Replicant for virtualbox

[Paul van der Vlis]

Op 21-11-13 18:37, Justin Breithaupt schreef:
> can i run replicant in virtualbox, and convince the internet i'm running
> android ?

Virtualbox only emulates x86 CPU's, and so far I know there is no x86
port of Replicant.  http://redmine.replicant.us/issues/453

Take a look at Qemu, what can emulate many processors, Google uses it
for the Android emulator.

With regards,
Paul van der Vlis.


> On Nov 21, 2013 5:30 AM, "Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller" <hns at goldelico.com
> <mailto:hns at goldelico.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi all,
>     we have now set up our own variant for the GTA04 which is based on
>     our 3.12 kernel. There is a branch (replicant4) of the kernel
>     sources which
>     has some different config and patches for e.g. the adb gadget driver.
>     And, we have built a single-partition image so that an SD card can
>     be more
>     easily booted using the existing boot loader in NAND flash and can even
>     be swapped between different device variants.
> 
>     The project is here:
> 
>     http://projects.goldelico.com/p/gta04-replicant/
> 
>     BR,
>     Nikolaus Schaller
> 
>     PS: I am compiling this on a Darwin 10.8 (= OSX 10.6.8) based host which
>     needs some minor tweaks and tricks to work around gcc and include path
>     incompatibilities but does not need to touch the sources. If anyone is
>     interested, there is a 'mrep' script mentioned on the project page.
> 
>     PPS: compiling a 3.12 kernel needs a more modern ARM cross-toolchain
>     than the one provided by Replicant 4.0, but that can easily be
>     supplied to
>     the make command.
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