On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 6:15 PM, Nishit Dave <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hello everyone, > > Most of you must be aware of the Indian tech startup Notion Ink, which has > released its much-awaited nVIDIA Tegra 2 based tablet, Adam, which runs on > Android 2.2. You must also be aware that Google has not released the > source > code of Honeycomb (Android 3.0), claiming that much work needs to be done, > but some large hardware manufacturers like Motorola, Acer, Asus etc. > already > have access, and have released their Honeycomb tablets based on nVIDIA > Tegra > 2 to a great public reception. > As per my basic understanding about Android Operating System,if your device us running on Android 2.2 then it won't be a big deal to port Honeycomb or the latest Android 3.1 to the same device . You may right that google hasn't released the source code of the latest android versions,but I feel it won't deny the developers to work with the latest versions.You will be able to get the latest rootfs images from the Android SDK , even it contains 3.1 rootfs images too. So I will suggest you to give a try with the HoneyComb rootfs and the old 2.2 kernel. > > The Adam tablet is technically as capable as the rest of the Tegra 2 > devices, but it suffers from lack of access to the latest operating system. > On the other hand, Notion Ink has been supportive of efforts by hackers to > improve upon the device software, which has given us various alternative > ROMs, root access, etc. > > As of now, the community of hackers organised around the forum at > http://tabletroms.com is focusing its effort on porting Honeycomb to the > Adam and other 'left out' tablets. > This work is being done by tweaking the system dumps obtained out of the > existing Honeycomb tablets, and so far, there has been substantial progress > in getting it to run on the Adam. > ( > > http://tabletroms.com/forums/showthread.php?356-Honeycomb-on-the-Adam-%28Updated%29 > ) > > As you may read on the thread above, there is still lots of work to be done > to have a stable system, and much of this concerns the kernel. > ( > > http://tabletroms.com/forums/showthread.php?596-WIP-Honeycomb-kernel-(nv-tegra-2.6.36.3)-for-ADAM > ) > > The community is running short of experienced hands at kernel development, > and would like to solicit your help in the kernel development effort. If > you are an experienced kernel developer with interest in Android or > embedded > systems, you could be an ideal candidate. In fact, the community has > chipped in to create a bounty for a fully working instance of Honeycomb, > with amounts set aside for different aspects of the OS. > (http://tabletroms.com/forums/content.php?2-Honeycomb-ROM-Contest) > (http://tabletroms.com/forums/content.php?4-Stabilize-the-HC-Rom) > > We know that the chief motivators for open source contributors are > knowledge, community building and recognition, not money. However, it > always helps to show our gratitude for your contribution, apart from > actually using it. Many members have also demonstrated good spirit by > sending donations to student developers and others that have been helping > maintain the forum and development out of their own pockets. > > If any of you feel that the likely end results are worth the effort, please > feel free to visit the forum or IRC at > http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=%23%23adamroot&uio=d4 > > Best regards, > > Nishit > > ps: If you are interested in the device itself, some owners are willing to > sell their tablets as they have access to other alternative models. > -- > http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > -- Siji Sunny -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
