Hi,
I am working on project where we are currently using Android 4.1.2 on our custom hardware. We are investigating moving our code based to kitkat 4.4
I am wondering about pros & cons of using google AOSP v/s using linaro android distribution.
Has there been any discussion/blog posts that would help anyone that is trying to make that decision? I have done the normal search haven't found anything substantial.
Also is there a published list of shipping hardware products that use linaro-android distribution instead of AOSP?
Thanks. -Subodh
Note: I went through list of android related mailing list ( http://www.linaro.org/engineering/mailing-lists ) thought this list would appropriate for this posting if not, point me right way please.
Hi Subodh,
On 14 January 2014 23:32, Subodh Nijsure subodh.nijsure@credenceid.comwrote:
Hi,
I am working on project where we are currently using Android 4.1.2 on our custom hardware. We are investigating moving our code based to kitkat 4.4
I am wondering about pros & cons of using google AOSP v/s using linaro android distribution.
Has there been any discussion/blog posts that would help anyone that is trying to make that decision? I have done the normal search haven't found anything substantial.
It would have been good if you had given the processor that you are working on, generally AOSP releases are meant only for the Google supported platforms, in Linaro distribution we port and support other processors from our members. Each release is validated thoroughly for functionality, etc.
We also have latest kernels working for few processors, AOSP is on very old kernel versions, similarly we are on latest GCC tool chain. For every Linaro monthly release we also move to latest AOSP and have this validated on all the supported platforms. We fix all the issues found while integrating and porting the latest sources working on our member hardware platforms.
So ideally Linaro distribution tries to be on latest of all the software components and thoroughly validated.
We also had few optimizations done like Cortex strings on BIONIC, etc - they are already part of AOSP releases now. We are looking at few more optimization areas, will integrate them in our releases in coming months.
Also is there a published list of shipping hardware products that use
linaro-android distribution instead of AOSP?
No, we don't know the exact end products names, our releases are used by
our members and there customers.
Regards, Khasim
Thanks. -Subodh
Note: I went through list of android related mailing list ( http://www.linaro.org/engineering/mailing-lists ) thought this list would appropriate for this posting if not, point me right way please.
linaro-android mailing list linaro-android@lists.linaro.org http://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/linaro-android
Hello Khasim,
If it helps I am working with msm8960 CPU. I have kernel for it and the binary "blobs".
I guess I could setup linaro workspace and try to follow the page https://wiki.linaro.org/Platform/Android/GetSource and see if I can setup something for msm8960
Is there a wiki page that describes how one goes about setting up things for brand new hardware platform?
-Subodh
On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 7:19 PM, Khasim Syed Mohammed khasim.mohammed@linaro.org wrote:
Hi Subodh,
On 14 January 2014 23:32, Subodh Nijsure subodh.nijsure@credenceid.com wrote:
Hi,
I am working on project where we are currently using Android 4.1.2 on our custom hardware. We are investigating moving our code based to kitkat 4.4
I am wondering about pros & cons of using google AOSP v/s using linaro android distribution.
Has there been any discussion/blog posts that would help anyone that is trying to make that decision? I have done the normal search haven't found anything substantial.
It would have been good if you had given the processor that you are working on, generally AOSP releases are meant only for the Google supported platforms, in Linaro distribution we port and support other processors from our members. Each release is validated thoroughly for functionality, etc.
We also have latest kernels working for few processors, AOSP is on very old kernel versions, similarly we are on latest GCC tool chain. For every Linaro monthly release we also move to latest AOSP and have this validated on all the supported platforms. We fix all the issues found while integrating and porting the latest sources working on our member hardware platforms.
So ideally Linaro distribution tries to be on latest of all the software components and thoroughly validated.
We also had few optimizations done like Cortex strings on BIONIC, etc - they are already part of AOSP releases now. We are looking at few more optimization areas, will integrate them in our releases in coming months.
Also is there a published list of shipping hardware products that use linaro-android distribution instead of AOSP?
No, we don't know the exact end products names, our releases are used by our members and there customers.
Regards, Khasim
Thanks. -Subodh
Note: I went through list of android related mailing list ( http://www.linaro.org/engineering/mailing-lists ) thought this list would appropriate for this posting if not, point me right way please.
linaro-android mailing list linaro-android@lists.linaro.org http://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/linaro-android
On 15 January 2014 23:00, Subodh Nijsure subodh.nijsure@credenceid.comwrote:
Hello Khasim,
If it helps I am working with msm8960 CPU. I have kernel for it and the binary "blobs".
I guess I could setup linaro workspace and try to follow the page https://wiki.linaro.org/Platform/Android/GetSource and see if I can setup something for msm8960
Is there a wiki page that describes how one goes about setting up things for brand new hardware platform?
https://wiki.linaro.org/Platform/Android/PortingToNewBoard
-Subodh
On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 7:19 PM, Khasim Syed Mohammed khasim.mohammed@linaro.org wrote:
Hi Subodh,
On 14 January 2014 23:32, Subodh Nijsure subodh.nijsure@credenceid.com wrote:
Hi,
I am working on project where we are currently using Android 4.1.2 on our custom hardware. We are investigating moving our code based to kitkat 4.4
I am wondering about pros & cons of using google AOSP v/s using linaro android distribution.
Has there been any discussion/blog posts that would help anyone that is trying to make that decision? I have done the normal search haven't found anything substantial.
It would have been good if you had given the processor that you are
working
on, generally AOSP releases are meant only for the Google supported platforms, in Linaro distribution we port and support other processors
from
our members. Each release is validated thoroughly for functionality,
etc.
We also have latest kernels working for few processors, AOSP is on very
old
kernel versions, similarly we are on latest GCC tool chain. For every
Linaro
monthly release we also move to latest AOSP and have this validated on
all
the supported platforms. We fix all the issues found while integrating
and
porting the latest sources working on our member hardware platforms.
So ideally Linaro distribution tries to be on latest of all the software components and thoroughly validated.
We also had few optimizations done like Cortex strings on BIONIC, etc -
they
are already part of AOSP releases now. We are looking at few more optimization areas, will integrate them in our releases in coming months.
Also is there a published list of shipping hardware products that use linaro-android distribution instead of AOSP?
No, we don't know the exact end products names, our releases are used by
our
members and there customers.
Regards, Khasim
Thanks. -Subodh
Note: I went through list of android related mailing list ( http://www.linaro.org/engineering/mailing-lists ) thought this list would appropriate for this posting if not, point me right way please.
linaro-android mailing list linaro-android@lists.linaro.org http://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/linaro-android
linaro-android mailing list linaro-android@lists.linaro.org http://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/linaro-android
linaro-android@lists.linaro.org
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