Help building Android for imx51 BBG board

[patrickimmling]

Dear All,

I am following the R. 10.3 Android User Guide to compile Android sources for imx51 EVK or BBG board.

In this regard, I downloaded the repo and synced it. When I came to patch the Android for imx, the instructions seem either unlcear or I do not have the right sources!

under the android source/device, I do not have an fsl folder.

There is a patch available for device called fsl.git though.

What is the problem? Do I have some missing directories? How to check it?

Can someone help me with some instructions as to applying the patches?

Thanks.

[KrishnaPavan]

Writing a script is best process.

It's very simple.

Hope you have figured it out!

[patrickimmling]

Ok. Let me take a look again. In the meanwhile, just a small complaint from my side. Why is patching made so difficult. One has to go to each subfolder of the imx folder and execute each patch in the corresponding subdirectory.

I get errors for some patches(the Multimedia ones). I have ignored them for the time being but then there could have been a script for the same. I guess if I get the Android compiled for I.MX I am going to write a script for this patch process..phew!

[daiane_angolini]

devices/fsl will only be populated after you patch you directory.

So, just after you repo sync you will not have any devices/fsl.

[KrishnaPavan]

That is what Daiane was telling.

If you need to clone a repo, the host of that GIT should be alive.

your fsl git doesn't seem to be so.

So, you have to find a proper GIT Repository.

There are some documents like i.MX_Android_R10.3.2_User_Guide.html,i.MX_Android_R10.3.2_Release_Note.html, where you can find about that particular release inside the folder.

Hope you can find a way to get the fsl git repo synced properly, from an active repo.

[patrickimmling]

I am actually following R10.3.2 and the and_patch.sh is not even available. One must execute all the patches manually. However what is worrying is the fsl folder under device directory under android source folder is missing after a repo sync.

Please help

[daiane_angolini]

R10.3 should be early the "kernel.org" blackout (isn't it?)

The external android repository has changed, and know some projects are no longer holded under the same git repository.

I remember alsa-utils/alsa-libs was removed. But you shouldn't trust my memory :D

Take a look on file baseversion (it's inside the tarball with User Guide and and_patch) to see which projects are touched bu and_patch