[Q] Kernels - G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I searched thru much of the articles and I am still a little fuzzy on the modification of the kernels.
When I added the stock enhancement, did it modify the kernel?
And if it did how big a deal is it? and if so how do you get back to the basic kernel?
This is the only subject that I find little organized info on. Probably an over sight on my part.

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It is a little fuzzy, but you have to go through each dev area to see if you are getting a customized kernel or not. Example: TNT Lite does not have oen, but gADAM does. I state this in my first post.
Customized kernels give you better performance and things the vendor has not added (like CIFS support). Going on two of the kernels I've seen, you might need to be fairly technical to use them.
I am mulling over adding a customized kernel to TNT Lite, and breaking my usual protocol. Still debating that.

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Can we load different kernals freely and switch between them if we want to try different ones? I'm on Vegan 7 and has pershoots kernal but i've also heard good things about clemsyns. I'm happy with the performance right now so if switching will open a can of worms id rather not, but if it's relatively risk free I wouldn't mind trying it out.

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New kernels should not be taken lightly. Considered it the same danger as flashing a new rom.

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Thanks all but I am still wandering.
My kernel ver is 2.6.32.9-00000-10.8.2-dirty
[email protected] #16
Is this stock or not? If not is it a problem?
Thanks in advance

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Mantara said:
New kernels should not be taken lightly. Considered it the same danger as flashing a new rom.
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Thanks, I'll stick w the setup i have now, battery lasts all day and it's pretty fast.

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cruiser771 said:
Can we load different kernals freely and switch between them if we want to try different ones? I'm on Vegan 7 and has pershoots kernal but i've also heard good things about clemsyns. I'm happy with the performance right now so if switching will open a can of worms id rather not, but if it's relatively risk free I wouldn't mind trying it out.
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you are free to upgrade your current kernel on vegan7, by flashing the .zip in my thread, through recovery, if you like.
this will bring you up to 2.6.32.36. be sure to flash the _gb file for gtab.
if you are using any external modules (cifs, etc.) those will also need to be updated. you can grab them from the lib..zip and push them to your system. instructions can be found on the droidbasement postings for gtab.

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Finding good kernel install instructions is not that easy to find
roebeet said:
It is a little fuzzy, but you have to go through each dev area to see if you are getting a customized kernel or not. Example: TNT Lite does not have oen, but gADAM does. I state this in my first post.
Customized kernels give you better performance and things the vendor has not added (like CIFS support). Going on two of the kernels I've seen, you might need to be fairly technical to use them.
I am mulling over adding a customized kernel to TNT Lite, and breaking my usual protocol. Still debating that.
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Roebeet,
Please do as so far have not been able to find good kernel install instructions for the two ones you mention on your TnT Lite 4.x.x post. If you have somewhere good directions on how to update kernels please add/link them to your post as more than one technical nOOb like I are willing to read about it.
In case I do get lucky and you see this please invest 30 seconds reading this post as I hope it could help to increase speed as sdcard/sdcard2 have both the same cache http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1012774
As always thanks for all you do and you will be enjoying a coffee/beer as soon as I get my gTablet delivered all the way down where I live (South America)... so you could imagine I am still have plenty of time to keep reading

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achernez said:
Roebeet,
Please do as so far have not been able to find good kernel install instructions for the two ones you mention on your TnT Lite 4.x.x post. If you have somewhere good directions on how to update kernels please add/link them to your post as more than one technical nOOb like I are willing to read about it.
In case I do get lucky and you see this please invest 30 seconds reading this post as I hope it could help to increase speed as sdcard/sdcard2 have both the same cache http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1012774
As always thanks for all you do and you will be enjoying a coffee/beer as soon as I get my gTablet delivered all the way down where I live (South America)... so you could imagine I am still have plenty of time to keep reading
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I deployed Clem's kernel to TNT Lite, this afternoon.
That sdcard item is interesting, but I'd have to really dig into it, more. It's an init.rc change so it would have to be added to a boot.img. Past experience has shown that it's best that I let some of the Power Users beta-test and report back first, before dropping it in a mod.

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pershoot said:
you are free to upgrade your current kernel on vegan7, by flashing the .zip in my thread, through recovery, if you like.
this will bring you up to 2.6.32.36. be sure to flash the _gb file for gtab.
if you are using any external modules (cifs, etc.) those will also need to be updated. you can grab them from the lib..zip and push them to your system. instructions can be found on the droidbasement postings for gtab.
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ok I put the file "boot-cm_2632.36_gb-xtra-vfp_fp-032711.zip" on the tablet, should i wipe the cache or can i just apply the update. i already did a backup
edit: just did some google searching, I wiped the cache and dalvik, all is well, thanks pershoot!