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    Mini6410 - Android Build Steps

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    This document provides instructions for building Android 2.1 (Froyo) on a Mini6410 ARM11 board with a 128MB RAM using a cross-compile toolchain and files from a CDB. It describes copying necessary files to the host PC, configuring and compiling the Linux kernel and Android system source, creating a root filesystem, and making yaffs2, UBIFS, or ext3 filesystem images. Common errors encountered during building are also described along with fixes.

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    This document provides instructions for building Android 2.1 (Froyo) on a Mini6410 ARM11 board with a 128MB RAM using a cross-compile toolchain and files from a CDB. It describes copying necessary files to the host PC, configuring and compiling the Linux kernel and Android system source, creating a root filesystem, and making yaffs2, UBIFS, or ext3 filesystem images. Common errors encountered during building are also described along with fixes.

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    This document provides instructions for building Android 2.1 (Froyo) on a Mini6410 ARM11 board with a 128MB RAM using a cross-compile toolchain and files from a CDB. It describes copying necessary files to the host PC, configuring and compiling the Linux kernel and Android system source, creating a root filesystem, and making yaffs2, UBIFS, or ext3 filesystem images. Common errors encountered during building are also described along with fixes.

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    Mini6410 - Android Build Steps

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    This document provides instructions for building Android 2.1 (Froyo) on a Mini6410 ARM11 board with a 128MB RAM using a cross-compile toolchain and files from a CDB. It describes copying necessary files to the host PC, configuring and compiling the Linux kernel and Android system source, creating a root filesystem, and making yaffs2, UBIFS, or ext3 filesystem images. Common errors encountered during building are also described along with fixes.

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    Android2.

    1(Froyo)BuildforMini6410
    HostSystemInformation: IntelPCwithUbuntu11.10(32bit) TargetSystemInformation: Mini6410ARM11with128MBRAM

    Crosscompiletoolsandbuildenvironment
    InCDB,wehavebuildtoolsplacedinfolderCDB/linux/.Copyarmlinuxgcc,mktoolsandlogomaker tarzips # mkdir ~/mini6410 # cd ~/mini6410 # cp /media/cdrom/linux/arm-linux-gcc-4.x.x.tgz ~/mini6410 # cp /media/cdrom/linux/mktools.tar.tgz ~/mini6410 # cp /media/cdrom/linux/logomaker.tgz ~/mini6410 Uncompressthesewiththefollowingcommand: # cd ~/mini6410 # sudo tar xvzf arm-linux-gcc-4.x.x-xx-xxx-20xxxxxx.tgz # sudo tar xvzf mktools.tar.gz # sudo tar xvzf logomaker.tgz AddPathinyourenvironmentfile.Open~/.bashrcfiletoaddanewpathwitheditor(gedit) PATH=$PATH:/mini6410/opt/FriendlyARM/toolschain/4.x.x/bin Toapplythischange,loginagainorrestartthe.bashrc # source .bashrc Checkthetoolchainpathtoseeifitissetupcorrectlyornot,whetheritshowgccversion4.5.1 # arm-linux-gcc v

    Createaworkingfolder CopytheandroidfolderfromCDAtoPCmini6410folder # cp -fr /media/cdrom/android/ # cd android linux2.x.xx.xandroid,uncompressthelinuxkernelforandroidfile, #tar xvzf android-kernel-2.x.xx-20xxxxxx.tar.gz Android2.1,Androidsystemsourcecode # tar xvzf android-2.1-fs-20xxxxxx.tar.gz rootfs_android,Rootfilesystemfolder # tar xvzf rootfs_android-20xxxxxx.tar.gz

    Configureandcompilelinuxkernel
    Nowtheconfigurationandcompilecanstart.Goto # cd linux-2.x.xx.x-android Nextstepistocreate.configfileusingnextcommand(specifictoattacheddisplayinthiscase config_android_a70) # cp config_android_xxx .config Createkernel # make zImage ifthekernelbuildissuccessful,theremustbeinarch/arm/boot/filezImage

    ConfigureandcompileAndroidsystem
    Beforewedothebuild,weneedtohavefollowinglibrariesinstalled.Runthefollowingcommand sudo apt-get install libc6-dev-i386, g++-multilib, zlib1g-dev, lib32z1-dev, bison, flex, lib32ncurses5-dev, libncurses5-dev, libx11-dev, gperf

    Inanylibraryismissing,youcanlookforalternativedebianlibrariesonline.Forinstancelib32ncurses5 devcanbereplacedbylibncurses5dev # cd android-2.1 # ./build-android Therewerethreemajorissuesduringbuild.Youcantakefollowingactionsdependingonthetypeof issuefacedduringbuild. Error1:


    make: *** [out/host/linuxx86/obj/STATIC_LIBRARIES/libutils_intermediates/RefBase.o] Error 1 make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....

    Makefollowingchanges
    diff frameworks/base/libs/utils/Android.mk

    - LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DLIBUTILS_NATIVE=1 $(TOOL_CFLAGS) + LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DLIBUTILS_NATIVE=1 $(TOOL_CFLAGS) -fpermissive

    Error2:
    make: *** [out/host/linux-x86/obj/EXECUTABLES/aapt_intermediates/aapt] error 1

    Makefollowingchanges
    diff frameworks/base/tools/appt/Android.mk ifeq ($(HOST_OS),linux) -LOCAL_LDLIBS += -lrt +LOCAL_LDLIBS += -lrt -lpthread endif

    Error3:
    make: *** [out/host/linuxx86/obj/EXECUTABLES/localize_intermediates/localize] error 1

    Makefollowingchanges
    diff frameworks/base/tools/localize/Android.mk ifeq ($(HOST_OS),linux) -LOCAL_LDLIBS += -lrt +LOCAL_LDLIBS += -lrt -lpthread endif

    Attheendcreatearootfilesystem. # ./genrootfs.sh IfyoucanbuildAndroidsystemsuccessfully,youwillhaverootfs_dirfolder.

    MakeFilesystem
    Makeyaffsfilesystem # cd ~/mini6410/android/Android-2.1 # mkyaffs2image-128M rootfs_dir rootfs_android.img Ifyoucandoitsuccessfully,youwillhaverootfs_android.imginthesamefolder. MakeUBIFSfilesystem # cd ~/mini6410/android/Android-2.1 # mkubimage rootfs_dir rootfs_android.ubi Ifyoucandoitsuccessfully,youwillhaverootfs_android.ubiinthesamefolder. MakeExt3filesystem # cd ~/mini6410/android/Android-2.1 # mkext3image rootfs_dir rootfs_android.ext3 Ifyoucandoitsuccessfully,youwillhaverootfs_android.ext3inthesamefolder.

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