v2 Released. Scroll down for info!
Hello,
After lots of help from sirkay and FXP, I've built my own kernel that I thought I'd share with you.
This kernel wouldn't exist without the hard work of FXP. This is built from his source code. All real credit for this belongs with him (and DoomLord too, also an FXP Team member)
That said, this is my take and keeps the rather awesome release that is CM7.2 alive!
To be clear: This is a kernel for Cyanogen Mod 7.2 - Gingerbread! If you want a good ICS Kernel look at Sirkay's Thread.
So, what's different?
Uses a very recent GCC to compile, GCC version 4.6.3 which I optimised the build for Cortex-a8 and NEON.
Is compiled for performance not size (Optimize for size unticked)
Heap Randomisation is disabled.
Enabled SWAP - So you can use swap if you want to...
Default Scheduler changed to deadline, same as the Sony official kernel (still has bfq if you want to use it)
Default governor changed to ondemand.
CONFIG_OABI_COMPAT turned off. (This might break apps, haven't found any yet though)
Disabled CPUFreq Debugging.
Disabled FRAME_POINTERS, enabled STACK_UNWIND. Reason here: http://lists.openmoko.org/nabble.html#nabble-td6126708
There is no boot logo when this kernel boots. Each time I added one, the kernel refused to boot. I'll look at that. Just have patience, your phone is booting still...
(Here's where I make lots of stupid claims about how smooth, how buttery, how much battery life this kernel saves. Except I'm not a screaming idiot, so I'm not going to do that!)
I'm interested in any feedback you have, but I did this mostly for me.
And please remember the real person to thank, FXP. It's his source code I've used to build this. Also again thanks to Sirkay for his help and pointers.
Download it from here.
- muppet
Nice Kernel what's battery performance ??
aditya080908 said:
Nice Kernel what's battery performance ??
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About the same as every other kernel.
OTG support? ?!
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so good, This is what I looking for
@muppetmania attach here you png file. i can try to convert it to .rle for you
Could GB MIUI have the privilege?
Could we have a CM7 based MIUI 2.3.7 kernel?
I think GB MIUI works just fine and don't want to upgrade to ICS or JB.
But a better kernel for GB MIUI is always appreciated.
Thanks in advance,pls let us know if you'd be willing to.
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OTG support? ?!
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If you'd like me to respond to questions, please post an actual articulate question in the first place. Cheers.
Yes, I'm aware I'm a ****, it's been pointed out to me already
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@muppetmania attach here you png file. i can try to convert it to .rle for you
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Thanks sirkay, but the problem isn't that I can't make a rle file, it's that the rle file when added to the ramdisk stops the kernel booting. It seems to a bug in the SEMC loader, I found a post about it somewhere. Does the boot.img need to be padded out to a certain size to work?
Sometimes my logo.rle would work, but then I'd make changes, recompile, and the kernel would hang on boot. Annoying, so I've removed it for the moment.
rivtre said:
Could we have a CM7 based MIUI 2.3.7 kernel?
I think GB MIUI works just fine and don't want to upgrade to ICS or JB.
But a better kernel for GB MIUI is always appreciated.
Thanks in advance,pls let us know if you'd be willing to.
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Hi rivtre,
I'd love to help, but my Ray is the only phone I have and is running CM7.2. While I could make a kernel for MIUI I'd have no (easy) way to test it. It wouldn't be fair to anyone if I started releasing untested things. So I'm sorry, it's not that I don't want to help, but no. Anyway, read the next bit to see why that's probably not a bad thing!
To All:
My kernel seems to be terrible when it comes to HD video recording. Can anyone else test this? I get heaps of dropped frames using my kernel when recording HD video vs a FXP Stock kernel. I need to look more at this, but for the moment I'd recommend not using this kernel!
v2 Released!
Version 2 of muppet kernel released.
What's new?
Compiled with GCC 4.7.1
Reverted to BFQ Scheduler by default
Reverted to Interactive CPU Scaling by default
Added logo.rle so you know it's booting!
Removed Debugging Symbols (CONFIG_KALLSYMS)
Reverted the scheduler and CPU scaling as they seemed to be the cause of the video recording lag.
Enjoy!
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does the kernel also work with this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424121?
can I flqsh the kernel with flashtool?
is overclocking possible?
borg17a said:
does the kernel also work with this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424121?
can I flqsh the kernel with flashtool?
is overclocking possible?
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Not sure if it works with the stock ROM or not - try it and report back.
Yes, like all kernel images, you can flash it with Flashtool.
You can OC up to 1.6Ghz.
I tried it, but It doesn't work. Booting failed
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Not sure if it works with the stock ROM or not - try it and report back.
Yes, like all kernel images, you can flash it with Flashtool.
You can OC up to 1.6Ghz.
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borg17a said:
I tried it, but It doesn't work. Booting failed
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Oh well sorry. It's only for CM7.2
muppetmania said:
Version 2 of muppet kernel released.
What's new?
Compiled with GCC 4.7.1
Reverted to BFQ Scheduler by default
Reverted to Interactive CPU Scaling by default
Added logo.rle so you know it's booting!
Removed Debugging Symbols (CONFIG_KALLSYMS)
Reverted the scheduler and CPU scaling as they seemed to be the cause of the video recording lag.
Enjoy!
Download
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Just flashed your kernel, going to give a test run! thanks!!
Edit:
Well it doesn't seem to me that the camera recording works at all ... pictures = fine - but when trying to record video - the image freezes - and the camera app crashes.
I have to reboot to get back into the camera app...
Also, can't play any video I previously recorded...
Anything I'm missing?
I've flashed your kernel and did a cache + dalvik wipe...
Cheers!
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Just flashed your kernel, going to give a test run! thanks!!
Edit:
Well it doesn't seem to me that the camera recording works at all ... pictures = fine - but when trying to record video - the image freezes - and the camera app crashes.
I have to reboot to get back into the camera app...
Also, can't play any video I previously recorded...
Anything I'm missing?
I've flashed your kernel and did a cache + dalvik wipe...
Cheers!
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Oh, well that's not the sort of feedback I wanted!
I haven't done much video recording the last couple of weeks (I've been away from work)
Let me do some testing and see what I can find...
Thanks for reporting
If you want a logcat I'll make one and get it to you , cheers
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GPS
i just install your kernel on my phone...but why my GPS cannot running well
a1nx said:
i just install your kernel on my phone...but why my GPS cannot running well
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why your bug reporting so terrible
a1nx said:
i just install your kernel on my phone...but why my GPS cannot running well
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Update baseband to 75 or 77 ...reflash kernel !!!
Have fun !!
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This is a repackaging of DooMLoRD's kernel for the Ray - this is only for the stock Rom at this time, and will not work on MIUI or CM.
It's based on DooMLoRD's Github sources, original thread with more information about the Kernel is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1172885 - all thanks should go to him, I've edited very little, simply changed some of the config to suit the Ray and tested it.
Brief summary:
* Overclockable to 2GHz (set at 1GHz to start - made sure of it this time!)
* Enabled most of the schedulers so you can choose your favourite (brazillianwax, smoothass, SavagedZen, interactiveX, lagfree, minmax, Scary, smartass, interactive, conservative, ondemand, userspace, powersave, smartassV2, performance).
[UPDATE]
Had a look at the issues with the 'Flash' on the camera not working - this is now fixed.
Also, after being requested by a couple of people I've recompiled it for MIUI - you'll have to flash the second version for it to boot. (Please choose the correct one, flashing the wrong one will let you access CWM-recovery, but the system won't boot.) MIUI isn't working at this time.
Updated Kernel can be found here for Stock Roms:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615284/DoomKernel-2011-12-28-1201.img
[Edit] Kernel for MIUI booted, but became unresponsive after it's been on a while. Taken the link down until I can find a day or two where I'm not using my phone so I can flash MIUI myself and look into it.
Thank you very much for this good present !
I just would ask if it is compatible with bheremans' MIUI rom, and if it's not if someone can port it, or explain to me how it can be done.
hartej said:
Brief summary:
* Overclockable to 2GHz (set at 1GHz to start - made sure of it this time!)
* Enabled most of the schedulers so you can choose your favourite (brazillianwax, smoothass, SavagedZen, interactiveX, lagfree, minmax, Scary, smartass, interactive, conservative, ondemand, userspace, powersave, smartassV2, performance). Think I may have missed a few - shall go back and check when I get a chance.
* Can't remember if I managed to get it working with the latest Ramdisk or not. At one point I was using it with a previous Ramdisk but not sure if I eventually got it working... (Currently the CMW Recovery is version 5.0.2.7?) I'll have to check on this, if it's using an old RamDisk then some of the features may not be available.
Initial release - I've been using it for a day now and it seems quite stable.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615284/RayDoomKernel-2011-12-18.img
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Can you integrate in the kernel the dual mode call recording ability, please?
aragog53 said:
Thank you very much for this good present !
I just would ask if it is compatible with bheremans' MIUI rom, and if it's not if someone can port it, or explain to me how it can be done.
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No idea, I think that MIUI, CM7 and Stock Roms require different Kernels (or some serious customisation) so i'd be guessing: No. But it's just a guess.
Tistitus said:
Can you integrate in the kernel the dual mode call recording ability, please?
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DooMLoRD added this to his Kernel, but I don't have any requirement to record my calls so can't confirm if it's working or not. Feel free to test it out - you may find yourself in luck!
Bah! Uploading failed the first time, but it's fixed now.
If you downloaded the file before I posted this, and only have a 1.2MB file then please DONT FLASH IT. It shouldn't mess anything up permanantly but your device won't boot.
I've uploaded the file again (to the same location), please re-download and flash this one (it should be just over 6MB)
Please make it compatible for miui?;D.......
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Hi hartej glad to see you back on the forum
A have quick question, how can be repaired this problem: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=3708 DooMLord may be able to help you repair it? Or will show some tips
Sorry for double post...i had found a way to port to MIUI...take a look here hartej..)
bheremans said:
Rom by iriijo
To port kernel : nothing special, just compile it with :
CONFIG_VMSPLIT_3G=y
# CONFIG_VMSPLIT_2G is not set
and
CONFIG_PAGE_OFFSET=0xC0000000
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Hi Hartej, sorry but even with your second upload. The kernel doesn't boot. It stays at black screen (not even the SE logo)
@hartej: some notes ...
thinking its a good choise using DooMLoRD's kernel as your base, congratulations for your wise decision
some minutes befor i fastboot'ed (temporarly) your image (i.e. fastboot boot <image>)
# kernel cpufreq defaults is ondemand 245760/1862400Hz - no max 1GHz as you'r thinking?
some LITTLE change-requests from me - please
# /proc/config.gz support - a great help for every self-builder
# init.d support - importent i'm thinking, i modifyed init.semc.rc in initrd.img in your boot image for myself (serves only as a example)
service sysinit /system/bin/logwrapper /system/xbin/busybox run-parts /system/etc/init.d
user root
oneshot
# a git respository of your kernel for self builder
ok, thats all for NOW, thank you for your good work.
greetings
Doesn't boot
I've downloaded your present(RayDoomKernel-2011-12-18.img / 6.23MB) and flash it on my Ray with fastboot tool. But it doesn't boot, just shows me black screen.(Not even show me SE logo ) Anyway I appreciate your great effort.
is it for stock 4.0.2.0.A.42 firmware
Oh I tried.Doesn't boot with the 4.0.2.A.042 FW.
@hartej
glad to see u back on this
some devices cant handle 1.6Ghz+
thats why i keep 2 kernels
2.0Ghz
and
1.6Ghz
for other things u can check my kernel-ramdisk
SWDJPA said:
I've downloaded your present(RayDoomKernel-2011-12-18.img / 6.23MB) and flash it on my Ray with fastboot tool. But it doesn't boot, just shows me black screen.(Not even show me SE logo ) Anyway I appreciate your great effort.
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masray said:
Oh I tried.Doesn't boot with the 4.0.2.A.042 FW.
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Lol, I'll upload the right one eventually! Just tried downloading and flashing this myself, only to discover that I'd mistakenly uploaded the latest version instead of the working one. Still playing with getting the ARC ramdisk working with the Ray, possibly because of the speed issue DooMLoRD quotes above which is the reason for the black screen - the Kernel itself is identical, it's just a difference in the RamDisks.
I've uploaded the working one now - sorry for any confusion!
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615284/DoomKernel-2011-12-18-1547.img
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Lol, ... I've uploaded the working one now - sorry for any confusion!
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615284/DoomKernel-2011-12-18-1547.img
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i'll testet it shortly, now it boot in ondemand 245760/1024000Hz und init.d support works too - super
one questions leaves ...
i want to compile myself. where to get your changes for the ray (.config mainly ???), when i use DooMLoRD's cloned git sources ???
thanks and have i nice day ...
hartej said:
Lol, I'll upload the right one eventually! Just tried downloading and flashing this myself, only to discover that I'd mistakenly uploaded the latest version instead of the working one. Still playing with getting the ARC ramdisk working with the Ray, possibly because of the speed issue DooMLoRD quotes above which is the reason for the black screen - the Kernel itself is identical, it's just a difference in the RamDisks.
I've uploaded the working one now - sorry for any confusion!
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615284/DoomKernel-2011-12-18-1547.img
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Please for MIUI ??
Works Great
Two thumbs up!
It is quite stable even at 2ghz.
But I would stay at 1.5 with smartass v2 considering battery life.
Thank you
-Ray User from Korea.
doesn't work with FXP050 on my Ray ... It does boot into the system but it doesn't show any submenus or option menus ... they are there, i can select by where i remember them to be but it is not graphicly shown
This Kernel is for STOCK Rom !!!! not for cyanogen mod.
This is Rage Kernel v2.9 for Xperia Mini / Mini Pro / Active / Live recompiled to run on FXP CM7.2.0 ROM from Freexperia Project here.
The boot image consists of kernel compiled from DuMOHsmol's Rage Kernel v2.9 source, FXP wi-fi driver and FXP ramdisk. It is tested running in FXP122 CM7.
The kernel is compiled using FXP default config, modified to enabled added features in Rage Kernel, so overall the features is similar to Rage Kernel v2.9 (see post #2 below)
Credits:
Many thanks to DuMOHsmol for Rage kernel source and DoomLord for providing the base/stock source.
Thanks for Freexperia Team for making such a great rom.
Thanks for wucinac, HUdasp, gandhar, Snoopo, & jakobxxl for initial testing and feedbacks.
This kernel will not be updated everyweek like FXP rom releases. It would only be updated if there's update in Rage Kernel or there's update in FXP ramdisk/ROM that requires changes in this kernel too.
I mainly compiled this kernel because it gives good battery life, so I haven't tested all features that Rage Kernel offer. Therefore I can't really confirm that those added features will work fine in CM7. What does work is the basic functionalities (like calls, wifi, bluetooth, camera, etc) and added cpu governors, overclocking options, and added i/o schedulers. What I haven't test: zram and swap.
And because I personally considered this kernel as some kind of a workaround for the battery drain issue in fxp kernel (see post #3 below), then if FXP team has fixed it, this kernel might be no longer needed.
As of version 2.6, changes from original Rage Kernel source are below:
4 files in Rage source replaced with files from FXP source :
- arch/arm/mach-msm/board-semc_mogami.c
- arch/arm/mach-msm/sdio_ctl.c
- drivers/mfd/marimba-codec.c
- drivers/misc/lm356x.c
Files sdio_ctl.c and marimba-codec.c is replaced to avoid compiling errors when using fxp defconfig. The file board-semc_mogami.c is replaced to fix touchscreen problem when using original file. File lm36x.c is replaced to fix force close problem in Torch app.
Another change is patch from here applied to fix the touchscreen issue.
Changes in version 2.7 are included as a patch files in the download post below.
Changes in version 2.8 & 2.9 are related only to cpufreq driver & cpu governors, so the patch from 2.7 can still be used, but the cpufreq part of the diff must be removed.
Version 2.7 / 2.8 / 2.9:
Please see all download links for Mini/Mini Pro/Active/LiveWithWalkman in this #75 post.
Flashing disclaimer applies! Use this kernel at your own risk.
How to use:
1. For the first time CM7 users: Flash the Freexperia CM7 kernel & Rom first, and make sure everything works fine, and then continue to step 2. For those that already have CM7 running, just begin at step 2.
2. Flash this kernel using fastboot.
3. Reboot to CWM and wipe cache
4. Reboot again.
Notes :
- This kernel is not supported in anyway by FXP team or original Rage maintainer DuMOHsmol. Anyone having problem, please don't ask them for support. Just ask in this thread & I'll try to figure it out.
- Battery life is not solely affected by the kernel. It can also be affected by apps/mods/tweaks used or applied in the rom. If battery drain is high, then please check what cause the wakelocks using apps like BetterBatteryStats here
- There are instances that using Google Maps or Latitude (or maybe other gps-related apps) would cause GpsLocationProvider keeping the phone awake, like the case in this post #82 and post #34. This situation can be diagnosed using that BetterBatteryStats app mentioned above. The workaround is to disable gps and reboot the phone.
- Of course, other than advantages, there are also disadvantages using this kernel in FXP cm7. Advantages including: a bit better battery life, more cpu governors, more i/o schedulers, etc. Disadvantages: I perceive sdcard i/o is somewhat slower, sometimes there's lag in video recorder, there might be broken features in future FXP releases, not supported by FXP team, and there might be other problems that haven't been encountered yet. If anyone experiencing more disadvantages than advantages using this kernel, then please consider using FXP kernel instead.
Features (quoted directly from DuMOHsmol's Rage Kernel original post here ) :
DuMOHsmol said:
This is my kernel, it's based on stock SE 4.0.2.A.0.74 kernel sources, with some things from DoomKernel by DooMLoRD (so go and say thanks to him, and other developers too).
It has:
- Overclock up to 2Ghz
- CWM Recovery 5.0.2.7
- Prerooting
- CPU Governors:
brazilianwax
smoothass
smartassV2
SavagedZen
interactiveX
lagfree
minmax
Scary
smartass
interactive
conservative
userspace
powersave
ondemand
perfomance
v2 added:
- Xperia Mini support
- Tun/tap interface enabled (VPN, ipv6)
- Swap support enabled
- Two way call recording support added
- I/O schedulers:
noop
anticipatory
deadline
cfq
bfq
vr
sio
v2.1 changed:
- disabled NFS and CIFS (battery drain fix from DoomKernel), let's see if it can really increase battery life.
v2.2 changed:
- moved to from 4.0.2.A.0.58 to 62 source, though I didn't see any changes
- added 0% battery workaround patch by Bazoocaze. I don't even know what it does but it seems to be something useful since everyone includes this in their kernels
- New cpufreq driver from DoomKernel. You can experience some problems with overclocking now (my phone becomes unstable at 1.8GHz now, instead of 2.0), but phone eats much less battery in sleep. I've also changed 1018Hz to 1024Hz and 249Hz to 245Hz because those new numbers looked wierd
v2.3 changed:
- moved back to 4.0.2.A.0.58 source (just to make sure that everything will work).
- updated version number in ramdisks to 62.
- removed 0% battery workaround patch (it's useless on our devices).
- reverted old cpufreq driver with small fix. It should be stable now and phone seems to eat less battery than in 2.1. (thanks himasura for lots of testing)
- salvaged some ram.
- enabled NTFS support.
- enabled usb-storage driver, so you don't need to manually load usb-storage.ko now.
- Version number now shows version of kernel (#23=2.3).
v2.4 changed:
- Now phone lights up blue led to show when you can enter recovery (thx to DooMLoRD).
- Minor changes in ramdisks.
- Enabled hid drivers for microsoft and a4tech.
v2.5 changed:
- Re-added CIFS
- Enabled ext4 support
- Added zram and cleancache drivers
- Added lulzactive governor
- Root fs now mounts as rw after boot.
v2.6 changed:
- removed lulzactive governor as it wasn't working properly (thx to kamarush and others for pointing that)
v2.7 changed:
- moved to sony 4.0.2.A.0.74 kernel sources (updated touchscreen driver)
- Increased GPU dedicated memory to 4MB
- Updated su binary in autoroot.
v2.8 changed:
- added new cpufreq driver at last (with CPU frequency fixup by DooMLoRD), battery drain is lower now. I left version 2.7 too for those who want higher overclock or have some problems with 2.8.
Everything else is similar to stock kernel for now.
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A bit background:
I use FXP CM7 rom for my mini pro since release 049 and like it very much. One thing that made me keep switching back to stock rom was the high battery drain, because in my daily activities electric plug is not always readily available, so battery life is critical for me.
In fxp 052 I got a bit desperate and trying to use custom kernel based on stock from bbooff here, with fxp rom. The battery life is excellent, just like stock rom, but I encountered 2 problems: touchscreen sometimes become unresponsive and wifi was not working (even if I replaced wifi modules with stock).
Finally, I decide to learn how to compile android kernel, and I found that it is quite similar with compiling linux kernel, which I've frequently done to my computer and laptop.
So, I compiled kernels from 3 sources and compare the battery life in my mini pro. They are from DoomLord's official SE source, DuMOHsmol's Rage kernel source, and krizky82's X Kernel source. I also recompiled kernel from FXP kernel source using stock semc_mango_defconfig, to see if battery life is better. The conclusion is that best battery life is achieved using stock and Rage Kernel, and I've been using FXP with rage kernel since release 102 and haven't considered going back to stock rom again.
I posted in Rage Kernel thread to thank DuMOHsmol, and since then there's 3 xda members that ask me to share this kernel, so I make this thread.
I hope this could help those who want to use FXP CM7 and need a battery life that's close to what stock rom offer.
Note:
As of release 114/115, FXP kernel also has better power management and quite a good battery life. The power consumption difference between this rage kernel and fxp kernel is not as much as it used to be before. In case of broken features or any problem caused by using this kernel in FXP cm7 rom, then please consider using FXP kernel instead.
hi ,after flash your kernel ,my device have a boot-loop,please check it ,thank you
zhanglz0904 said:
hi ,after flash your kernel ,my device have a boot-loop,please check it ,thank you
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Okay, I'll check it. I might zip the wrong file. What is your device? I assume it is mini / st15? Because kernel for mini pro works fine in my mango. I'll check and if needed I will re-compile it.
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I think the problem was I incidentally used wrong ramdisk for mini kernel.
I have made a new kernel for mini, but it needs testing first. So, if anyone's willing to test it, please send me a PM. Thank you...
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Fixed. Link for mini updated.
Thank you!!
Im using cyanogen fxp 111
Only need flash the kernel?
Or need make a full wipe?
edwarddd said:
Thank you!!
Im using cyanogen fxp 111
Only need flash the kernel?
Or need make a full wipe?
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You are using mini pro, right? I'm still fixing kernel for mini.
You don't need to do a full wipe, just wipe the cache partition.
Yes im using the mini pro
Thanks!
thanks a lot.even i was switching back to stock because of the battery drain ..will try this on my mini pro today
i am using fxp111 on my st15i,thank you for your great work .
zhanglz0904 said:
i am using fxp111 on my st15i,thank you for your great work .
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Mini kernel is fixed. Link is updated. Please test it and let me know if you encounter any more problem. Thank you for your feedback...
greenAlgae said:
Mini kernel is fixed. Link is updated. Please test it and let me know if you encounter any more problem. Thank you for your feedback...
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hi ,greenAlgae ,i am sorry to tell that i encountered the same problems with using your fixed kernel ,it may not the ramdisk,but the drivers,i think .
by the way ,some of us using the rage kernel have encountered the same problem,they aslo "complained" the boot-loop ,so i think the problem is kernel itself not the the ramdisk ,i am very happy if you will fix it ,thank you much .respected your work
zhanglz0904 said:
hi ,greenAlgae ,i am sorry to tell that i encountered the same problems with using your fixed kernel ,it may not the ramdisk,but the drivers,i think .
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what is the problem?
im install fixed kernel and everithing working.
no bootlop or error during boot.
zhanglz0904 said:
hi ,greenAlgae ,i am sorry to tell that i encountered the same problems with using your fixed kernel ,it may not the ramdisk,but the drivers,i think .
by the way ,some of us using the rage kernel have encountered the same problem,they aslo "complained" the boot-loop ,so i think the problem is kernel itself not the the ramdisk ,i am very happy if you will fix it ,thank you much .respected your work
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Is there any error when you flash it using fastboot? Did you get to boot logo only or you get to cyanogen boot animation when the phone bootloop?
wucinac said:
what is the problem?
im install fixed kernel and everithing working.
no bootlop or error during boot.
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Thank you wucinac. It seems there's some kind of inconsistencies here. Hopefully it can be worked out, else i would have to pull out the kernel for mini altogether.
Sent from my SK17i using XDA
For st15i i have to use fastboot query with flag:
Code:
fastboot -i 0xfce flash boot boot.img
fastboot -i 0xfce reboot
P.S. Rage flash'ed without any problems. Kudos to developer, many thanks for merging battery save and direct call record!
oh great! Let's test!
gqcJYb3UN8xSIWNUy2xX said:
For st15i i have to use fastboot query with flag:
Code:
fastboot -i 0xfce flash boot boot.img
fastboot -i 0xfce reboot
P.S. Rage flash'ed without any problems. Kudos to developer, many thanks for merging battery save and direct call record!
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So, it does work for mini after all, right?
All credits goes to original devs. It was DuMOHsmol who added the features, so your kudos goes to him
Snoopo said:
oh great! Let's test!
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Yes sir, please test it and kindly let me know how it goes . Any feedbacks - even negative ones - will be much appreciated
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So long time ago i using stock rom, and rage kernel are the best, i think that are the best kernel
For stock neves restart the phone on overclock , i dont back to stock rom never thanks!!
Sorry for my bad inglish
edwarddd said:
So long time ago i using stock rom, and rage kernel are the best, i think that are the best kernel
For stock neves restart the phone on overclock , i dont back to stock rom never thanks!!
Sorry for my bad inglish
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Well, overclocking is the feature that I very rarely use. Because I use this kernel for better battery life, and overclocking might just negated that
But I'm glad that it works for you
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greenAlgae said:
A bit background:
I use FXP CM7 rom for my mini pro since release 049 and like it very much. One thing that made me keep switching back to stock rom was the high battery drain, because in my daily activities electric plug is not always readily available, so battery life is critical for me.
In fxp 052 I got a bit desperate and trying to use custom kernel based on stock from bbooff here, with fxp rom. The battery life is excellent, just like stock rom, but I encountered 2 problems: touchscreen sometimes become unresponsive and wifi was not working (even if I replaced wifi modules with stock).
Finally, I decide to learn how to compile android kernel, and I found that it is quite similar with compiling linux kernel, which I've frequently done to my computer and laptop.
So, I compiled kernels from 3 sources and compare the battery life in my mini pro. They are from DoomLord's official SE source, DuMOHsmol's Rage kernel source, and krizky82's X Kernel source. I also recompiled kernel from FXP kernel source using stock semc_mango_defconfig, to see if battery life is better. The conclusion is that best battery life is achieved using stock and Rage Kernel, and I've been using FXP with rage kernel since release 102 and haven't considered going back to stock rom again.
I posted in Rage Kernel thread to thank DuMOHsmol, and since then there's 3 xda members that ask me to share this kernel, so I make this thread.
I hope this could help those who want to use FXP CM7 and need a battery life that's close to what stock rom offer.
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I have installed your kernel on my sk17i .. with FXP 111, but overclocking is set to 1024?
First of all,
Code:
/*
* Your warranty is now void.
*
* I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
* thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please
* do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this ROM/kernel
* before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if
* you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.
*/
Ok then, now that u've read the disclaimer we can continue with me and this kernel.
Frankly i'm no dev, just know a little bit of linux thus i know howto compile kernel, and i like tinkering with kernel to include what i like.
by that i'm learning as i go, so go easy on me please
About the kernel name, MESA stands for Man-Eating Seals of Antiquity, codename for kernel 2.6.32.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_kernel_names
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Roughly features of this kernel include:
- base on Sony's official 4.1.B.0.587 kernel source, so i build this from ground up. patched to upstream 2.6.32.60. ics kernel should work with stock/custom rom based on stock ics 4.1.B.0.431 or 4.1.B.0.587, and jb kernel should work with source based jb rom eg cm10, aokp and pa. personally i've tested this with expeacer's exmiuiv4, lasan's miui, stock ics, fxp's cm10 and aokp jb.
- updated to upstream linux 2.6.32.61.
- hybrid kernel, support stock/stock based, cm9/cm9 based, cm10/cm10 based rom.
- patched with Con Kolivas's patchset that includes bfs task scheduler v0.404, so this is a bfs kernel. stock kernel and all of custom kernel here so far uses cfs cpu scheduler. read about bfs cpu scheduler here.
- oc upto 1.8ghz and using 100mhz steps. default boot only use 1ghz.
- uv sysfs interface to modify voltage. i also decrease voltage abit. for anyone who wish to use stock voltage, heres stock voltage table
- cpu governors includes default stock ondemand, interactive, powersave, perfomance and userspace, i've added ondemandx, intellidemand, smartassV2, smoothass, interactivex, brazilianwax, scary, lulzactive, lagfree, smartass, minmax and savagedzen. default booting governor is interactive, its been updated/backported from kernel 3.x. read about cpu governors here.
- disk io scheduler includes deadline, sio, cfq, noop, anticipatory, zen, bfq and vr. default booting disk io scheduler is sio. read about io schedulers here.
- dual recovery, cwm and twrp. access cwm by pressing volume down button and twrp by pressing power button. also can swap those keycode by adding "swap.recovery.keycode=true" to build.prop. phone will vibrate slightly before entering both recovery as indicator. also included autoroot which wont give problem with miui rom, init.d startup script and unsecure ramdisk for adb root access. v4.7 got twrp 2.4.3.0 and cwm 6.0.3.9.
- swap and zram support.
- ext2/3/4 support.
- usb otg support.
- ntfs read/write with fuse module built in.
- samba support with cifs module built in.
- wifi modules integrated into kernel, then added into ramdisk. it will be insmod directly from ramdisk and existing wifi modules in rom wont be touched.
for full itsy bitsy changes read the changelog.txt in download folder.
and to comply and abide with gpl, source diff also included in the download folder.
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Howto install:
1- be sure u already unlocked bootloader.
2- download correct kernel for your rom and phone and make sure md5 checksum matches. jellybean rom should use the kernel with "jb" in filename. or just use the new hybrid which support cm9/cm9 based, cm10/cm10 based rom and cm10.1/cm10.1 based rom.
3- if kernel downloaded in *.7z format u need to unpack it using winrar or 7zip.
4- flash the kernel via fastboot.
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Troubleshoot:
- ini.d script not working? read this
- stuck at booting after flashing kernel? wait a little bit longer. kernel needs to run some script when booting.
- still stuck at booting? wipe cache and dalvik cache via recovery.
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Reporting bugs:
1- if u got freeze problem, paste logcat to pastebin and give me the link.
2- if u got sudden reboot, after the sudden reboot, paste content of /proc/last_kmesg to pastebin and give me the link.
3- also tell me which phone u use, with which rom and which kernel.
what is that logcat and dmesg thingy u kept talking about? google for it.
how to get it? use this
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Credits also goes to:
- google for this awesome platform, android.
- sony for releasing the kernel source.
- fxp team for some of their patch i use, and for the awesome cm10.
- kamarush for helping with problem i've had with wifi modules earlier, and also for the ramdisk i've taken from his minicmlite v3 kernel.
- doomlord for some of his patch i use.
- krizky82 for some of his patch i use.
- adridu59 for some of his patch i use.
- <insert your name here if u feel that i've failed to mention your name>
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nice, good work.
can you please post the sources?
far fetched request,
can you make this for cm9?
Good work, i wonder if someone could develop a BFS Kernel for Mini pro. i used to use BFS with my Optimus One.
Nice one mate....!! i think it is more battery efficient( uses less battery)
gandhar said:
nice, good work.
can you please post the sources?
far fetched request,
can you make this for cm9?
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because i had ****ty connection speed i wont be able to setup github and the like.
but diff patch are in download folder. use that to patch sony's official 4.1.B.0.431 and u'll get exact source as on my pc
Good job Mate
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an0nym0us_ said:
because i had ****ty connection speed i wont be able to setup github and the like.
but diff patch are in download folder. use that to patch sony's official 4.1.B.0.431 and u'll get exact source as on my pc
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yeah, thanks..
just wondering
what if you compile with fxp ramdisk, what happens then?
gandhar said:
yeah, thanks..
just wondering
what if you compile with fxp ramdisk, what happens then?
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i've never tested, but probably wont boot. fxp's cm9 need its own kernel config too, not just difference in the ramdisk.
coolbuy said:
Good work, i wonder if someone could develop a BFS Kernel for Mini pro. i used to use BFS with my Optimus One.
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whats BFS buddy???
an0nym0us_ said:
i've never tested, but probably wont boot. fxp's cm9 need its own kernel config too, not just difference in the ramdisk.
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i'll try that out someday and let you know if it works out.
good day
whalesplaho said:
whats BFS buddy???
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http://ck.kolivas.org/patches/bfs/sched-BFS.txt
http://ck.kolivas.org/patches/bfs/bfs-faq.txt
an0nym0us_ said:
http://ck.kolivas.org/patches/bfs/sched-BFS.txt
http://ck.kolivas.org/patches/bfs/bfs-faq.txt
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thanks buddy....
I installed your kernel with hybrom v2 wt19i at the monent working perfect good work
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Bluetooth not working with stock rom.
Wifi works perfect with the MESA Modules
fabiode34 said:
Bluetooth not working with stock rom.
Wifi works perfect with the MESA Modules
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Umm can anyone else confirm this?
Forgot to test bt myself on stock rom earlier. Currently on exmiui and bt works for send/receive file to/from my laptop.
Congratulations men, waiting for xmp
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an0nym0us_ said:
Umm can anyone else confirm this?
Forgot to test bt myself on stock rom earlier. Currently on exmiui and bt works for send/receive file to/from my laptop.
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Here it says "Activating..."
But nothing else... Can you send me the bluetooth modules from your current rom?
fabiode34 said:
Here it says "Activating..."
But nothing else... Can you send me the bluetooth modules from your current rom?
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Did u reboot and try again after reboot?
If that didn't work too i'll test myself later by restoring my stock rom cwm backup.
Yes i already tried rebooting.
Still says "Activating..."
bluetooth works fine for me and wlan i forgot to install wifi modules (downloading now) i think it will works fine
Really nice work and thank you
Btw it's oc 1.6
Edit: my Rom MIUI v4 2.6.15
Features:
Don't need modules, everything included in the kernel
Init.d script support (Requires busybox in xbin)
Lulzactive, Hotplug, SmartassV2 governors
SIO, VR schedulers
Avaliable CPU frequencies: 98MHz, 196MHz, 320MHz, 480MHz, 600MHz, 800MHz, 1GHz, 1,2GHz, 1,4GHz
Default max CPU frequency: 1GHz (600MHz when screen is off)
Default min CPU frequency: 98MHz
Requirements:
Unlocked bootloader
Fastboot
Download:
http://rapidgator.net/folder/1552230/protoukernel.html
Install:
Boot to bootloader
Install the kernel with fastboot: "fastboot flash boot 'kernelname'.img"
Reboot and enjoy!
Sources:
https://github.com/atis112/htc_kernel_protou
Changelog:
v2:
Init.d support
SIO, VR scheduler
New CPU freq table with overclock
v1:
Based on 1.18.980.3
Don't use modules, all features included to the kernel
Lulzactive, hotplug and smartassV2 governors added
Wow! Nice work!
Do you mind if I add this in my ROM? And does it have init.d support?
MaartenXDA said:
Wow! Nice work!
Do you mind if I add this in my ROM? And does it have init.d support?
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I didn't edit the ramdisk yet, but i will add init.d support in next version.
I don't mind it. Just don't forget credits.
atis112 said:
I didn't edit the ramdisk yet, but i will add init.d support in next version.
I don't mind it. Just don't forget credits.
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Oh, then I'll wait for next version before I add it in my ROM
Anyways, this is great! Great to have yet another developer in the DX section
And we finally got a custom kernel for DesX.
Thanks man, added to Index.
Re: [KERNEL]Tweaked kernel 1.0[10/02/2013]
Hot diggity! A new kernel!!!! Awesome! We can over clock with this, right? Not that I'll over clock, just to ask
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Stereo8 said:
Hot diggity! A new kernel!!!! Awesome! We can over clock with this, right? Not that I'll over clock, just to ask
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Not yet. But i can make overclocked kernel later. But i think 1ghz dual-core is enough for ics.
I think that greater number governors and schedulers are more important than overclocking, you're 100% right with speed for ICS and even JB.
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I think that greater number governors and schedulers are more important than overclocking, you're 100% right with speed for ICS and even JB.
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Yea, I hate overclocking, but just for the reference...
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720 p recordings
Great work and a great contribution to hdx community...
A req! Can u plz add 720p recording in next ver.
madhavagg16 said:
Great work and a great contribution to hdx community...
A req! Can u plz add 720p recording in next ver.
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not a kernel feature requires correct media codecs.
Edit : @Dev congrats First custom kernel for this device(max safe oc for this processor is 1.2 GHz just saying) also a request can you add ROW IO sheduler heard its better than SIO also PegasusQ/D governer.In next release.
Thank you.
hi
atis112 said:
I didn't edit the ramdisk yet, but i will add init.d support in next version.
I don't mind it. Just don't forget credits.
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my work on cm10 boot was stuck on ramdisk issue. i posted a last_kmsg which showed that kernel booted but ramdisk had issues.
i dont understand kernel issues very well, but hope to get it working now that you are here. i'll ask for ur help from time to time.
plus, i want to take permission to use ur kernel tree for building cm9/10 from source. dont wanna use prebuilt now.
last thing, what is the difference between an ics n jb kernel, exactly what needs to be modified to make it work?....
thanks
neXus PRIME said:
my work on cm10 boot was stuck on ramdisk issue. i posted a last_kmsg which showed that kernel booted but ramdisk had issues.
i dont understand kernel issues very well, but hope to get it working now that you are here. i'll ask for ur help from time to time.
plus, i want to take permission to use ur kernel tree for building cm9/10 from source. dont wanna use prebuilt now.
last thing, what is the difference between an ics n jb kernel, exactly what needs to be modified to make it work?....
thanks
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Ramdisk(sorry couldnt resist) among other things but for initial booting ramdisk.
PS might not be the best person to answer though...
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Dark Passenger said:
not a kernel feature requires correct media codecs.
Edit : @Dev congrats First custom kernel for this device(max safe oc for this processor is 1.5GHz just saying) also a request can you add ROW IO sheduler heard its better than SIO also PegasusQ/D governer.In next release.
Thank you.
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Qualcomm S4 Play is made for speed 1-1.2GHz, and that's the safe range of frequencies. Remember that this is ARM-cortex A5 not Krait, and more than 1.2 can really harm it.
hi
Dark Passenger said:
Ramdisk(sorry couldnt resist) among other things but for initial booting ramdisk.
PS might not be the best person to answer though...
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I know ramdisk, but let me rephrase my question, what exactly (in ramdisk) needs to be modified and how, to make it work on jb. Anyways, i'm still figuring things out by trial n error so progress is very very slow. The logcat was the only thing i ever got to which showed the cm10 logo as well but then, everything MESSED up. Havent been able to replicate that result since.
Re: [KERNEL]Tweaked kernel 1.0[10/02/2013]
Can you include this?? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37683529
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neXus PRIME said:
my work on cm10 boot was stuck on ramdisk issue. i posted a last_kmsg which showed that kernel booted but ramdisk had issues.
i dont understand kernel issues very well, but hope to get it working now that you are here. i'll ask for ur help from time to time.
plus, i want to take permission to use ur kernel tree for building cm9/10 from source. dont wanna use prebuilt now.
last thing, what is the difference between an ics n jb kernel, exactly what needs to be modified to make it work?....
thanks
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The difference isn't just in ics and jb. the difference is in cm and sense ramdisk too. I don't know what need modify yet, but i will start the work with cm later when i have enough free time.
Feel free to use my sources.
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Qualcomm S4 Play is made for speed 1-1.2GHz, and that's the safe range of frequencies. Remember that this is ARM-cortex A5 not Krait, and more than 1.2 can really harm it.
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my bad edited.seems mixed it up.
So happy to hear such good news for the DesireX! Finally the developing for this device is becoming richer first of all, thank you for this custom kernel and thanks nexus prime for his effort to port the CM series I'm not an expert but yeah, sense and AOSP/AOKP Roms need different kernels. To learn more I think that Dennis Rassmann (the creator of the famous Bricked kernel series) or faux can answer your question about ramdisk, if you contact them (they are really kind and gentle). After that I would like to ask if it's possible to add the useful sweep2wake function to this kernel, in future. For now, good work guys, never give up!!!
Thanks to XperiaSTE team for the overclock kernel source first. I just did the config and compile but nothing else.
This kernel will overclock your device to 1.15GHz. The overclocking will provide a better performance and a smoother user experience.
I'm using a kexec multiboot kernel on my device, so I didn't test the kernel packed as elf format. It should be good because I have done flashing the self-built kernels several times.
The overclock source doesn't seems to be the latest but everything works~ Maybe that's because the modules in initramfs? (I did nothing to initramfs)
It's nearly impossible for me to upload the kernel on something like devhost/mediafire, so sorry for that. Could someone upload it on these sites please?
V2 Changelog:
1) Use GCC 4.9 Linaro to compile.
2) Change the SLQB allocator to SLUB. I don't really think SLQB is stable.
3) use 2G/2G user/kernel split. It seems to have a better performance.
4) PID namespace
5) NOTE:NO recovery in V2! Instead of recovery, the kexec multiboot menu by @percy_g2 is added. Big thanks to percy_g2. For how to use it, see Link:http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-u/p-development/kexec-multi-boot-menu-t2647623
* To enter boot menu you should press the power key when vibrate
V2 Link: http://pan.baidu.com/s/1mgt82V2
V1(Stable) Link: http://pan.baidu.com/s/1kTyul07
Finally, sorry for my poor English
Hope you like the kernel~
zhy0919 said:
Thanks to XperiaSTE team for the overclock kernel source first. I just did the compile but nothing else.
This kernel will overclock your device to 1.15GHz. The overclocking will provide a better performance and a smoother user experience.
I'm using a kexec multiboot kernel on my device, so I didn't test the kernel packed as elf format. It should be good because I have done flashing the self-built kernels several times.
The overclock source doesn't seems to be the latest but everything works~ Maybe that's because the modules in initramfs? (I did nothing to initramfs)
It's nearly impossible for me to upload the kernel on something like mediafire, so sorry for that
Link: http://pan.baidu.com/s/1kTyul07
Finally, sorry for my poor English
Hope you like the kernel~
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hi, first of all big thanks for the kernal!!
can u provide a changelog or something like that to show the difference between cm11 kernal and your kernal ???
is overclock the only added feature in this kernal?
thanks and i wish you support more!!!
vicky2131 said:
hi, first of all big thanks for the kernal!!
can u provide a changelog or something like that to show the difference between cm11 kernal and your kernal ???
is overclock the only added feature in this kernal?
thanks and i wish you support more!!!
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Thanks for your support!
by doing diff -u to the two xperiap_defconfig, the configs seem to be same.
So XperiaSTE did nothing more to the overclocked kernel.
therefore the config isn't changed and the only change is in the code.
Doing diff to the whole source tree will take much time so i didn't do it
By the github commit the changes seem to be all related to overclocking.
https://github.com/XperiaSTE/android_kernel_sony_u8500
you can read cm-11.0 and overclock branches's commits
Omg, finally oc kernel for cm11! Can i use this kernel for miui v5 kk 4.4.4 by kosmos?
kopter3161 said:
Omg, finally oc kernel for cm11! Can i use this kernel for miui v5 kk 4.4.4 by kosmos?
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CM11Overclock_Fandroid-MIUI https://yadi.sk/d/kn4Gv5wXaP7Qj
Is this kernel stable? And can I use this in Europe?
Thanks for the kernel!
Just a suggestion for anyone thinking about flashing it right away:
Wait a couple of days/weeks for someone to do some testing, you could fry your motherboard (happened to me on my previous 2 phones).
I'm not saying this kernel will do that, but it's just a precaution.
mrdjibrilo said:
Thanks for the kernel!
Just a suggestion for anyone thinking about flashing it right away:
Wait a couple of days/weeks for someone to do some testing, you could fry your motherboard (happened to me on my previous 2 phones).
I'm not saying this kernel will do that, but it's just a precaution.
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using from mornin!!!
no issues!!
vicky2131 said:
using from mornin!!!
no issues!!
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It's a small time period, understand me please
I was running OC kernels on my previous phones and the motherboard frying happend months after use,
I'm not saying that this is the situation with this specific kernel, these are just my previous experiences,
and it was just to warn people
I had ever used panthom kernel on stock jb, it used 1.15ghz too but still safe used for a long time..
thanks for the great work.but how to install multi rom on our phones?
If anyone has a problem downloading the kernel from baidu, I have made a mirror on dropbox:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/gxuw8o8jtllzmfi/CM11Overclock_Fandroid.elf?dl=0
Ofcourse with the permission from the developer
Can someone please explain steps for installing multiroms? Can I use cm11 along with cm10?
Would the existing cm10 need to be reinstalled?
I've given link in the thread
No reinstalling is needed
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