Android Kernel Download - Revision history

Const: link to google

2012-09-27T08:12:30Z

link to google

2010-08-11T16:58:14Z

further clarification of edits to manfiest.xml so repo can sync kernel/common

2010-08-11T14:12:05Z

Clarified how to include kernel projects (source) when using repo

2010-04-13T03:48:53Z

‎'Raw' Android kernel patches

2010-04-13T03:04:54Z

‎'Raw' Android kernel patches

2010-04-13T03:00:18Z

‎'Raw' Android kernel patches

2010-04-13T02:59:56Z

‎'Raw' Android kernel patches

2009-11-05T19:27:54Z

‎'Raw' Android kernel patches

2009-11-05T19:17:21Z

add section on 'raw' kernel patches

2009-11-05T19:13:23Z

add to category:android

← Older revision		Revision as of 08:12, 27 September 2012
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		+	See http://source.android.com/source/building-kernels.html
		+
		+	Most of following information is outdated.
		+
	== Main Google Android Kernels ==		== Main Google Android Kernels ==
	The main Google repository with Android source code is at: http://android.git.kernel.org/		The main Google repository with Android source code is at: http://android.git.kernel.org/

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 in your overall Android source directory scheme
-To add one of these to your overall Android repository scheme, you add the appropriate kernel repository
+You can use
 to your local manifest.xml file. This file is located in the .repo directory.
-Note that when you download the rest of the Android source code, using the 'repo'
+To include the kernel/common tree, include a line like this in .repo/manifest.xml:
-command, you do NOT automatically get a kernel tree included.  (That is, a kernel
-git tree is not referenced in the default Android manifest file, when you use
-repo following the instructions at http://source.android.com/download.
-−
-To include the kernel tree, include lines like this in .repo/manifest.xml:
   <project path="kernel/common" name="kernel/common" />
 The complete list of projects (including other kernel options besides kernel/common)
 is listed on http://android.git.kernel.org/.
 For more about repo, see http://source.android.com/download/using-repo

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 To add one of these to your overall Android repository scheme, you add the appropriate kernel repository
-to your local_manifest.xml file. (???)
+to your local manifest.xml file. This file is located in the .repo directory.
 Note that when you download the rest of the Android source code, using the 'repo'
 command, you do NOT automatically get a kernel tree included.  (That is, a kernel
 git tree is not referenced in the default Android manifest file, when you use
-repo following the instructions at http://source.android.com/download
+repo following the instructions at http://source.android.com/download.
 For more about repo, see http://source.android.com/download/using-repo

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 </pre>
-Sum total 166 patches.
+Sum total 173 patches for the 2.6.32.9 kernel as of writing.
 If anyone knows where raw android kernel patches are available, please add a link

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 git fetch --tags git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.32.y.git
 git shortlog v2.6.32.9..HEAD
 </pre>

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 this may be dated:
 git clone git://android.git.kernel.org/kernel/common.git android-kernel
 cd android-kernel
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 git fetch --tags git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.32.y.git
 git shortlog v2.6.32.9..HEAD
 Sum total 166 patches.

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 fixes, as of November 2009.  I have, however, heard of multiple efforts to extract
 the patches to make it easier to port the Android kernel features onto newer Linux
-kernels.  I have heard from multiple sources that there are about 115 patches in
+kernels.
-the core part of the kernel (not related specifically to board support) for this.
 If anyone knows where raw android kernel patches are available, please add a link

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 If anyone knows where raw android kernel patches are available, please add a link
-here.
+here.  See also the [[Android Kernel Features]] page for more information about
 [[Category:Android]]

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 * Linux kernel for omap and beagle-board, by Embinux: http://labs.embinux.org/git/cgit.cgi/repo/kernel.git
 ** clone with: git clone git://labs.embinux.org/repo/kernel.git kernel
 [[Category:Android]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 19:13, 5 November 2009
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	* Linux kernel for omap and beagle-board, by Embinux: http://labs.embinux.org/git/cgit.cgi/repo/kernel.git		* Linux kernel for omap and beagle-board, by Embinux: http://labs.embinux.org/git/cgit.cgi/repo/kernel.git
	** clone with: git clone git://labs.embinux.org/repo/kernel.git kernel		** clone with: git clone git://labs.embinux.org/repo/kernel.git kernel
		+
		+	[[Category:Android]]