Building a Linaro Android build from scratch is a great way to learn more about Android and work more efficently with the Android team. I recently ran through these steps and produced a build that could be programmed on a Panda. These steps should work for the other boards.
If you run into problems please file bugs at https://bugs.launchpad.net/linaro-android.
We track the tips of the technology we integrate including the toolchain, kernels and various libraries so issues are common and expected. Our goal at Linaro is to maintain complete enablement while tracking the bleeding edge.
I’m using https://android-build.linaro.org/builds/~linaro-android/panda/.
Commands are prefixed with $.
Grab the Source Code
$mkdir android
$cd android/
$repo init -u git://android.git.linaro.org/platform/manifest.git -b linaro_android_2.3.5
Until git://android.git.kernel.org comes back online feel free to use ours:
$repo init -u git://android.git.linaro.org/platform/manifest.git -b linaro_android_2.3.5 --repo-url=git://android.git.linaro.org/tools/repo.git
$repo sync
Get the Toolchain
The toolchain listed on the build page.
$wget --no-check-certificate https://android-build.linaro.org/jenkins/job/linaro-android_toolchain-4.6-linaro-master-with-generic-target/18/artifact/build/out/android-toolchain-eabi-linaro-4.6-2011.08-18-2011-09-12_08-38-17-linux-x86.tar.bz2
$tar -jxvf android-toolchain-eabi-linaro-4.6-2011.08-18-2011-09-12_08-38-17-linux-x86.tar.bz2
Build
$PATH=$PWD/android-toolchain-eabi/bin/:$PATH make -j4 TARGET_PRODUCT=pandaboard TARGET_TOOLS_PREFIX=./android-toolchain-eabi/bin/arm-eabi- boottarball systemtarball userdatatarball
Get linaro-image-tools to program the images on an SD card
Program the Image
The linaro-image-tools package allows you to easily program the compressed tar balls onto an SD card.
$bzr branch lp:linaro-image-tools
Insert an SD card
$./linaro-image-tools/linaro-android-media-create --mmc /dev/sdc --dev panda --system out/target/product/pandaboard/system.tar.bz2 --userdata out/target/product/pandaboard/userdata.tar.bz2 --boot out/target/product/pandaboard/boot.tar.bz2
Examine the Serial Port
$minicom -D /dev/ttyUSB0 -w -C minicom.txt
Try It!
Insert the card in Panda and your booting your custom built Android!
Hi Zach,
I followed the steps (which u had posted here) to download the source,but while building the source iam getting the following error
make: *** No rule to make target `linaro-supplement’, needed by `out/target/product/pandaboard/system.tar.bz2′. Stop.
make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs….
Note: Some input files use or override a deprecated API.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.
Note: Some input files use unchecked or unsafe operations.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details.
Plz help me to resolve this
Regards,
Sudarshan
You’re trying to use the “default.xml” manifest in a build where it doesn’t work.
Either update your sources (preferrably to the linaro_android_2.3.7 or even linaro_android_4.0.1 branch), or use a different manifest, e.g. by adding “-m staging-panda.xml” to the repo init line.
Preferrably, do both: Use the best suited manifest and a current branch, e.g.
repo init -u git://android.git.linaro.org/platform/manifest.git -b linaro_android_2.3.7 –repo-url=git://android.git.linaro.org/tools/repo.git -m staging-panda.xml
I have tried building the source from the following tree
repo init -u git://android.git.linaro.org/platform/manifest.git -b linaro_android_4.0.3 -b staging-panda.xml
but the build stops in the middle.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/panda/external/x264′
make[1]: Entering directory `/home//panda/external/x264′
install -d ../../out/target/product/pandaboard//system/bin
install -d ../../out/target/product/pandaboard//system/include
install x264 ../../out/target/product/pandaboard//system/bin
install -d ../../out/target/product/pandaboard//system/lib
install -d ../../out/target/product/pandaboard//system/lib/pkgconfig
install -m 644 ./x264.h ../../out/target/product/pandaboard//system/include
install -m 644 x264_config.h ../../out/target/product/pandaboard//system/include
install -m 644 x264.pc ../../out/target/product/pandaboard//system/lib/pkgconfig
ln -f -s libx264.so.120 ../../out/target/product/pandaboard//system/lib/libx264.so
install -m 755 libx264.so.120 ../../out/target/product/pandaboard//system/lib
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/panda/external/x264′
elapsed seconds: 134
wrote generated Main_*.java files to out/host/linux-x86/obj/EXECUTABLES/vm-tests_intermediates/main_files
aditya@ubuntu:~/Aptina/panda$
Any issue with the build i have tried can you please guide me
Hi,
You should ask this kind of questions on http://ask.linaro.org. That’s where you will find people to find answers to your questions.
Michael.
Try, the tip panda build’s Android rebuild script:
linaro_android_build_cmds.sh
listed at:
https://android-build.linaro.org/builds/~linaro-android/panda-ics-gcc46-tilt-tracking-blob/