Building replicant for the Galaxy Player 50 (YP-G50).

Josh Branning lovell.joshyyy at gmail.com
Mon May 28 23:20:31 UTC 2012


On 29/05/12 00:11, Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli wrote:
> On Mon, 2012-05-28 at 21:47 +0100, Josh Branning wrote:
>> The galaxy player 50 has the same SoC as the galaxy S. What version of
>> the kernel does the galaxy S use with replicant?
> 2.6.35 I think. there is also a 3.0 available but replicant doesn't use it yet.
>> The sources I have downloaded for the YP-G50 are for the 2.6.29 version
>> of the kernel. There are two modules, bcm4329 and fm_si4709.
> bcm4329 is the bluetooth+wifi chip and the si4709 is an FM radio chip.
> forget about the modules for now, concentrate on the zImage.
>> I compiled the kernel into a zImage and tried flashing, and there is a
>> definite improvement (instead just the logo SAMSUNG appearing, I now get
>> that and a black screen for about a second). The kernel modules once
>> compiled, turn into dhd.ko and Si4709_driver.ko.
> good, maybe it works but don't boot the rootfs.
>> I do not have access via adb.
> hmmm that is a problem.
>> What should I do next to get replicant working on my device?
> I heard that the rootfs and the kernel were tied together in Android,
> because the bionic libc was tied to the kenrel you compile
> against(trough the kernel headers).
> I'm not sure if it's true or still true.
> 
> So try compiling a recovery with your custom kenrel:
>  * add the kernel to replicant sources
>  * compile the recovery and the kernel together.
> 
> Denis.
> 
Thanks for this, will take a shot at it. :)


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