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+ | * [http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/Linux-For-Devices-Articles/Porting-Android-to-a-new-device/ Porting Android to a new Device] - excellent and thorough paper on porting Android to the Nokia N800. | ||
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* http://wiki.kldp.org/wiki.php/AndroidPortingOnRealTarget | * http://wiki.kldp.org/wiki.php/AndroidPortingOnRealTarget | ||
− | * [[Android on OMAP]] - excellent tutorial covering lots of different issues for porting Android to | + | * [[Android on OMAP]] - excellent tutorial covering lots of different issues for porting Android to platforms based on the TI OMAP (ARM) processor |
== Porting Issues == | == Porting Issues == |
Revision as of 12:24, 5 November 2009
This page describes various effort to port Android to new boards and new processors
Porting Tutorials
- Porting Android to a new Device - excellent and thorough paper on porting Android to the Nokia N800.
- Has a detailed list of kernel changes and annotated diffs.
- http://wiki.kldp.org/wiki.php/AndroidPortingOnRealTarget
- Android on OMAP - excellent tutorial covering lots of different issues for porting Android to platforms based on the TI OMAP (ARM) processor
Porting Issues
- Matt Porter (Mentor Graphics) gave a presentation on difficulties encountered while they were porting Android to MIPS and PPC processors at ELC Europe 2009. His talk was called "Mythbusters: Android" and has lots of good information.
Porting to New Processors
- Mentor Graphics has ported Android to MIPS and PPC
- Power.Org supported the work to port Android to PPC
- Nina Wilner talked about this work, and gave a demo at ELC Europe 2009
- see Android_On_Power.pdf