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[4.2]For mediatek 6577 Post it here !!!!

Android 4.2 is available for mediatek 6577.Yes i am telling the truth but the problem is no one has posted it here.
For example these mobile runs on android 4.2 and the chipset is mediatek 6577
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So if anyone of you had purchased one of these devices kindly upload system folder of it + boot.img.It will be a huge help for all mediatek based devices.
Thank you.

sURE , I HAVE MICROMAX A89

lol
JB 4.2 on MT6577?
Even with the rom and kernel, you will need ALOT more to work with.
And did you forget Mediatek is Closed Source?
Wish you good luck, you will need it !

superdragonpt said:
lol
JB 4.2 on MT6577?
Even with the rom and kernel, you will need ALOT more to work with.
And did you forget Mediatek is Closed Source?
Wish you good luck, you will need it !
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First read things clearly then post.
I have not started this tread for porting JB 4.2.xx i have started this tread to collect necessary files.

icoolguy1995 said:
First read things clearly then post.
I have not started this tread for porting JB 4.2.xx i have started this tread to collect necessary files.
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I actually read it
My reply was based in, what use can u actually have for JUST **hint**hint** the base system and Kernel source code?
Being the rest Closed Source, there isn't much you can do with JUST that.
Don't take it personal, i just hate these Comp. that dont comply with the Android GPL License.

superdragonpt said:
I actually read it
My reply was based in, what use can u actually have for JUST **hint**hint** the base system and Kernel source code?
Being the rest Closed Source, there isn't much you can do with JUST that.
Don't take it personal, i just hate these Comp. that dont comply with the Android GPL License.
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Well if we get our hands on ROMs that have the same chipset we might find a solution for the camera don't you think?

Let me help u with the source code for mtk 6577
code.openhub.net/project?pid=&ipid=402434&fp=402434&mp&projSelected=true&filterChecked
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[WIP] [Help Needed] CyanogenMod 10.2 for Asus PadFone Infinity

Hi everyone,
I've been working on CM for the PadFone Infinity (pretty good device, only lacking a good community) for some time, and I've started to have some results now.
I've basically been using Asus' kernel sources and a custom-made device tree. I then tried to build CM and corrected every error I encountered to try to compile ROM successfully. I eventually succeded in compiling it, but it's now that I need help the most.
Why? Because I have no kernel development knowledge at all, and I really don't want this project to die.
So, let's list what does work and what doesn't:
-Recovery compiles and works just fine. I can backup, restore, flash roms, wipe, and everything that is needed.
-ROM and kernel compile without errors too.
-ROM does NOT boot at all. Getting past the Asus logo, the screen just switches off, and phone totally looks like it's shutdown. No backlight, keys are not backlighted either.
So here is what is needed to compile ROM:
-Device Tree
-Kernel sources (modified to compile without errors)
-PadFone Infinity stock ROM (if needed. Also, there are device blobs in it, so it might be useful)
-Asus untouched kernel sources
I do have the device, so if you need anything about it (hardware info, for example), feel free to ask. I'd love to help, even though I've already made some work, I've come to a point where my knowledge will be far from enough...
Thanks everyone for reading, and maybe for helping if you are interested in this project.

Contact Faux, maybe he will be interested in maintaining a Kernel base for this device.

Bumping.
If a xda recognized developer is willing to develop for this device, I'll have one sent to him.
I really want to have CM and some dev community on this device. I started a bounty to be able to have a device sent to a dev, it seems that many people also want development on it.

I'd also bump the thread. I also interested in CM on padfone, and especially after ASUS discontinued device support :-/

mva.name said:
I'd also bump the thread. I also interested in CM on padfone, and especially after ASUS discontinued device support :-/
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cm always need alot of work and if you don't have the device it's very difficult to have a stable build .

messi2050 said:
if you don't have the device it's very difficult to have a stable build .
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AFAIRC, topicstarter suggested to donate a device for interested cm-developer

mva.name said:
AFAIRC, topicstarter suggested to donate a device for interested cm-developer
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Yeah but that was from 2013 look to the post date , i can do it if the offer is still there but i doubt that

[Q]Andiroxu Kernel Status

This is an open question for all the mods. I just want to know what's the status of the INVESTIGATION on Andiroxu's kernel sources? His thread has been locked by @GermainZ for over a month and half and still no updates?
@justmpm mentioned that his sources are not available, but after checking I found that they are available here
https://github.com/ajaybhatia/canvas2
So please let us know any update that you have..

ibshar said:
This is an open question for all the mods. I just want to know what's the status of the INVESTIGATION on Andiroxu's kernel sources? His thread has been locked by @GermainZ for over a month and half and still no updates?
@justmpm mentioned that his sources are not available, but after checking I found that they are available here
https://github.com/ajaybhatia/canvas2
So please let us know any update that you have..
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Mutiny,
M with you @ibshar...
Vote for @andiroxu .. vote for @andiroxu ...
Is this investigation being done by Indian police? Coz if its taking time than must be our police..
Edit :what: I edited the tag
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jaunty said:
Mutiny,
M with you @ibshar...
Vote for @Abdiroxu.. vote for @Abdiroxu...
Is this investigation being done by Indian police? Coz if its taking time than must be our police..
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dude you tagged the wrong guy... it's Vote for @andiroxu

Yes Bro @ibshar M With U, @jaunty & @andiroxu Too . Great Thinking By You Bro Really @ibshar.
I Also Wanted To Know The Investigation Status But Wasn't Able To Know Mods Please Answer Our Question.
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ibshar said:
This is an open question for all the mods. I just want to know what's the status of the INVESTIGATION on Andiroxu's kernel sources? His thread has been locked by @GermainZ for over a month and half and still no updates?
@justmpm mentioned that his sources are not available, but after checking I found that they are available here
https://github.com/ajaybhatia/canvas2
So please let us know any update that you have..
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Agree man. Mods are making me sick.
Reopen @andiroxu's thread :good:

I'm sorry but I can not comment on the state of the investigation and neither can GermainZ. Thanks for pointing out those sources, I will check to see if there is anything new and exciting .
I have always done my best to help all the developers get their work done and I am really proud of the ROM developers for this device, because your OEM has been less than 0% helpful. However, please be aware that a kernel that is not GPL compliant is warez and because xda was built by developers, xda takes a very strict stance on warez and on upholding the tenants and spirit of the GPL. That means that posting links, PMing, opening support threads, or even just asking some one to give it to you are all against xda rule #6.

justmpm said:
I'm sorry but I can not comment on the state of the investigation and neither can GermainZ. Thanks for pointing out those sources, I will check to see if there is anything new and exciting .
I have always done my best to help all the developers get their work done and I am really proud of the ROM developers for this device, because your OEM has been less than 0% helpful. However, please be aware that a kernel that is not GPL compliant is warez and because xda was built by developers, xda takes a very strict stance on warez and on upholding the tenants and spirit of the GPL. That means that posting links, PMing, opening support threads, or even just asking some one to give it to you are all against xda rule #6.
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@justmpm bro I know you are the most developer friendly mod for our Canvas 2 and I respect you a lot and appreciate all your support in our development threads.. :good:
But I think your are mistaken. The reason why Andiroxu's kernel thread was closed is because Varun Chitre suspected that his Thunderzap 2.0 kernels code had been used without his permission.
QUOTE by Varun
Dear Ajay Bhatia,
I need to sound a bit rude here now.
First of all the kernel sources you posted DO NOT reflect your kernel build. This makes a huge violation to the GPL terms. You are trying to cheat the XDA Moderation Committee and all other developers. Simply uploading some other sources and altering the Makefile to reflect the kernel version number does not make it a 3.4.5 kernel. You are either fooling users here under the name of an upgraded kernel OR you are tricking the complete GPL system and the moderators here by uploading some other sources
2. Most important thing now, I never came into public like this for such purposes because I never met people like you. YOU ARE USING various patches from my kernel repository without proper acknowledgment and credits. The most important here is the vermagic hack which I author right from ThunderZap for ICS days. Without that fix you cannot change a DARN thing in kernel. You cannot set a name for your kernel, you cannot upgrade it to upstream levels due to vermagic string mismatches in the kernel which results into an unbootable build.
Now I am beginning to doubt that you are using COMPLETE ThunderZap 3.4.5 upgraded commitbase, if this is not the case, come-on tell me how many conflicts did you face while upgrading? How did you fix the dev_unlock issue while making a transition from 3.4.2-->3.4.3 ? Prove it.
GPL allows everyone's code to be used and modified for free but that doesn't mean no work was spent to do that. Till now you were just violating GPL by uploading only directories that had modified files but now when you are found to be using patches that I author without properly acknowledging it then this is a thing which I do NOT tolerate. I straight way call this stealing.
I require transparency in everything dealing with GPL, but in this case neither your kernel nor your sources are so.
REPORTED
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Now whether this is true or not it does not make this kernel a warez as there is no PAID version of this kernel in the market.! I am just going by the XDA Rules definition of warez listed in Rule 6
6. Do not post warez.
If a piece of software requires you to pay to use it, then pay for it. We do not accept warez nor do we permit any member to request, promote or describe ways in which Warez, cracks, serial codes or other means of avoiding payment, can be obtained. This is a site of developers, i.e. the sort of people who create such software. When you cheat a software developer, you cheat us as a community
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I beleive the rule that you think was broken by Andiroxu is XDA Rule #12 - Using the work of others
But if this is so, then please confirm it and let us know... :angel::fingers-crossed:
I am all in for GPL compliance and open source, but I would request you to be as open as possible about this investigation as well.

ibshar said:
@justmpm bro I know you are the most developer friendly mod for our Canvas 2 and I respect you a lot and appreciate all your support in our development threads.. :good:
But I think your are mistaken. The reason why Andiroxu's kernel thread was closed is because Varun Chitre suspected that his Thunderzap 2.0 kernels code had been used without his permission.
QUOTE by Varun
Now whether this is true or not it does not make this kernel a warez as there is no PAID version of this kernel in the market.! I am just going by the XDA Rules definition of warez listed in Rule 6
I beleive the rule that you think was broken by Andiroxu is XDA Rule #12 - Using the work of others
But if this is so, then please confirm it and let us know... :angel::fingers-crossed:
I am all in for GPL compliance and open source, but I would request you to be as open as possible about this investigation as well.
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Sorry for any confusion. As I said, I can't really talk about what is going on with that kernel. I mentioned rule #6 in regards to all the people posting down load links, or offering to PM people, or asking for people to PM them a copy of a non GPL compliant kernel. It is considered warez, because the GPL requires that anybody who works on the the linux kernel (or other GPL protected code) to share the developments that they have made. This is the "price" you pay for being able to use the work of all the previous kernel developers.

Originally Posted by ibshar<br />
@justmpm bro I know you are the most developer friendly mod for our Canvas 2 and I respect you a lot and appreciate all your support in our development threads.. :good:<br />
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But I think your are mistaken. The reason why <b>Andiroxu's </b>kernel thread was <b>closed </b>is because <b>Varun Chitre</b> suspected that his <b>Thunderzap 2.0 kernels code</b> had been used without his permission. <br />
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<b>Now whether this is true or not it does not make this kernel a <font color="DarkRed">warez </font>as there is no PAID version of this kernel in the market.! I am just going by the XDA Rules definition of warez listed in Rule 6</b><br />
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I beleive the rule that you think was broken by Andiroxu is XDA Rule #12 - Using the work of others<br />
But if this is so, then please confirm it and let us know... :angel::fingers-crossed:<br />
<b>I am all in for GPL compliance and open source, but I would request you to be as open as possible about this investigation as well.</b>
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Sorry for any confusion. As I said, I can't really talk about what is going on with that kernel. I mentioned rule #6 in regards to all the people posting down load links, or offering to PM people, or asking for people to PM them a copy of a non GPL compliant kernel. It is considered warez, because the GPL requires that anybody who works on the the linux kernel (or other GPL protected code) to share the developments that they have made. This is the "price" you pay for being able to use the work of all the previous kernel developers.
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But code is in front of you. I even PM you about it about a month ago and you told me that you will compile it to know whether its fake or not. But you never turned back. Now this is thing of prestige.
You are spreading a wrong about me labeling me as a "CHEATER". Just tell me everything is in front of you with all source code and you are telling I am cheater. How come?
Kindly explain if the submission of source code on a public website as public repo doesn't make it open source? Due this behaviour sometimes I even feel not to make further commits. Now you tell me whether you want to curb the development or help it to continue?
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Yes, please solve this matter coz its very unpleasant to flash a rom without kernel,
Now, it's like drunk driving We getting boot loops, force closes, app installing issues, some get 3G call issue, OTG issue and many more coz we can't have Change log of kernel and issues related to. It and at one place.
Allegations by varun have took us to the past when we were asking for link to same.
A kernel developer who is working hard has to spread his work like this it's embarrassing, for himself and his dedication.
I seriously respect @andiroxu and I can't see his work to be called by some other words than appreciation.
I want to use my RIGHT TO INFORMATION, if it's available on XDA :what: to know about the results of investigation or the state of investigation.
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I will only say this.
Give proper credits, and you will have my respect
yeah im talking to you @andiroxu
There is no way you could compile that kernel, without varun.chitre15 commits, and patches.
Im not saying you didnt added some work on that Kernel, but saying It's all your work, it's just lying
As for the rest of you guys, this is just an HUGE disrespected of varun's work, im very ofended with this.
The guy that worked so hard for the last couple years for the development of YOUR phone, and this is how you pay him back?
I have reported SO MANY threads, where people where posting links to ""andiroxu's"" Kernel.
andiroxu on his thread, posted FALSE sources, thinking everybody is an noob.
Thread got closed of course, as those sources where indeed false
@justmpm , @GermainZ You guys have been doing an great job, cleaning all the threads
THANKS !

superdragonpt said:
I will only say this.
Give proper credits, and you will have my respect
yeah im talking to you @andiroxu
There is no way you could compile that kernel, without varun.chitre15 commits, and patches.
Im not saying you didnt added some work on that Kernel, but saying It's all your work, it's just lying
As for the rest of you guys, this is just an HUGE disrespected of varun's work, im very ofended with this.
The guy that worked so hard for the last couple years for the development of YOUR phone, and this is how you pay him back?
I have reported SO MANY threads, where people where posting links to ""andiroxu's"" Kernel.
andiroxu on his thread, posted FALSE sources, thinking everybody is an noob.
Thread got closed of course, as those sources where indeed false
@justmpm , @GermainZ You guys have been doing an great job, cleaning all the threads
THANKS !
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Brother for your kind information I released my kernel before varun and it was compiled successfully and used by people. @tri_zet has aware everybody about the dirty xonfigs to be removed before compilation. He is the one who released first and inspired everyone and help me too. If you still have any doubt that without varun it was impossible than you can visit OP and check the dates of the posts. Regarding patches by varun then my source code is still available on github and anybody is welcome to investigate it. Anyone can compile to check whether it will or not. You could be a big fan or Fowler of varun but that doesn't mean that you have not to listen others.
Thank you

superdragonpt said:
I will only say this.
Give proper credits, and you will have my respect
yeah im talking to you @andiroxu
There is no way you could compile that kernel, without varun.chitre15 commits, and patches.
Im not saying you didnt added some work on that Kernel, but saying It's all your work, it's just lying
As for the rest of you guys, this is just an HUGE disrespected of varun's work, im very ofended with this.
The guy that worked so hard for the last couple years for the development of YOUR phone, and this is how you pay him back?
I have reported SO MANY threads, where people where posting links to ""andiroxu's"" Kernel.
andiroxu on his thread, posted FALSE sources, thinking everybody is an noob.
Thread got closed of course, as those sources where indeed false
@justmpm , @GermainZ You guys have been doing an great job, cleaning all the threads
THANKS !
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All I am saying is, don't make such big allegations without any proof!!
Everybody in this forum respects Varun Chitre.
This thread is not intended to disrespect Varun or anybody else, this thread is here to get an UPDATE on the Investigations status on Andiroxu's kernel! It has been over a month since he has posted his source code on github and still NO ONE has checked or concluded that the source code is copied or anything., If you or anybody else here is saying we should not even ask about the status, then YOU are going against the OPEN SOURCE policy!
For your kind information, Andiroxu is the one whose kernel make Android 4.2 POSSIBLE for our device.! So ofcourse we will respect and support him!

superdragonpt said:
I will only say this.
Give proper credits, and you will have my respect
yeah im talking to you @andiroxu
There is no way you could compile that kernel, without varun.chitre15 commits, and patches.
Im not saying you didnt added some work on that Kernel, but saying It's all your work, it's just lying
As for the rest of you guys, this is just an HUGE disrespected of varun's work, im very ofended with this.
The guy that worked so hard for the last couple years for the development of YOUR phone, and this is how you pay him back?
I have reported SO MANY threads, where people where posting links to ""andiroxu's"" Kernel.
andiroxu on his thread, posted FALSE sources, thinking everybody is an noob.
Thread got closed of course, as those sources where indeed false
@justmpm , @GermainZ You guys have been doing an great job, cleaning all the threads
THANKS !
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Bro first don't it wrong....
but this matter (about copying) is between varun bro and andiroxu bro....
why not you leave this to them.. because I saw your all your comment you only support varun bro..
andiroxu bro uploaded his new source and doesn't get any reply back from mod...
that why this thread is created and you start about copying...
so it will be great if we left this to both of them...

superdragonpt said:
I will only say this.
Give proper credits, and you will have my respect
yeah im talking to you @andiroxu
There is no way you could compile that kernel, without varun.chitre15 commits, and patches.
Im not saying you didnt added some work on that Kernel, but saying It's all your work, it's just lying
As for the rest of you guys, this is just an HUGE disrespected of varun's work, im very i with this.
The guy that worked so hard for the last couple years for the development of YOUR phone, and this is how you pay him back?
I have reported SO MANY threads, where people where posting links to ""andiroxu's"" Kernel.
andiroxu on his thread, posted FALSE sources, thinking everybody is an noob.
Thread got closed of course, as those sources where indeed false
@justmpm , @GermainZ You guys have been doing an great job, cleaning all the threads
THANKS !
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Bro, let's take it as a neutral person.
I have used kernel by varun and andiroxu both.
But when I see a single post of yours anywhere on the A110 thread its completely against andiroxu, completely against. Is this fair?
If someone call you cheater how does this feel? Baseless allegations?
How cheap is this to call someone with bad words? And why to take it personal, how can you call him cheater?
It's embarrassing bro, please.
Non a single person disrespect varun here, non have even quoted his post on the kernel thread.
We are graceful to him and whenever he post something on our community, everyone feels blessed.
You always take side of varun sir and disrespect andiroxu, but why?
He is a human, working same as varun for us.
I didn't wanted to post any reply against you but I have seen your posts earlier which included same content.
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I think it is time for this thread to be closed. I don't think it is serving the purpose of the OP and some things have been said that are unfair to everyone.
I left this thread open, not so that people can point the finger of blame at each other, but to try and make it clear that this hasn't been forgotten or is being swept under the rug.
I also wanted to try and make you guys understand why ANY kernel with out GPL compliant source can not be linked, supported, talked about etc. This doesn't mean that the kernel developer is a bad guy, it is just the way that it has to be because of xda's rules on sharing and following the GPL.
Please, if you have any more issues or concerns, feel free to PM me and I will answer them as best I can.
Thanks!
justmpm

khan_frd2002 said:
Bro first don't it wrong....
but this matter (about copying) is between varun bro and andiroxu bro....
why not you leave this to them.. because I saw your all your comment you only support varun bro..
andiroxu bro uploaded his new source and doesn't get any reply back from mod...
that why this thread is created and you start about copying...
so it will be great if we left this to both of them...
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What about the question asked here? Why not to reply anything openly now because everything is open now?
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It is pretty funny that mods cant even investigate a single kernel in more then a month duration.lol....
I'm sorry but I can not comment on the state of the investigation and neither can GermainZ.
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If you cant even give us status then you guys must NOT lock the thread. Just some blah blah blah and diverting answer of our questions to some other crap.

First I am not here opposing anyone.
I have due respect for @andiroxu for making his awesome kernels, @varunchitre.15 for all his works and @justmpm for being so supportive and friendly :thumbup:
NOW COMING TO MY VIEWS REGARDING THIS DISCUSSION.
I am still thinking that was andiroxu sources really improper? Well I really cannot comment on this......
BUT if yes than why there is no update in his thread by @GermainZ that investigation is over and thread and thread closed due to improper sources and non-GPL complaint kernel.
(THOUGH I DONT THINK THIS.)
Also I think that the thread was made just to know status of investigation and by no means target at any allegations or stating who is right @superdragonpt. Also pls respect everyone. Atleast I think that results of investigation is not out yet. So pls....
And @justmpm....just a little thing ....------>(not asking about results of investigation)BUT IN WHOLE THREAD YOU SAID THAT I CANNOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE STATE OF INVESTIGATION AND NEITHER GERMAINZ CAN.
I hope atleast we could get the status.
And if status is not possible than pls any reason behind even hiding the state of investigation?
Also andiroxu said that he have uploaded the new sources. Pls atleast (if possible) a little hint about status. Also andiroxu said that even he didn't received ant reply after the new sources. Atleast if possible pls reply him.
Also I request everyone to be polite... @UnNaMeD__ just making sarcastic remark on maderators investigation is not at all grceful.
@justmpm brother....pls don't close this thread. It is just a simpe question thread(though related to some deep matters.) And is fully supporting OP too.
******b/w andiroxu brother.....really no one (except one or two) calls you cheater. Instead we all have a due reapect for you. Also everyone always praises and appreciates your works.*******
Also I am against everyone who disrespect anyone....you are at xda and not at fb. So pls give respect to everyone and everyone or else you are going straightway against xda rules.

Gentlemen...
There is a reason why the whole situation takes so much time. The kernel development is covered under GNU GPL v2 license. It means that all necessary information should be available to every person interesting in compiling a kernel.
For example the informations about toolchain, defconfig etc. etc. The last thing is that the source is pushed as a one big commit, which makes things incredibly hard to investigate. It's like finding a needle in haystack. If you want an update, so be it. Our requirements were presented to andiroxu and we gave him plenty of time to fix his repositories. The perfect solution would be merging kernel sources from kernel.org with those available for you, but I understand that it's not an easy process but doable nonetheless.
I'm not going to attack anyone, but derailing this thread to talk issues between two developers is wrong and won't be tolerated. We are not My Little Pony and don't have to love each other, but respect to other's work was a ground on which XDA was built. I understand that varun can be upset and despite the fact that releasing a kernel = accepting the GPL license = allowing everybody to use every piece of code, credits should be given. It's not hard to type 2 lines of text and thank someone. Not to mention that it's one of XDA rules.
About non compliant kernel being warez. Technically you don't have to pay for kernel, but violating the GPL license means that kernel is illegal and can't be shared. Like warez, hence the comparison.
We need the evidence and unless we get it, the thread will remain closed.

Port of released Broadcom CPU and GPU drivers to AOSP based ROMs for BCM21553 SoCs

Hi to all Broadcom BCM215XX armv6 devices running android!
I'm glad to announce that, our organisation, BroadcomCM will start working on the port of AOSP ICS drivers for our CPU and GPU, BCM21553. First of all, I've asked moderators to close all my threads, why? We know we have [GENERAL] Thread for our projects but most users don't care, so this will be the thread to talk about it, development!.
Samsung stopped the development on this devices long ago, but their drivers where not ever released. Thanks to our petition, we have managed to force Broadcom to release the drivers, and we managed to release them on ICS, android 4.0+, way!
Index:
Post 1 (this) ...................................... Information about drivers
Post 2 .............................................. Frequently asked questions
Post 3 .............................................. Drivers on Github (Opensource)
Post 4 .............................................. Videos showing HW working
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A bit of introduction:
Broadcom gave to us test driver builds, which were prebuilt, .so libraries, and we could not edit them, but they gave us the code to patch framework to make those prebuilt libraries work with our AOSP project (by that time, CyanogenMod 7.2). After some re-search and lot of work on our team (thanks Legolas93), I managed to implement AOSP Alcatel drivers to our CyanogenMod 7.2 Based ROM. This was the biggest change ever happened to that device, as we managed to fix 100% HW and as a cosnequence, libstatgefright was fixed too, and HGL. This resulted on camera/vide recordi (media profiles, encoding and decoding) to work, this was RC1. REMEMBER: As we extracted this libs from sotck AOSP alcatel ROM they are prebuilt, so we can not modify them at all.
SInce that moment, project on HW was stopped, and we focused to fix other issues not releted to HW (ext4, backlight, led, tethering, BT...), and we managed (most of them), and everyone enjoys now a CM, AOSP and Cyanmobile port brought to you by broadcomCM.
What else?
Broadcom released, or seemed to, BCM21553 driver source for AOSP ICS source. They released the source, so now we can know how our chip work. What is weird about it, is that this chip is released for ICS source, when it is an armv6 chip, and any device of our family has official ICS. (Maybe BROADCOM are really nice people, or maybe they trolled us). We will add new tag to be defined on Boardconfig.mk to make the drivers work on it.
So.. We did it?
Yes, we forced Broadcom to release the source, you, we, we all did this possible, and we should be prud of ourselves.
Will with this come BroadcomCM to develop?
Well, yes and no, we already have some surpises for BroadcomCM ROMs owner, which were not reletated to drivers at all, and they affect all devices. As this work is nearly finished (first alpha), we will release this next week, and then we will start working on it. Keep calm, good things make people wait for it don't ?
What is now?
Now, nice question. We will implement this source code on our CM9, ICS, branch. (all sources can be found on our github), and implement them on the build, will that be easy? OF COURSE NOT. Broadcom trolled us with first test builds of drivers, so maybe expect the same from that sources, we don't know and we will not know unitl we build it, and we have to compare each file, ONE PER ONE, so it will be a hard work.
Frequently asked questions can be found on the second post, as well as a video to show you what was having a device with drivers, and what was not. (Qualcomm vs Broadcom [armv6]).

ANY ETA? (Estimated Time of Arrival)
No. I can not tell any eta, I'll maintain you informed to you on this thread. I'll start my work next week (Exams on this one, need to study ), and I'll keep calm, I'm as amazed as you, but we have to be very down to earth. Broadcom lied to us, maybe they made it too. It will take some time to study and implement, and then make them work!
WILL THAT FIX ALL THE ISSUES WE HAVE ON ICS?
No, but will fix the most important one, HW. What I mean by hardware is the animations will be smooth, video on second post. So hopefully we will run a good ICS build, but expect camera and Audio not working too. Audio? Well some progress have been made on shadows, camera? That will be hard, really hard. Even Cooper (Galaxy Ace MSM7x27 based chip wasn't able to run camera at the first, since Qualcomm not release their source too).
AND WHAT ABOUT CM7 (2.3.7 based roms)?
We hope 2.3.7 ROMs will benefict from it, but we are not sure, we will have to test them and implement on our CM7 tree, but as they are for ICS, or this seems to, first goal is ICS, as we have 100% HW working, but with prebuilt, for the moment is OK and not our priority,
CAN I IMPLEMENT THE DRIVERS ON MY DEVICE?
No, to implement those dirvers you will need big knowledge of BroadcomCM devices, and I think our team has. We have managed to solve many bugs, and, talk with broadocm to solve first driver errors we had.

Ok, we have managed to get drivers working on our CyanogenMod 9.1 Ice Cream Sandwich version 4.0.4. Remember the drivers were given in 4.0.1 which were a bit different from actual 4.0.4 used.
After the release of the ROM with first version of those drivers included, we are glad to announce that, as always, we opensourced this "4.0.4 drivers" as well as Broadcom did. Feel free to take them, and use it at your own, to build diferent ROMs, such as AOKP, Paranoid, AOSP... Or Jelly Bean . This are drivers source, you will need to cherry-pick them to your local repo:
/bionic
/frameworks/base
/hardware/libhardware
/system/core
Broadcom was nice, and they created a new HGL lib, which they open-sourced too, and give the name of libv3d, kind of a new HGL lib, which should complish all patches and BCM21553 requiriments, also opensourced on BroadcomCM.
/brcm_usrlib also known as libv3d
You can also find original patch on Broadcom's page (4.0.1 patch) and the diff files I've made, which they will give you more clues on how to implement them on other sources.

On those videos, we can see that those drivers are fully working! Thanks for those youtubers, we can show to the world that WE DID IT!
ME presenting those drivers:
COOPERVE:
TOTORO:
TASSVE:
CORI: (WIP)

you guys are amazing,thanx for all............

Does this mean we can build other roms as well?
like aokp / paranoid android / pac /miui etc.
Anyhoo, I wish you goodluck.

u doing a great job buddy.
keep it up. :thumb:
n best of luck for ur exams..
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CharsiBabu said:
Does this mean we can build other roms as well?
like aokp / paranoid android / pac /miui etc.
Anyhoo, I wish you goodluck.
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yup..

Always Great biel and his team..
using the great ace -i

Only these lines in legacy_prebuilts.mk already made me start to give up the drivers must be another troll source, maybe I'm wrong...
libEGL_POWERVR_SGX530_121.so \
libEGL_tegra.so \
libGLESv1_CM_POWERVR_SGX530_121.so \
libGLESv1_CM_tegra.so \
libGLESv2_POWERVR_SGX530_121.so \
libGLESv2_tegra.so \

Maybe they gave us fake one or another test builds. Still will take time months/year. Just buy new phone. This doesnt worth it.

Good luck, BroadcomCM!

It means,that we can expect cm9 only woth not working camera and sound?

This is some real good news if the broadcomCM have given the proper sources... Well, let's hope bielt.v keeps us updates

Dr.Pepper said:
It means,that we can expect cm9 only woth not working camera and sound?
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If we get stable cm9 thats also great for us..
using the great ace -i

I highly doubt a big manufacturer would "troll" its consumers and volunteer developers with "fake" driver sources.
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I don't think they trolled us, they wrote a documentation and made an announcement for Fake drivers? A big manufacturer like broadcom will not play hide and seek with us, they know that they will lose their respect.
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NICE!

CharsiBabu said:
Does this mean we can build other roms as well?
like aokp / paranoid android / pac /miui etc.
Anyhoo, I wish you goodluck.
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We can leterally "port" those, (copy paste u know, lol)
Mitko said:
I highly doubt a big manufacturer would "troll" its consumers and volunteer developers with "fake" driver sources.
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Its natural, lol, happens once in a millenium, but these maybe true... but one thing is serioussly doubtful that the readme says
Readme.txt: last line:
make -j8 TARGET_DEVICE=generic_armv5
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and armv5 doesn't exist ?? && moreover our bcm21553 devices are more likely to be armv6 variations....
really confuses me
Code:
I havent done enough research tho (due to less time on pc)
can anybody explain me that ??

There a long-long way to go. hopefully the awaited days come with good news.
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So I'm noodling through the source code, and I guess I'm gonna see what I can do to try and compile something for the Raspberry Pi. Fingers crossed.
EDIT: Also, according to wiki, ARMv5 is in fact a thing. Who knew?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture

[CM11][MT6577][WIP][ at bootanim +adb] Discussion thread

i had started this thread for discussion to move forward on the development as this is my first time at rom compiling
i request all the members to not to ask eta/progress report etc ill update the thread at regular stages
i had made a first breakthrough and now getting to cm bootanimation now need help from experienced developers to help me procede . i am unable to get logcat/dmesg cause adb is not detecting
can somebody help me

I will. You can ask chrmhoffmann or kashifmin from the mt6589 group. They have also source builded cm11 successfully.
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Hi bro,
Great work to compile from source and achieve this stage.
In cm11 ramdisk to give adb access its bit diff from normal stock kernel ramdisk. Hope you have given like that !

BRO IF POSSIBLE CAN U UPLOAD THE ROM...:fingers-crossed:

Got adb working now don't know why but my custom usb initrd isn't getting compiled but now working fine
Now upto solving errors and porting mt6589 omni patches to mt6577 chipset
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BRO IF POSSIBLE CAN U UPLOAD THE ROM...:fingers-crossed:
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Sorry brother my net is slow so i don't want to upload useless rom
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bindassdost said:
Got adb working now don't know why but my custom usb initrd but now working fine
Now upto solving errors and porting mt6589 omni patches to mt6577 chipset
Cool bro Good luck & hope it works Glad to help you if in case u might need
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