[krn.modules] undervolt kernel module for X10 GB 2.3.3 - XPERIA X10 Android Development

Hello,
I've just compiled the undervolt module for current 2.3.3 kernels of X10 (2.6.29-00054-g5f01537).
Introduction
I've started from the source code provided by nobodyAtall here.
I also thank ThJap for getting me to work on this.
Settings
On my X10, the values can't vary too much from the default ones, otherwise the phone freezes / reboots. I was able to chopoff only 30 (instead of 50-100) that were possible apparently for 2.1 ROM.
Anyway, just because these values might be different from phone to phone, and to give each one the chance to configure it, the attached module is configurable:
Code:
insmod x10uv.ko args=970,970,1020,1120,1270
1) If you don't specify any arguments, the module will use the default voltages!
2) arguments are in the order of 245Mhz, ... for each frequency that X10 supports.
Once loaded with arguments, you will find this in dmesg:
Code:
<6>[ 509.594738] x10uv: module v002b-kernel-011 loaded. Built for target device
: X10
<6>[ 509.641605] x10uv: frequencies table: 245Mhz/1000 384Mhz/1000 576MHz/1050
768MHz/1150 998Mhz/1300.
<6>[ 509.641848] x10uv: patching done. enjoy better battery life.
The stuff above shows the default values (1000, 1000, 1050, 1150 and 1300).
As I said, I was only able to chop off only 30 out of all values, and have the phone still stable in tests.
If used with the insmod above, the output looks like:
Code:
<6>[ 597.082098] x10uv: module v002b-kernel-011 loaded. Built for target device
: X10
<6>[ 597.129015] x10uv: frequencies table: 245Mhz/970 384Mhz/970 576MHz/1020 76
8MHz/1120 998Mhz/1270.
<6>[ 597.129256] x10uv: patching done. enjoy better battery life.
Download
Use it at your own risk!
x10uv.zip

do you have to load with arguments on each reboot or only once?

ah nice... something like VDD control... but why only 30mV?

Wow, you are amazing, every day some new kernel module from you
Thank you

scoobysnacks said:
do you have to load with arguments on each reboot or only once?
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You will have to do it everytime. Before setting them at boot, please play a while - otherwise you might end up with phone freezing each boot!
DooMLoRD said:
ah nice... something like VDD control... but why only 30mV?
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Don't really know I was hoping for at least 100mV (if those are mV) as was mentioned in nobodyatall thread.
I can chop 100mV out of the highest frequency (998Mhz), but I have to leave the others untouched.
Another thing that I noticed, is that the lowest frequency (245MHz) is the most "unstable". If I chop more than 30mV, phone resets almost at each click.
But this might be my old battery (I got the phone second hand anyway). Others might chop more out of the voltages - so that's why I made it configurable - it might be helpful.
Later edit:
In fact, the X10Undervolt from nobodyAtall took off 100mV off each frequency under 998MHz, and left the 998Mhz at 1300 (according to the source code). I tried to cut 30mV out of all frequency, to have an "all inclusive" reduction. But is configurable, and anybody can try something that suites their needs

Thank you
Your compiled modules are a great addition to the phone. I think I almost use all of them
Right now I am testing these setting for stability on stock rom with Z's smartass govenor.
insmod /system/lib/modules/x10uv.ko args=900,900,950,1050,1250
Can anyone tell me how to unload the module, so I do not have to reboot anytime I want to change the voltage?

Byrana said:
Your compiled modules are a great addition to the phone. I think I almost use all of them
Right now I am testing these setting for stability on stock rom with Z's smartass govenor.
insmod /system/lib/modules/x10uv.ko args=900,900,950,1050,1250
Can anyone tell me how to unload the module, so I do not have to reboot anytime I want to change the voltage?
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Thank you
To unload use:
Code:
rmmod /system/lib/modules/x10uv.ko
which also restores the frequencies to the default values.

hi, thanks for module
im on latest cm7 by z with hotfix
i added "insmod /system/lib/modules/x10uv.ko args=900,900,950,1050,1250" (before tested, thanks to Byrana )
in install-recovery.sh
so
in adb shell
su
dmesg gives me long info, but nothing usefull
but without su
$ lsmod
lsmod
ar6000 241048 0 - Live 0xbf058000
cifs 222624 0 - Live 0xbf01c000
nls_utf8 1804 0 - Live 0xbf016000
smartass_zmod 10656 1 - Live 0xbf00e000
x10uv 2180 0 - Live 0xbf008000
tun 11240 0 - Live 0xbf000000
means this "x10uv 2180 0 - Live 0xbf008000" is loaded now, with uv settings? (args=900,900,950,1050,1250)
ok sry for, only thing is want to know how to make it work permanent?

Zocker Tko said:
ok sry for, only thing is want to know how to make it work permanent?
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To verify, try this:
Code:
dmesg | grep freq
If everything worked, the grep should give you something like (but with your values):
Code:
<6>[ 2723.381871] x10uv: frequencies table: 245Mhz/970 384Mhz/970 576MHz/1020 76
8MHz/1120 998Mhz/1270.
Please post back to confirm.

I just tried to remove the module with rmmod but it didn't work (error 2).
Also I rechecked with dmesg but having the same thing as Zocker. So I wouldn't recommend using my uv settings.
I am using set cpu and cpu spy maybe this is causing trouble because I found some entries from cpu spy after doing the dmesg.
I am checking now what the cause is.

C:\android-sdk\tools>adb shell
$ dmesg | grep freq
dmesg | grep freq
<6>[ 0.268207] Max ACPU freq from efuse data is 998400 KHz
<6>[ 0.454813] 5 scaling frequencies supported.
<6>[ 9.079225] x10uv: frequencies table: 245Mhz/900 384Mhz/900 576MHz/950 768
MHz/1050 998Mhz/1250.
<4>[ 77.747912] AR6000 connected event on freq 2447 with bssid 00:1a:4f:95:4a:
1a listenInterval=1000, beaconInterval = 100, beaconIeLen = 22 assocReqLen=61 a
ssocRespLen =48
<4>[ 1847.173317] AR6000 connected event on freq 2447 with bssid 00:1a:4f:95:4a:
1a listenInterval=1000, beaconInterval = 100, beaconIeLen = 22 assocReqLen=61 a
ssocRespLen =48
<4>[ 1913.065598] AR6000 connected event on freq 2447 with bssid 00:1a:4f:95:4a:
1a listenInterval=1000, beaconInterval = 100, beaconIeLen = 22 assocReqLen=61 a
ssocRespLen =48
<4>[ 1920.829923] AR6000 connected event on freq 2447 with bssid 00:1a:4f:95:4a:
1a listenInterval=1000, beaconInterval = 100, beaconIeLen = 22 assocReqLen=61 a
ssocRespLen =48
<4>[ 1928.594878] AR6000 connected event on freq 2447 with bssid 00:1a:4f:95:4a:
1a listenInterval=1000, beaconInterval = 100, beaconIeLen = 22 assocReqLen=61 a
ssocRespLen =48
thanks, seems it works

Just did a reboot and inserted again ... now it shows up again. I will keep an eye on it

working great with 50mv off of each!
good work

Byrana said:
I just tried to remove the module with rmmod but it didn't work (error 2).
Also I rechecked with dmesg but having the same thing as Zocker. So I wouldn't recommend using my uv settings.
I am using set cpu and cpu spy maybe this is causing trouble because I found some entries from cpu spy after doing the dmesg.
I am checking now what the cause is.
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1) error 2 means file not found. So either the path is incorrect OR the file isn't there... if you do "rmmod x10uv.ko" , it expects to find the module in the current folder (so you need to cd /system/lib/modules first). If you use the full path, make sure the module is really there.
2) if the module is not inserted (no trace of the frequency table in the dmesg - please use the grep described above), then it means it was not inserted. Again, in this case, check that the module is located in /system/lib/modules, and that you can insmod it with the correct frequencies (and double check again with grep).
If everything works in command line, but not with install_recovery.sh, then there has to be something wrong with install_recovery.sh entries ...
SetCPU / CpuSPY will not interfere with this module.

Sorry, my bet. No clue what went wrong but it shows everything right after I do the grep freq. My earlier posted settings work very well on my phone.
Thanks mate ... I hope this is gonna save some juice

viulian said:
Hello,
I've just compiled the undervolt module for current 2.3.3 kernels of X10 (2.6.29-00054-g5f01537).
Introduction
I've started from the source code provided by nobodyAtall here.
I also thank ThJap for getting me to work on this.
Settings
On my X10, the values can't vary too much from the default ones, otherwise the phone freezes / reboots. I was able to chopoff only 30 (instead of 50-100) that were possible apparently for 2.1 ROM.
Anyway, just because these values might be different from phone to phone, and to give each one the chance to configure it, the attached module is configurable:
Code:
insmod x10uv.ko args=970,970,1020,1120,1270
1) If you don't specify any arguments, the module will use the default voltages!
2) arguments are in the order of 245Mhz, ... for each frequency that X10 supports.
Once loaded with arguments, you will find this in dmesg:
Code:
<6>[ 509.594738] x10uv: module v002b-kernel-011 loaded. Built for target device
: X10
<6>[ 509.641605] x10uv: frequencies table: 245Mhz/1000 384Mhz/1000 576MHz/1050
768MHz/1150 998Mhz/1300.
<6>[ 509.641848] x10uv: patching done. enjoy better battery life.
The stuff above shows the default values (1000, 1000, 1050, 1150 and 1300).
As I said, I was only able to chop off only 30 out of all values, and have the phone still stable in tests.
If used with the insmod above, the output looks like:
Code:
<6>[ 597.082098] x10uv: module v002b-kernel-011 loaded. Built for target device
: X10
<6>[ 597.129015] x10uv: frequencies table: 245Mhz/970 384Mhz/970 576MHz/1020 76
8MHz/1120 998Mhz/1270.
<6>[ 597.129256] x10uv: patching done. enjoy better battery life.
Download
Use it at your own risk!
x10uv.zip
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AWESOME! May I add it into EWJET rom?

Yes it can be used in ROMs of course! Please link back here from your description, in case module gets updated, for people to be able to get the latest values and so on.
But feel free to embed it (but watch out for too aggressive settings )

maybe someone could make something for gscript...so everyone can easily test their on settings on the phone. My sweetspot for 998 Mhz is at 1200 mV. Just testing 875 mV on 245 Mhz...you just made my night It is so awesome that it is so easily configurable.

Gooooood
also I will try to build by myself again!

Very good!!!
On my phone
Tested
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[Module] X8Overclock | v004 - Multiple freq | X8 | X10 mini | X10 mini pro | 11-04-11

Rom cookers: if you include this module in your ROM, please make a link to this post in your release post, so your users can know how to work with it and update the module themselves
Intro: (dev post)
Since the X10 kernel is working, we might have a hope that someday we will have our custom kernels. If we can have custom kernels, we can do the overclocking easily.
Until that day, we will still have to overclock with modules. To make overclocking works with our current kernel, as far as I can see, we need to do the following things:
1. Patch cpufreq data to change maximum reported freq (these value will be read by Android for further controls). cpufreq will then call the low-level acpuclock functions to change real cpu freq.
2. Patch acpuclock data + code to change real cpu freq.
Right now I'm working a proof-of-concept module, with finished 1 and half of 2. I will need to patch acpuclock code in the running kernel to make the frequency applicable.
That means, right now, Android reported that I have a 800MHz MSM7227, although it's running at 600MHz, and cpufreq's governor accepts to change to the maximum 800MHz (it's 600MHz for real). We will need to patch acpuclock code to change PLL and apply the correct divisor.
Source on github : https://github.com/doixanh/X8Features
Release history
April 11. v004. Default to 691MHz. Multiple frequencies are available for SetCPU: from 614MHz to 826MHz. You can now change frequencies with SetCPU - much like with custom kernels! You can even SetCPU freq at boot.
April 07. v003. Compatible with SetCPU. Easier for code maintenance.
April 06. v002 for mini pro. x8oc module for x10 mini pro released! Be warned: I didn't have your x10mini pro hardware so I didn't test it throughoutly.
April 06. v002 for mini. x8oc module for x10 mini released! Be warned: I didn't have your x10mini hardware so I didn't test it throughoutly. 710MHz was reported not too stable. A lower freq is more stable.
April 06. v002. Experimental! It maybe very unstable! Undervoltage for all frequencies except the max freq (Reduced voltages for 128MHz, 245MHz, 320MHz, 480MHz). This can potentially save battery. I need test results for saving battery from you guys
April 05. v001. Default to 710MHz.
Requirements:
- Rooted
- Baseband x15
- xRecovery (for automatic installtation)
- Dare!
Installation:
a. Manual installation : it will be better if you can do this way.
- Download appropriate x8oc-vXXX.zip (for X8), or x8oc-vXXX-x10m.zip (for X10 mini), or x8oc-vXXX-x10mp.zip (for x10 mini pro) below, unzip
- Remount /system as rw
- Push x8oc.ko in to /system/lib/modules
- Edit /system/etc/hw_config.sh, add one line at the beginning
Code:
insmod /system/lib/modules/x8oc.ko # x8 overclock
For people who want to set specific freq at boot, write the following instead of the code above:
Code:
# x8 overclock
insmod /system/lib/modules/x8oc.ko
sleep 2
echo xAB > /proc/x8oc
Where AB is your desired code for that frequency. Test the frequency carefully before applying it at boot!
(you can edit hw_config.sh by pulling it to your PC, edit, and push it back)
- Reboot your phone
b. Automatic installation : much like x8gesture, I will have to prepare update.zip for each ROM. I'm pretty busy now, so be patient.
General instruction
- When you install x8oc, SetCPU will not recognized the new max frequency. Don't touch the slide and/or change the governor. If you do that, the new frequency will be lost. You will have to reboot your phone to get the new freq.
- For geeks only: it is possible to change maximum frequency after you install x8oc. With following command, you can replace AB to other values to change max freq:
Code:
echo xAB > /proc/x8oc
20 to change to 614MHz
21 to change to 634MHz
22 to change to 653MHz
23 to change to 672MHz
24 to change to 691MHz
25 to change to 710MHz
26 to change to 730MHz
27 to change to 749MHz
For example, set to 749MHz:
Code:
echo x27 > /proc/x8oc
This feature still works with v004
Somebody asked about the meaning of AB above. If you look at the source you will understand
In short :
- AB is stored in hexadecimal
- Max frequency = AB (in decimal) * 19.2MHz
Example:
AB = 27 means AB = 0x27 = 39 (in decimal)
Real frequency = 39*19.2 = 748.8 MHz
You can put 28, 29, for even higher frequency... but I don't recommend to do that. It was unstable for me.
x10 mini / x10 mini pro users:
Support for x10 mini / x10 mini pro has been added since 06-04-11. However, I don't have your hardware so you must test this module before install it:
- Push x8oc.ko to /system/lib/modules
- Run the following command
Code:
insmod /system/lib/modules/x8oc.ko
If the phone is still working, no crash, no black screen, then it works.
Until you're sure that it works with your hardware, don't install it to hw_config.sh or you will get boot loops and may severely damage your hardware
Disclaimer
This module is dangerous! It may cause severe damage to your hardware. I'm not responsible if this module kills your lovely phone. Use it at your own risk!
Donations are welcome
PLEASE DON'T SPAM IN THIS THREAD WITH UNCONTRIBUTED POSTS.
Can you share the source code of your module?
I was too lazy to build a separated module for OCing Everything is a mess inside my current x8gesture module
I'll try to do something more and then separate OC into a new module.
info about MSM7227 CPU:
http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=cpu&id=a7227&c=qualcomm_msm7227
Holy sh*t. They included bunches of controllers inside this MSM 7227
Max. 800MHz Qualcomm MSM7227 Turbo, Embedded 320MHz DSP (GSM, GPRS/EGPRS Multislot Class 12, EDGE, UMTS Release 6, 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps, MBMS baseband), 400MHz modem processor, Adreno 200, OpenGL ES 2.0, OpenGL ES 1.1, OpenVG 1.1, EGL 1.3, Direct3D Mobile, SVGT 1.2, DirectDraw,
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Is there anyway to enable that turbo mode by moding? It must be locked somewhere, the safe clock is 600mhz, but it might run 800mhz or more stable too, might be battery draining issue, or overvoltage necessity but with scaling that should not be a real issue, if only used to extreme situations, and, for a bit of time.
f.e. Samsung Galaxy Ace has same CPU and it run at 800Mhz
This is a great project and it looks very promissing.
ZTE Blade has same cpu and they had problems overclocking just the main core, but in the end they solved it, I guess you could take a look at their solution as well.
And thanks again for the dualtouch module.
I read many overclocked kernel sources for MSM7227 in difference devices. What they did was to modify acpuclock.c :
1. add new freqs to freq_table
2. add new freqs to clkctl_acpu_speed arrays
3. modify acpuclk_set_div to set PLL for overclocked freqs
Because acpuclock is initialized very early during boot process, cpufreq (initialized much later) will read those available freqs from acpuclock to apply to its governors.
In our case, because we cannot modify acpuclock in the kernel before it's initialized, our module will be loaded much later than both acpuclock and cpufreq. Therefore, my approach is to modify (inline patch) both acpuclock and cpufreq in memory, while the kernel is running.
So far, as mentioned in OP, I modified cpufreq and acpuclock data (as in 1. and 2.), so that Android thinks that max freq is set at 800MHz. We will have to do some inline memory patches to acpuclock function to change PLL for freqs more than 600MHz during runtime. More precisely, we need to patch acpuclk_set_div function.
I did a quick study about ARM instruction set, looked for branch (and branch with links) instructions. I managed to redirect calls to acpuclk_set_div to my own function in module, so that acpuclock_set_rate calls to my function, instead of the original one. However, it seems that the param received by my function is always NULL.
Looking for reasons and solutions. Any suggestions?
@racht: no, we thank you for your hard work in your Hackdroid ROMs.
It seems that I made a mistake. acpuclk_set_div was not separated as a function. Instead, the compiler included it in the caller function (acpuclk_set_rate). This will be a big big big problem for us to hijack the call.....
Hope everything works out! 200mhz is a big jump
Can u share your sources?
Maby i can help you
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I will need to rewrite the module, because everything is placed in my x8gesture I will do it soon.
The initial commit is pushed to github at : https://github.com/doixanh/X8Overclock
All contributions are welcome.
as an example of omap3
http://code.google.com/p/milestone-overclock/
This project consists of a kernel module for OMAP3 phones with Android to unlock any processor frequency/voltage combination and a companion graphical app to ease the configuration. The phone must be rooted so that the kernel module can be loaded.
The module has an interface in /proc/overclock/* that allows enabling and disabling of overclock in runtime without rebooting. No flashing of custom roms or kernels is needed, since that is not even possible with the Milestone, Droid X and others.
andrej456 said:
as an example of omap3
http://code.google.com/p/milestone-overclock/
This project consists of a kernel module for OMAP3 phones with Android to unlock any processor frequency/voltage combination and a companion graphical app to ease the configuration. The phone must be rooted so that the kernel module can be loaded.
The module has an interface in /proc/overclock/* that allows enabling and disabling of overclock in runtime without rebooting. No flashing of custom roms or kernels is needed, since that is not even possible with the Milestone, Droid X and others.
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Thats good idea but edit is needed because X8 does not have 1,2 processor
EDIT: With 800 processor thats so close x10 1000 processor,cant imagine how fast x8 will be
as-mario said:
Thats good idea but edit is needed because X8 does not have 1,2 processor
EDIT: With 800 processor thats so close x10 1000 processor,cant imagine how fast x8 will be
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to not fit in the x8, but the wiki to be useful
if we take this as an example you can write a module
sorry for my english
It seems that my approach is like milestone-overclock. Their CPU is different, but we can know that we're having a good direction.
Good news: I managed to hijack calls to acpuclk_set_rate (the function contains acpuclk_set_div). This way, we can write our own set_rate and set_div function.
Destination is not too far away
YES, YES and YES! It's running at 684MHz! Will upload a screenshot soon!
This below screenshot is taken at 710MHz with only CPU test
It seems that our CPU is not stable above 748MHz.

[KERNEL] Bricked-Kernel Grouper/Tilapia

Welcome to the most customizable N7 kernel on xda
Bricked-Kernel Nexus 7 (grouper)
Replaced NVIDIA's strange hotplug manager with my own: tegra_mpdecision​
Features:
Based upon Googles tegra3 source
Fixed section mismatches
Various other fixes (look @ github)
Compiled with gcc4.7.2 toolchain (linaro 09.12)
Replaced NVIDIAs hotplug manager with tegra_mpdecision (better battery life + performance)
Extensive sysfs interface for mpdecision with all the tuneables you want
Highly modified ondemand governor for tegra3 & mpdecision (this is the only recommended governor atm)
Fixed usage of 51Mhz clock
GPU OC (416/484/520Mhz)
Truly variant free CPU OC for all devices (51 - 1600Mhz)
Fixed max cpufreq resets throughout the kernel
All cores now use the max frequency (before: only in singlecore, otherwise -100Mhz)
Undervolting (faux123)
Default clocks: 102min & 1300max (+100Mhz overclocked) & 475 Maxscroff
earlysuspend/lateresume for ondemand including special screen off settings to save power
Aroma Installer by amarullz
cmdline interface for cpu min/max/maxscroff/gpuoc/scheduler/governor
---Just flash the kernel with your desired settings, no more need for oc apps. Reflash if you want to change sth. It's that easy!
FSync Control by Ezekeel
export t3 variant to debugfs by faux123 (adb shell cat /sys/kernel/debug/t3_variant)
lowered panel min brightness to 8
ZRAM
enabled NFSv3&4
Check the compare links for the rest ​
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Instead the download pages were outfitted with compare links to github for each download.​
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Flash through recovery. #done.​
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Knowledge base:
What is tegra_mpdecision?
100% kernel based multi core decision! (should cpu1/2/3 be online or not, do we need the low-power/ninja core now?)
This replaces the stock nvidia hotplug solution.
Check /sys/kernel/tegra_mpdecision/conf/ for the configuration.
startdelay = time until mpdecision starts doing it's magic (20000)
delay = time between checks (130)
pause = if something else plugs in the cpu, fall asleep for 10000ms (10 secs)
scroff_single_core = Force low-power mode if screen is off (1)
enabled = enable(1) or disable(0) mpdecision. This does not affect scroff_single_core!
min_cpus = min cpus to be online, cannot be < 1. Default: 1
max_cpus = max cpus to be online, cannot be > 4. (if you set it to 2 and min_cpus to 1 you will basically have a dualcore) Default: 4
idle_freq = a value against that will be checked if a core +/- is requested. (475000)
lpcpu_up_hsyteresis = minimum number of requests that have to be send in order to switch to low-power mode (4)
lpcpu_down_hsyteresis = minimum number of requests that have to be send in order to switch to g-mode (quadcore-mode). Overridden by a requested freq that is higher than the max supported lp-mode frequency. (2)
If cpu0 is below that value and a core up of another cpu is requested, nothing will happen.
If any other cpu is above that value and a core down of that cpu is requested, nothing will happen. (otherwise it would now put down that cpu even though it is still working, which isn't what we want)
Hot plug thresholds (aka now it gets 'complicated')
This small formula calculates which value will be used: (number_of_cpus_online - 1) * 2
The result of this formula will be the nwns_threshold where a new cpu is hotplugged.
The result of this formula + 1 will be the nwns_threshold where a cpu is unplugged.
nwns_threshold_x = runqueue threshold, if this is reached cpuX will be hot/unplugged
twts_threshold_x = time threshold, this amount of time must have passed for the related action to be taken (hot/unplug)
Example:
One cpu is online.
(1 - 1) * 2 = 0 ergo:
nwns_threshold_0 = cpu1 will be hotplugged at this value
((1 - 1) * 2) + 1 = 1
nwns_threshold_1 = cpu0 will be unplugged at this value
This will regulate when we switch to lp-mode, effectively replacing the quadcore g-mode core with the ninja lp-mode core.
Two cpus are online.
(2 - 1) * 2 = 2 ergo:
nwns_threshold_2 = cpu2 will be hotplugged at this value
((2 - 1) * 2) + 1 = 3
nwns_threshold_3 = cpu1 will be unplugged at this value
etc...
(all times are in ms)
If you want to see the mpdecision magic happening:
Code:
adb shell
cat /proc/kmsg | grep 'MPDEC'
mpdecision's input event boost, aka project butter
This will boost your min cpu speed if you touch the screen or press a button and gives you full control.
In those events the min cpu freq will be risen to a predefined value (look below) on every online cpu. This boosts overall reaction times and smoothness a lot. (works similar to the qcom mpdecision binary)
Configuration files:
[email protected]:/sys/kernel/tegra_mpdecision/conf # ls
boost_enabled
boost_freqs
boost_time
All of them work like the usual sysfs files, except one special case:
boost_freqs will list all frequencies from cpu 0 to cpu x. Cpu 3 and any following cpu will share one frequency.
To change those frequencies echo the cpu number + the frequency in khz. To change the boost freq of cpu3 (and 4,5,6,7,8, etc) the echo would look as follows:
Code:
echo "3 1026000" > /sys/kernel/tegra_mpdecision/conf/boost_freqs
for cpu0:
Code:
echo "0 1026000" > /sys/kernel/tegra_mpdecision/conf/boost_freqs
Defaults:
Code:
cat /sys/kernel/tegra_mpdecision/conf/boost_freqs
910000
910000
760000
620000
Recommended governor?
Ondemand.​Why do I have no WLAN?
This kernel is too big for our boot.img with WLAN included into the kernel, so it is built as a module. That means it needs to be inserted into the kernel upon boot up, which needs to be automated for maximum comfort = userinit (init.d) support.
The zip adds init.d support to your ramdisk, if that fails for some reason the wlan module cannot be inserted.
if
Code:
adb shell lsmod
doesn't show this:
Code:
tun 14060 0 - Live 0x00000000
cifs 239646 0 - Live 0x00000000
bcmdhd 433083 0 - Live 0x00000000
Then init.d support is probably missing.
You can test it by going to /system/etc/init.d/ and executing 00wlan.
Code:
adb shell
su
. /system/etc/init.d/00wlan
Wait a few seconds and try to enable wifi and repeat the above lsmod command (should now show bcmdhd as live, you can execute 01cifs and 02tun too).
If WLAN now works, init.d support is missing.
You need to have busybox installed in order to be able to get init.d support going, this shouldn't be a problem for most people, since it is usually installed when rooting your phone anyway (and who does unlock but not root their phone? :/)
It does not matter if busybox is installed in /system/bin or /system/xbin, my script will detect the location upon flashing and patch the ramdisk accordingly.
If no busybox is found, the script will add init.d support to your ramdisk with the default location: /system/xbin/busybox. All you need to do is install busybox there and reboot your phone.
​
show-p1984 said:
Knowledge base:
(under construction)
tegra_mpdecision manual:
coming soon(tm)
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looks great is this kernal compatible with cm10 based roms such as paranoid android
Flypants101010 said:
looks great is this kernal compatible with cm10 based roms such as paranoid android
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Yes, ofc
Running cm10 nightlies myself.
show-p1984 said:
Yes, ofc
Running cm10 nightlies myself.
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All AOSP roms work with Bricked
* Hello World *
What tweaks did you make to on-demand, if you don't mind me asking? The only thing I've noticed is that frequency switching seems to happen faster & more often.
Feel like flashing something tonight!
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda premium
I tried flashing this a few times and it fails with each try.
Dabaum said:
What tweaks did you make to on-demand, if you don't mind me asking? The only thing I've noticed is that frequency switching seems to happen faster & more often.
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I mostly adapted it to work with the lpcore while the screen is on and also with special power saving setting while the screen is off.
The 2 phase frequency was changed to accomplish that.
It also applies a powersave bias while screen is off.
Additionally I changed the settings to allow faster scaling with less load. (70% > freq incr)
Source is currently being uploaded, but since I kept the history intact it is taking ages. You can look it up there in more detail once the source is up
airmaxx23 said:
I tried flashing this a few times and it fails with each try.
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With what message?
I guess because your recovery does not identify your device as 'grouper'.
show-p1984 said:
With what message?
I guess because your recovery does not identify your device as 'grouper'.
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It just says failed, I've had no problems flashing anything else and I'm flashing mutilple times a day usually.
airmaxx23 said:
It just says failed, I've had no problems flashing anything else and I'm flashing mutilple times a day usually.
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It most certainly does not say "failed" and nothing else. Look harder.
Using twrp recovery me and my beta testee had no problems at all.
show-p1984 said:
It most certainly does not say "failed" and nothing else. Look harder.
Using twrp recovery me and my beta testee had no problems at all.
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It says "unable to open zip file. Error flashing zip."
show-p1984 said:
Yes, ofc
Running cm10 nightlies myself.
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And just to be clear, with non-CM based ones as well? I'm running the 'Glazed' ROM....
airmaxx23 said:
It just says failed, I've had no problems flashing anything else and I'm flashing mutilple times a day usually.
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Nothing wrong with the zipfile, maybe corrupted download? did you do md5 hash check before flash?
It's either your custom recovery or a corrupted download, period.
ps. Happy Flashing.
airmaxx23 said:
It says "unable to open zip file. Error flashing zip."
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corrupt download? checked md5/sha1?
corrupt phone upload? checked md5/sha1?
friedsonjm said:
And just to be clear, with non-CM based ones as well? I'm running the 'Glazed' ROM....
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As long as it is AOSP you should be fine.
But just try it and report back, then we are all a bit more enlightened
(Sorry, I can't possibly test all the ROMs out there ^^)
T-junk said:
Nothing wrong with the zipfile, maybe corrupted download? did you do md5 hash check before flash?
It's either your custom recovery or a corrupted download, period.
ps. Happy Flashing.
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If I try downloading it directly to my tablet the resulting file is only 17.51K in size, downloading it with a computer takes care of the problem.
airmaxx23 said:
It says "unable to open zip file. Error flashing zip."
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I get the same.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda premium
airmaxx23 said:
If I try downloading it directly to my tablet the resulting file is only 17.51K in size, downloading it with a computer takes care of the problem.
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StrangerWeather said:
I get the same.
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I guess same problem for you StangerWeather.
Try downloading on your pc, I will look into that webserver issue tomorrow. (or maybe it's a chrome issue? who knows ^^)

[KERNEL] Bricked-Kernel Mako

Welcome to the most customizable N4 kernel on xda
Bricked-Kernel Nexus 4 (mako)​
Features:
* Based upon Googles msm 3.4 source
* Various other fixes (look @ github)
* Compiled with gcc4.7.2 toolchain (linaro 09.12)
* -O3 optimized
* Snapdragon S4 & CortexA15 optimizations
* Sweep2wake
(Disabled as default, activate through an app like KControl or over sysfs: echo 1 > /sys/android_touch/sweep2wake)
* DoubleTap2Wake
(Disabled as default, activate through an app like KControl or over sysfs: echo 1 > /sys/android_touch/doubletap2wake)
* replaced qcoms hotplug binary with msm_mpdecision (IN-KERNEL, better battery life + performance)
* Extensive sysfs interface for mpdecision with all the tuneables you want (/sys/kernel/msm_mpdecision/)
* replaced the thermald binary with my IN-KERNEL solution. (/sys/kernel/msm_thermal/)
* export krait version to: /sys/kernel/debug/krait_variant
* modified ondemand governor
* Allow OC up to 1,83Ghz, faux123 (from a thermal point of view that is now SAFE)
* Allow UC down to 94,5Mhz
* Fixed min cpufreq resets
* Undervolting (faux123)
* Default clocks: 384min & 1512max
Zip features:
* ramdisk module insertion
* removes governor overrides from the ramdisk
* adds init.d support to your ramdisk (if not already supported)
Check the compare links for the rest ​
Where is tha Changelog???
There will be no more changelogs.
Instead the download pages were outfitted with compare links to github for each download.​
What is sweep2wake?
How to install?
Flash through recovery. #done.​
How to uninstall?
Flash this through recovery:
Bricked_uninstaller
Bye.​
Where to complain about errors/bugs?
Please use the Issuetracker for bugs/errors/feature wishes!
Issuetracker @ https://github.com/showp1984/bricked-mako/issues
[email protected]
IRC Chat: Freenode IRC #bricked​
Download:
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Stock Nexus4 JELLYBEAN JWR boot.img (flash this if you come from another kernel)
Source:
​
What is msm_thermal?
Kernel based 3-phase thermal control!
This replaces your /system/bin/thermald binary which is renamed by the installer to thermald_bck.
It will throttle your cpu speed to keep it cool and unleash it if the cpu has cooled down enough. (3 phases: low, mid and high)
Check /sys/kernel/msm_thermal/conf/ for the thermal configuration
allowed_max_high = highest threshold (phase 3)
allowed_max_low = remove the throttling if we cooled down to this (clr_thrshold)
allowed_max_freq = max frequency if throttled (limit)
[...]mid[...] = same as above, just for phase 2
[...]low[...] = Lowest threshold (phase 1)
check_interval_ms = how often shall we check? (sampling rate)
Default: 100ms (=0.1sec)
shutdown_temp = if we reach this shut down the device!
Default: 80°C
If you want to see msm_thermal doing it's job:
Code:
adb shell
cat /proc/kmsg | grep 'thermal'
What is msm_mpdecision?
100% kernel based multi core decision! (should cpu1/2/3 be online or not?)
This replaces your /system/bin/mpdecision binary which is renamed by the installer to mpdecision_bck.
Check /sys/kernel/msm_mpdecision/conf/ for the configuration.
startdelay = time until mpdecision starts doing it's magic (20000)
delay = time between checks (70)
pause = if something else plugs in the cpu, fall asleep for 10000ms (10 secs)
scroff_single_core = if the screen is off, don't plug in cpu1/2/3. Additionally: Unplug all cpus except cpu0 when screen is turned off (1)
enabled = enable(1) or disable(0) mpdecision. This does not affect scroff_single_core!
min_cpus = min cpus to be online, cannot be < 1. Default: 1
max_cpus = max cpus to be online, cannot be > 4. (if you set it to 2 and min_cpus to 1 you will basically have a dualcore) Default: 4
idle_freq = a value against that will be checked if a core +/- is requested. (486000)
If cpu0 is below that value and a core up of another cpu is requested, nothing will happen.
If any other cpu is above that value and a core down of that cpu is requested, nothing will happen. (otherwise it would now put down that cpu even though it is still working, which isn't what we want)
Hot plug thresholds (aka now it gets 'complicated')
This small formula calculates which value will be used: (number_of_cpus_online - 1) * 2
The result of this formula will be the nwns_threshold where a new cpu is hotplugged.
The result of this formula + 1 will be the nwns_threshold where a cpu is unplugged.
nwns_threshold_x = runqueue threshold, if this is reached cpuX will be hot/unplugged
twts_threshold_x = time threshold, this amount of time must have passed for the related action to be taken (hot/unplug)
Example:
One cpu is online.
(1 - 1) * 2 = 0 ergo:
nwns_threshold_0 = cpu1 will be hotplugged at this value
((1 - 1) * 2) + 1 = 1
nwns_threshold_1 = cpu0 will be unplugged at this value
Since we can't unplug cpu0 this is '0'.
Two cpus are online.
(2 - 1) * 2 = 2 ergo:
nwns_threshold_2 = cpu2 will be hotplugged at this value
((2 - 1) * 2) + 1 = 3
nwns_threshold_3 = cpu1 will be unplugged at this value
etc...
The default values are:
NwNs_Threshold: 12, 0, 25, 20, 32, 28, 0, 35
TwTs_Threshold: 140, 0, 140, 190, 140, 190, 0, 190
Where the position and function of the number equals the result of the above explained formula.
(all times are in ms)
If you want to see the mpdecision magic happening:
Code:
adb shell
cat /proc/kmsg | grep 'MPDEC'
mpdecision's input event boost, aka project butter
This will boost your min cpu speed if you touch the screen or press a button and gives you full control.
In those events the min cpu freq will be risen to a predefined value (look below) on every online cpu. This boosts overall reaction times and smoothness a lot. (works similar to the qcom mpdecision binary)
Configuration files:
[email protected]:/sys/kernel/msm_mpdecision/conf # ls
boost_enabled
boost_freqs
boost_time
All of them work like the usual sysfs files, except one special case:
boost_freqs will list all frequencies from cpu 0 to cpu x. Cpu 3 and any following cpu will share one frequency.
To change those frequencies echo the cpu number + the frequency in khz. To change the boost freq of cpu3 (and 4,5,6,7,8, etc) the echo would look as follows:
Code:
echo "3 1026000" > /sys/kernel/msm_mpdecision/conf/boost_freqs
for cpu0:
Code:
echo "0 1026000" > /sys/kernel/msm_mpdecision/conf/boost_freqs
Defaults:
Code:
cat /sys/kernel/msm_mpdecision/conf/boost_freqs
918000
918000
702000
594000
How does sweep2wake work? Does it keep my phone awake?
Short answer: No.
Long answer:
Sweep2wake works with IRQs (Interrupts).
An interrupt can be best imagined as you doing something, like shopping at the local super market, when someone jumps in front of you and punches you into your family jewels. You will most certainly not just continue shopping.
In technical terms: An Interrupt interrupts the normal operation of a program and executes "special" code instead.
So if you touch your screen, an interrupt is send on which the touch driver reacts. That's it.
Since we have a capacitive touchscreen you also do not need to worry about any pressure onto the screen.
If you want to disable sweep2wake execute this command on your phone (adb shell or directly), you can also add it to an init.d script.
Code:
echo "0" > /sys/android_touch/sweep2wake
(echoing "1" activates it, which is the default setting)​Recommended governor?
Ondemand.​Why do I have no WLAN?
Due to this kernels very high optimization settings it is too big for our boot.img with WLAN included into the kernel, so it is built as a module. That means it needs to be inserted into the kernel upon boot up, which needs to be automated for maximum comfort.
The zip adds this to your ramdisk, if that fails for some reason the wlan module cannot be inserted.
if
Code:
adb shell lsmod
doesn't show this:
Code:
tun 14701 0 - Live 0x00000000
cifs 275399 0 - Live 0x00000000
wlan 2964650 0 - Live 0x00000000 (C)
Then something went wrong. (My fault)
You can test it by executing
Code:
adb shell
su
insmod /system/lib/modules/wlan.ko
Wait a few seconds and try to enable wifi and repeat the above lsmod command (should now show wlan).
If WLAN now works, I messed up.
Open a new issue in the issue tracker and it will be fixed asap.​Last release for 4.2.2?
STABLE: 20130622_233007_master-8fa9be1
BETA: 20130727_023549_exp-d64cabc​
If you look for an app to control your kernel: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47773391#post47773391
it is finally here!!!
i spy sweep2wake
So over clock is safe with this???
Sent from my Nexus 4 using XDA Premium HD app
Looking forward to trying this out! Looks awesome. Just out of curiosity is there any reason why this zip is so much larger than the zips for other kernels?
I can't wait to get bricked!
alewis2k12 said:
So over clock is safe with this???
Sent from my Nexus 4 using XDA Premium HD app
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OP is your friend
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium
---------- Post added at 08:38 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:38 PM ----------
Locksmith81 said:
OP is your friend
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium
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It's a yes
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium
Flashed it and will report soon
Do it need to wipe cache ??
jarjar124 said:
it is finally here!!!
i spy sweep2wake
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Soon(tm)
I am currently making final adjustments to sweep2wake
Perhaps it will be a christmas present?
alewis2k12 said:
So over clock is safe with this???
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From a thermal point of view: Yes.
But if you set a too high clock and your chip craps out because of too much voltage, that won't save it.
Overclocking is dangerous. It will never be safe, the thermal guard just makes it as safe as on any other phone.
cmikeh2 said:
Looking forward to trying this out! Looks awesome. Just out of curiosity is there any reason why this zip is so much larger than the zips for other kernels?
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Yes, because of sooooo many optimizations I pumped into the kernel it was getting pretty big, too big for it to fit inside the boot.img with the ramdisk. SO I had to remove stuff from the kernel and put it into modules (wlan,cifs,tun) which are inserted into the kernel upon boot.
You won't feel the difference but it enabled me to include these optimizations.
(the prima wlan module is 22megs or so... freaky big thing.)
mpttrung said:
Flashed it and will report soon
Do it need to wipe cache ??
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It wipes cache for you.
show-p1984 said:
Soon(tm)
It wipes cache for you.
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Opps ! It stucks at Google logo @@
I am using stock, any idea ??
mpttrung said:
Opps ! It stucks at Google logo @@
I am using stock, any idea ??
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I am too on stock, works for me though.
Gimme last_kmsg after you got it into recovery.
show-p1984 said:
I am too on stock, works for me though.
Gimme last_kmsg after you got it into recovery.
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Red : what do u mean ??
mpttrung said:
Opps ! It stucks at Google logo @@
I am using stock, any idea ??
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Were you on Franco's kernel?
harpo1 said:
Were you on Franco's kernel?
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Yeah ! U got stucked too ???
Anybody got a safe OC limit?? And thanks for the help....and coming from Franco as well
Sent from my Nexus 4 using XDA Premium HD app
alewis2k12 said:
Anybody got a safe OC limit?? And thanks for the help....and coming from Franco as well
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1.7 should be safe, apq8064 is built with that max freq in mind.
Though to be clear: THERE IS NO SAFE OC FREQ. OC IS ALWAYS DANGEROUS!
To all those who have problems, I will provide a stock boot.img in the first post. (gimme a few seconds)
Stock Nexus4 boot.img (flash this if you come from another kernel)
mpttrung said:
Yeah ! U got stucked too ???
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Yeah if you're kernel hopping make sure you reset back to stock. :good:
UZ7 said:
Yeah if you're kernel hopping make sure you reset back to stock. :good:
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Flash to stock using fastboot ?
you could also reflash your rom

Instant crash when governor set to msm-dcvs

I just got my GSIV today and rooted it using the stickied root method. I have installed setcpu. The rom crashes the second I set the governor to MSM-DCVS. Any ideas?
PelPix said:
I just got my GSIV today and rooted it using the stickied root method. I have installed setcpu. The rom crashes the second I set the governor to MSM-DCVS. Any ideas?
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My S4 GT-i9505 crash too...
PelPix said:
I just got my GSIV today and rooted it using the stickied root method. I have installed setcpu. The rom crashes the second I set the governor to MSM-DCVS. Any ideas?
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Same here.... i searched and really have not found an answer.
Stacktrace from enabling msm-dcvs
Here's the relevant stack trace from the kernel panic when enabling the msm-dcvs governor.
Code:
[ 2811.452880] MSM_DCVS: msm_dcvs_freq_sink_start: msm_dcvs_freq_sink_start invalid dcvs_core_id = 0 returning -EINVAL
[ 2811.462585] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 2811.466979] kernel BUG at /opt/jenkins/android/workspace/android/jellybean/kernel/samsung/jf/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_gov_msm.c:206!
[ 2811.478790] Internal error: Oops - BUG: 0 [#1] PREEMPT SMP ARM
[ 2811.484557] Modules linked in: dhd vpnclient
[ 2811.488799] CPU: 0 Not tainted (3.4.0-cyanogenmod-gfbaa5c7 #1)
I've done a little cursory exploring and noticed that the CPU_OFFSET parameter starts at 1 on this kernel module, but it is being told to enable this governor on core 0, hence the message above. Not sure at the moment if it's the module's fault, or just some misconfiguration from settings activity when enabling this module.
I plan to look into this in a bit more depth sometime in the next few weeks(hopefully).
Follow up to stepheno's message
stephenopdx said:
Here's the relevant stack trace from the kernel panic when enabling the msm-dcvs governor.
Code:
[ 2811.452880] MSM_DCVS: msm_dcvs_freq_sink_start: msm_dcvs_freq_sink_start invalid dcvs_core_id = 0 returning -EINVAL
[ 2811.462585] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 2811.466979] kernel BUG at /opt/jenkins/android/workspace/android/jellybean/kernel/samsung/jf/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_gov_msm.c:206!
[ 2811.478790] Internal error: Oops - BUG: 0 [#1] PREEMPT SMP ARM
[ 2811.484557] Modules linked in: dhd vpnclient
[ 2811.488799] CPU: 0 Not tainted (3.4.0-cyanogenmod-gfbaa5c7 #1)
I've done a little cursory exploring and noticed that the CPU_OFFSET parameter starts at 1 on this kernel module, but it is being told to enable this governor on core 0, hence the message above. Not sure at the moment if it's the module's fault, or just some misconfiguration from settings activity when enabling this module.
I plan to look into this in a bit more depth sometime in the next few weeks(hopefully).
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Hi, stephenopdx and I are working together on this issue in our free time. As a follow up, we've found that the call to msm_dcvs_scm_init is returning a non-zero value (specifically 4). This function is calling the command DCVD_CMD_INIT (command ID 5) in the SCM_SVC_DCVS service. The continues down to an ARM instruction call to move the processor into "secure mode" (aka TrustZone). I'd like to emphasize at this point that both stephenopdx are complete noobs when it comes to kernel development.
We are wondering:
1) Why, if the scm_call to DCVS_CMD_INIT fails, does the kernel continue on its merry way?
2) What does that return code of 4 mean?
3) What preconditions are necessary to initialize DCVS?
4) Is there a place where we can find reference materials (things like return codes and their meanings) for the Qualcomm MSM 8960 SoC? Googling for return code 4 was fairly futile.
5) Is there some sort of kernel debugger so that we can stop using terrible pr_err messages?
We can also produce stack traces or kernel panic logs (heavily augmented with demented pr_err messages to help us figure out what's going on) if anyone is interested.
Thanks!

[KERNEL] Bricked-Kernel Flo/Deb

Welcome to the most customizable N7 2013 kernel on xda
Bricked-Kernel Nexus 7 2013 (flo/deb)​
Features:
* Based upon Googles msm 3.4 source
* Various other fixes (look @ github)
* Compiled with gcc4.7.2 toolchain (linaro 09.12)
* -O3 optimized
* Snapdragon S4 & CortexA15 optimizations
* vastly improved touchscreen drivers, which made it rock stable even before Google patched the firmware
* Sweep2wake
* DoubleTap2Wake
* replaced qcoms hotplug binary with msm_mpdecision (IN-KERNEL, better battery life + performance)
* Extensive sysfs interface for mpdecision with all the tuneables you want (/sys/kernel/msm_mpdecision/)
* replaced the thermald binary with my IN-KERNEL solution. (/sys/kernel/msm_thermal/)
* export krait version to: /sys/kernel/debug/krait_variant
* modified ondemand governor
* Allow OC up to 1,83Ghz
* Fixed min cpufreq resets
* Undervolting
* Sound Control (faux123)
* Default clocks: 384min & 1512max
Zip features:
*** ON-THE-FLY-RAMDISK EDITS!
*** THIS KERNEL USES YOUR RAMDISK, it will just modify it on the fly while flashing. These changes are not creating any incompatibilities with roms/other kernels. (Except those roms which intentionally go incompatible to stock/aosp on a driver level)
* removes min freq overrides from the ramdisk
* removes governor overrides from the ramdisk
* adds init.d support to your ramdisk (if not already supported)
* modifies stock ondemand settings
* add module insertion
Check the compare links for the rest ​
Where is tha Changelog???
There will be no more changelogs.
Instead the download pages were outfitted with compare links to github for each download.​
What is sweep2wake?
Yes that is a mako, works the same way on the flo though ​
How to install?
Flash through recovery. #done.​
How to uninstall?
Flash this through recovery:
Bricked_uninstaller
Bye.​
Where to complain about errors/bugs?
Please use the Issuetracker for bugs/errors/feature wishes!
Issuetracker @ https://github.com/showp1984/bricked-flo/issues
[email protected]
IRC Chat: Freenode IRC #bricked​
Download:
No Guarantees! If it kills your grandmother or your device, I am NOT responsible! If you understand this:
(If you download, please hit Thanks below my post! Thank you!)
>>> DOWNLOAD <<<​
Donor List:​
> Hall of fame <
Thank you very much!​
Source:
​
What is msm_thermal?
Kernel based 3-phase thermal control!
This replaces your /system/bin/thermald binary which is renamed by the installer to thermald_bck.
It will throttle your cpu speed to keep it cool and unleash it if the cpu has cooled down enough. (3 phases: low, mid and high)
Check /sys/kernel/msm_thermal/conf/ for the thermal configuration
allowed_max_high = highest threshold (phase 3)
allowed_max_low = remove the throttling if we cooled down to this (clr_thrshold)
allowed_max_freq = max frequency if throttled (limit)
[...]mid[...] = same as above, just for phase 2
[...]low[...] = Lowest threshold (phase 1)
check_interval_ms = how often shall we check? (sampling rate)
Default: 100ms (=0.1sec)
shutdown_temp = if we reach this shut down the device!
Default: 80°C
If you want to see msm_thermal doing it's job:
Code:
adb shell
cat /proc/kmsg | grep 'thermal'
What is msm_mpdecision?
100% kernel based multi core decision! (should cpu1/2/3 be online or not?)
This replaces your /system/bin/mpdecision binary which is renamed by the installer to mpdecision_bck.
Check /sys/kernel/msm_mpdecision/conf/ for the configuration.
startdelay = time until mpdecision starts doing it's magic (20000)
delay = time between checks (70)
pause = if something else plugs in the cpu, fall asleep for 10000ms (10 secs)
scroff_single_core = if the screen is off, don't plug in cpu1/2/3. Additionally: Unplug all cpus except cpu0 when screen is turned off (1)
enabled = enable(1) or disable(0) mpdecision. This does not affect scroff_single_core!
min_cpus = min cpus to be online, cannot be < 1. Default: 1
max_cpus = max cpus to be online, cannot be > 4. (if you set it to 2 and min_cpus to 1 you will basically have a dualcore) Default: 4
idle_freq = a value against that will be checked if a core +/- is requested. (486000)
If cpu0 is below that value and a core up of another cpu is requested, nothing will happen.
If any other cpu is above that value and a core down of that cpu is requested, nothing will happen. (otherwise it would now put down that cpu even though it is still working, which isn't what we want)
Hot plug thresholds (aka now it gets 'complicated')
This small formula calculates which value will be used: (number_of_cpus_online - 1) * 2
The result of this formula will be the nwns_threshold where a new cpu is hotplugged.
The result of this formula + 1 will be the nwns_threshold where a cpu is unplugged.
nwns_threshold_x = runqueue threshold, if this is reached cpuX will be hot/unplugged
twts_threshold_x = time threshold, this amount of time must have passed for the related action to be taken (hot/unplug)
Example:
One cpu is online.
(1 - 1) * 2 = 0 ergo:
nwns_threshold_0 = cpu1 will be hotplugged at this value
((1 - 1) * 2) + 1 = 1
nwns_threshold_1 = cpu0 will be unplugged at this value
Since we can't unplug cpu0 this is '0'.
Two cpus are online.
(2 - 1) * 2 = 2 ergo:
nwns_threshold_2 = cpu2 will be hotplugged at this value
((2 - 1) * 2) + 1 = 3
nwns_threshold_3 = cpu1 will be unplugged at this value
etc...
The default values are:
NwNs_Threshold: 12, 0, 25, 20, 32, 28, 0, 35
TwTs_Threshold: 140, 0, 140, 190, 140, 190, 0, 190
Where the position and function of the number equals the result of the above explained formula.
(all times are in ms)
If you want to see the mpdecision magic happening:
Code:
adb shell
cat /proc/kmsg | grep 'MPDEC'
mpdecision's input event boost, aka project butter
This will boost your min cpu speed if you touch the screen or press a button and gives you full control.
In those events the min cpu freq will be risen to a predefined value (look below) on every online cpu. This boosts overall reaction times and smoothness a lot. (works similar to the qcom mpdecision binary)
Configuration files:
[email protected]:/sys/kernel/msm_mpdecision/conf # ls
boost_enabled
boost_freqs
boost_time
All of them work like the usual sysfs files, except one special case:
boost_freqs will list all frequencies from cpu 0 to cpu x. Cpu 3 and any following cpu will share one frequency.
To change those frequencies echo the cpu number + the frequency in khz. To change the boost freq of cpu3 (and 4,5,6,7,8, etc) the echo would look as follows:
Code:
echo "3 1026000" > /sys/kernel/msm_mpdecision/conf/boost_freqs
for cpu0:
Code:
echo "0 1026000" > /sys/kernel/msm_mpdecision/conf/boost_freqs
Defaults:
Code:
cat /sys/kernel/msm_mpdecision/conf/boost_freqs
918000
918000
702000
594000
How does sweep2wake work? Does it keep my phone awake?
Short answer: No.
Long answer:
Sweep2wake works with IRQs (Interrupts).
An interrupt can be best imagined as you doing something, like shopping at the local super market, when someone jumps in front of you and punches you into your family jewels. You will most certainly not just continue shopping.
In technical terms: An Interrupt interrupts the normal operation of a program and executes "special" code instead.
So if you touch your screen, an interrupt is send on which the touch driver reacts. That's it.
Since we have a capacitive touchscreen you also do not need to worry about any pressure onto the screen.
If you want to disable sweep2wake execute this command on your phone (adb shell or directly), you can also add it to an init.d script.
Code:
echo "0" > /sys/android_touch/sweep2wake
(echoing "1" activates it, which is the default setting)​Recommended governor?
Ondemand.​Why do I have no WLAN?
Due to this kernels very high optimization settings it is too big for our boot.img with WLAN included into the kernel, so it is built as a module. That means it needs to be inserted into the kernel upon boot up, which needs to be automated for maximum comfort.
The zip adds this to your ramdisk, if that fails for some reason the wlan module cannot be inserted.
if
Code:
adb shell lsmod
doesn't show this:
Code:
tun 14701 0 - Live 0x00000000
cifs 275399 0 - Live 0x00000000
wlan 2964650 0 - Live 0x00000000 (C)
Then something went wrong. (My fault)
You can test it by executing
Code:
adb shell
su
insmod /system/lib/modules/wlan.ko
Wait a few seconds and try to enable wifi and repeat the above lsmod command (should now show wlan).
If WLAN now works, I messed up.
Open a new issue in the issue tracker and it will be fixed asap.​
If you look for an app to control your kernel: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47773391#post47773391
Wohoooooo the best kernel on sensation thread now reaches nexus 7!!! That's awesome :highfive:
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Drunken_elk said:
Wohoooooo the best kernel on sensation thread now reaches nexus 7!!! That's awesome :highfive:
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It's been on the flo since September the 19th, there just wasn't an xda thread for it
Oh damn . Anyway good choice to add the thread
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no fsynch trigger? or just not mentioned in features?
L-ViZ said:
no fsynch trigger? or just not mentioned in features?
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Whoever disables fsync is a maniac. It is not in this kernel and will never get in. That's my totally honest opinion.
Using a no fsync, or 'dynamic' fsync kernel is the equivalent of jumping from a skyscraper with nothing but a napkin.
Best Nexus 5 kernel il now on N7 ! Awesome ! Thank's for this
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Assume this is based on the new 4.4.1?
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ogrillion said:
Assume this is based on the new 4.4.1?
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Indeed.
Hey man, good to see more talented kernel devs on this device, yours was one of my favourites back on my HTC One X
Any chance of merging kexec patch for multirom support?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2457079
Nexus 7 LTE
Stock rooted KOT49E
Faux Kernel
show-p1984 said:
Indeed.
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Oh god ! Downloading now !
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Can you include the MultiROM patch in the kernel?
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show-p1984 said:
Indeed.
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made for 4.4.1 means only usable on 4.4.1 or works on 4.4 too?
Will this brick my phone
Does Slimport work with this? I have had other kernels flick out after 5 minutes or so.
Sent from my Omni 4.4 Galaxy S3. Proud Googy Beta tester.
Works with CM11?
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made for 4.4.1 means only usable on 4.4.1 or works on 4.4 too?
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I can tell you that I am running it on Bruce's 4.4 odexed and is running brilliantly so far. Installed it early this morning and running great so far.
Quiksilver78 said:
Works with CM11?
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It should.
Give it a try, the install process make a backup of your current Zimage, if something goes wrong, just flash the uninstaller and your'll get back to your unmodified rom.
lionelia said:
It should.
Give it a try, the install process make a backup of your current Zimage, if something goes wrong, just flash the uninstaller and your'll get back to your unmodified rom.
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Turning on WiFi caused boot loops for me lol
I figured it wasn't supposed to work so I didn't report it so I flashed slimkat

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