!.
I believe it mainly depends on one's usage. My everyday use consist of mainly youtube (3-4.5 hrs everyday), calling, WhatsApp, Google music, reddit, google chrome (&other apps but those are rare).

For CPU I did underclocked cpu to 1094 mhz, and set the cpu governor to conservative. (Conservative gives best battery backup i think, but performance can be slightly choppy sometimes).

For GPU I didnt underclocked or overclocked. Just changed the governor to simple-ondemand. It is similar to msm_adreno_tz (which is default). It's just msm_adreno_tz is bit biased towards performance.
(I think powersave governor will give best battery life but I tried it and even youtube videos while opening, were lagging so I sticked with simple_ondemand.

In cpu hotplugging I did set the profile to eco_conservative, which I think totally shuts down 2 cores. And also I did set the minimum cores online to 1 (2 was there by default).
I did changed the cpu threshold to 666(mhz?). I think it's the minimum cpu usage required by the 1st core before it turns the 2nd core.
I changed the hysteresis value to 5. (I have no knowledge about hysteresis, It was just random experiment).

i also use universal gms doze ( a magisk module made for better battery life )

With all these changes I'm getting more than 24hrs backup, earlier in stock MM and other pie custom Roms I had to charge 2-3 times in a day with my usage (although I never let it get down to 0%, I used to put phone on charge when it reached around 25-30% then).


I'm sure if one uses more apps, particularly games then these setting won't be good for him. But these settings fits perfect for me so far.

I'm no Dev, very new to all these, I just read forums and tried tweaking. so i think I can be wrong somewhere in these, (if anyone can correct me, that will be very helpful).

Also I can't find any online forums or websites where intelli plug tweaking Is explained. So I found I bit difficult to understand the terms. If anyone can help out with this it will be very helpful.

edit : i did changed a few more things later apart from the above changes and it is now giving me more than what i can ever ask for .
changes with current profile :
CPU :
set cpu freq : 400Mhz- 998 Mhz
cpu gov : conservative

intelliplug hotplug :
profile : eco conservative
touch boost : on
hysteresis value : 2
cpu threshold :665
cpu maximum screen off freq : 533 Mhz
minimum cpu online : 1

GPU
GPU freq : 200 Mhz - 310 Mhz
GPU gov : simple_ondemand

I/O scheduler : FIOPS ( for both internal & external storage )
read ahead : 1024 kB ( only internal storage as my sd card is only 8GB so the
default 128kB is ok for it )

Low memory killer :
16 MB
32 MB
64 MB ( top to bottom )
128 MB
144 MB
180 MB

earlier without these changes i felt little lagging due to eco conservative mode ( although it was ignorable ) . but after these changes in I/O scheduler and LMK i feel that lagging has reduced very much and it feels almost like buttery smooth .
also underclocking GPU to 310 Mhz doesnt really effect overall performance , but i think it somewhat helps in getting more battery backup.

ps : the screen shots are of the old configurations . if you want , then i can change it back to the latest one .

now it almost feels like my osprey got a second life . the battery life is too good to be true for a 3.5 year old device . thank you so much @squid2. i cant thank you enough .

 

[saikat08]

while further observing i found that out of the 5 profiles in the intelliplug hotplug :
( 1. balanced ,
2. performance,
3. conservative ,
4. eco performance,
5. eco conservative )
the eco performance & eco conservative totally shuts down 2 cores , which leaves 2 cores operational.
the eco performance is biased towards performance , and the eco conservative towards battery life , as you can guess by the name .

the balanced one is totally balanced , i.e, inbetween the performance side and the battery side . and shuts down cores when work load is not on it .and activates all cores when it is required .

performance & conservative modes enables to use all 4 cores , its just performance mode is biased towards performance and conservative mode is biased towards battery life .

( maybe i'am wrong , correct me in that case .)

i feel eco performance is better than eco conservative , as the battery backup difference is negligible between the two but the eco performance does boosts the performance a bit , when one can feel easily after switching from eco conservative to eco performance .

 

[VK84663]

That kernel is up now..

Check over here..

https://forum.xda-developers.com/a2...nel-zenfire-kernel-moto-g-turbo-moto-t3942971

That's for Merlin.

 

[ArcherTanu]

That's for Merlin.

ya its for merlin...dont hv osprey thats why cant test for osprey.

 

[JoshinPl]

@squid2 Hi, can we expect a new build of LOS 15.1 and kernel in some near future? would be great to be able to test this hundreds of commits that were submitted the last days

Thanks,

 

[squid2]

@squid2 Hi, can we expect a new build of LOS 15.1 and kernel in some near future? would be great to be able to test this hundreds of commits that were submitted the last days

Thanks,

I'll get to it. Current priority is bringing back official LineageOS.

 

[phool4XC]

ROM / Kernel pairing?

My thanks to @squid2 for all the contributions to LineageOS!

I've recently inherited an osprey and have been playing with it. I know that I *should* read all 87 pages in the thread to find the answer for myself, but perhaps someone can save me some time. Does the version of LOS I install matter, or is the Squid kernel tied to particular ROMs? (And if so, which ones?) I ask because when I tried flashing the kernel on a phone running LOS 17, the result was a boot loop. Thanks in advance!

 

[IronTechmonkey]

My thanks to @squid2 for all the contributions to LineageOS!

I've recently inherited an osprey and have been playing with it. I know that I *should* read all 87 pages in the thread to find the answer for myself, but perhaps someone can save me some time. Does the version of LOS I install matter, or is the Squid kernel tied to particular ROMs? (And if so, which ones?) I ask because when I tried flashing the kernel on a phone running LOS 17, the result was a boot loop. Thanks in advance!

Yeah, no expectation of reading all pages but there is a reasonable expectation to read the OPs and search a bit. You can pick that low hanging fruit on your own but here's a meatball to tide you over until you find more details:

There have been one or two boundaries (Android version updates) where you must use different version of kernel on each side of the update and there are some audio related reasons a person might use one or the other kernel version depending on Android version and ROM variant. Most of what you need to kow about this is in explained in the OPs and within the newest 10-15 search results for "version".

 

[phool4XC]

Yeah, no expectation of reading all pages but there is a reasonable expectation to read the OPs and search a bit. You can pick that low hanging fruit on your own but here's a meatball to tide you over until you find more details:

There have been one or two boundaries (Android version updates) where you must use different version of kernel on each side of the update and there are some audio related reasons a person might use one or the other kernel version depending on Android version and ROM variant. Most of what you need to kow about this is in explained in the OPs and within the newest 10-15 search results for "version".

Thanks for being gentle with the clue-bat.

 

[gg2001]

My thanks to @squid2 for all the contributions to LineageOS!

I've recently inherited an osprey and have been playing with it. I know that I *should* read all 87 pages in the thread to find the answer for myself, but perhaps someone can save me some time. Does the version of LOS I install matter, or is the Squid kernel tied to particular ROMs? (And if so, which ones?) I ask because when I tried flashing the kernel on a phone running LOS 17, the result was a boot loop. Thanks in advance!

Don't know about LOS, but my osprey 2gb is still rocking a resurrection remix 5.7 (MM 6.01) with squid 23 kernel. All is running smooth and perfectly

 

[Lucsus]

Installing it on my merlin Lineage 17.1 makes it brick. Tried 23 and 22b, same results.
Sugestions?