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[MOD][PROJECT][WIP]Port Note 8(N8000) Mali drivers & lib files

This is not a place holder however there is no actual mod yet for us to test yet this is a work in progress and I Encourage anyone and everyone to help out...
THE CONCEPT:
I asked Gokhan Moral if it was possible to back port the newer Mali drivers CM 10.1 to be used in official Samsung firmware...
Now for this to work we need matching Android library files compiled for the kernel drivers...
His intriguing reply was that the recently released Galaxy Note 8 uses newer Mali drivers (turns out not the same ones as CM10.1 but newer that official S3 firmware) and assuming the Note 8 is running Android 4.1.2 then there is a good chance the lib files WILL be compatible with current S3 firmware...
It turns out the note 8 firmware IS 4.1.2 based and the kernel sources contain the necessary drivers so...
Let's give this a crack eh?
GOALS:
#1 compile Mali drivers from Note 8 sources into existing Siyah sources thus creating a working kernel.
#2 obtain and identify necessary matching lib files from Note 8 firmware.
#3 transplant these libs into an S3 custom ROM and see if they work
#4 create and release a CWM zip which will flash both the custom kernel and lib files which can be used to mod any existing 4.1.2 Samsung firmware.
#5 crack a beer any bask in the satisfaction of a job well done...
PROGRESS:
#1 Budding developer and valued contributor to this forum psndna88 is already merging the necessary code with the latest Siyah sources. A test kernel should be conceived soon...
If anyone else wants to give this a go with other sources please do
#2 A request was made on the Note 8 forum and I have the necessary lib files ready to be back ported once the test kernel is ready...
If anyone has anything useful to contribute please PM me and follow this thread so once something is ready to be tested you can wet your appetite.
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Reserved...

Good luck,good work
But what's diffrent with note 8 and galaxy s3 firmwares?

LegendM said:
Good luck,good work
But what's diffrent with note 8 and galaxy s3 firmwares?
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Well probably not a great deal in general however for this project we are interested in using the newer GPU drivers which are in the note8 firmware and apparently also the leaked 4.2.1 S3 firmware also.
The kernel side of things need to match the ROM lib files which are complied by Samsung using their closed xynyos sources.
Since the note 8 firmware uses the same android version as ours then HOPEFULLY we can use the kernel sources and transplant the lib files from the note 8 ROM and get it all working smoothly...
The question assuming this project succeeds is: Are the new Mali drivers noticeably better?
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They give a documented 15-20% performance boost in the Epic Citadel benchmark.

siyah kernel compiled with n8000 mali driver,
but currently following things may be broken:
-mali touch boost
-step5 of gpu freq
-gpu uv

Can codeworkx port those drivers to cm? (I mean source available, binaries)

GR0S said:
Can codeworkx port those drivers to cm? (I mean source available, binaries)
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the ones we are trying to port are older than current CM 4.2.2 mali drivers, but newer than current stock sammy 4.1.2 drivers

attached is a diff file for changes in stock mali kernel drivers and siyah kernel mali driver for stock rom
and diff for lib files between N8000 and I9300 stock roms
i havent fully applied all changes in mali driver taken from N8000 inserted in siyah kernel source before compiling

Good idea guys.. I have a note 10.1 the n8013 model if it helps
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Hello,
Yank555 did something similar with his kernel ( he used the newer Kernel Sources from a Galaxy Tab and built a Galaxy S3 Kernel ), maybe you could send him a PM and ask for help ?
Best regards,
George
P.S: I could help you with the flashable packages and also do some testing if necessary.

OK it looks like the N8000 uses a very similar version of the Mali drivers so there might not be much to gain from this project
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[Q] Sailfish OS Port for i9000

Hi,
can somebody port Sailfish OS for our device?
Samsung SIII got a Sailfish OS port from a user , so is here anyone looking for porting Sailfish to our device?

Sailfish Kickstart
Hi Guys, sorry to bump an old thread but surly Sailfish makes a lot of sense on our old devices? The more efficient memory and resource management of the platform make it a suitable candidate for porting and to the best of my knowledge all we need to do is take the build scripts and change it to reference the galaxymtd branch of Cyanogenmod 10.2 and they will do the rest.
If there is enough interest i can create a thread with all the relevant details needed for porting to the i9000
For any of you who might be interested in giving this a shot (I simply do not have the time or energy to even attempt it) https://sailfishos.org/develop/hadk/ <--- will come in handy.

[Q] android development?

quick question
not really to do with the note but with the forum
whats the difference between the threads android development and Original android development?
never really understood it
thanks

Here you go:
http://www.xda-developers.com/introducing-original-development-forums-for-more-devices/

Android development = modifying stock software (for the Note 4 this would mean TW based ROMs)
Original Android development = developing your own stuff from source (This would me AOSP ROMs and custom kernels)
For some reason the AOSP ROMs for this device are in the wrong section. The only one who had it in the correct place is SLIM ROM.
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Requesting Ubuntu Touch port to Galaxy S6.

Not sure if any developers here owns a Galaxy S6. If anyone able to port Ubuntu Touch latest to Galaxy S6 would be very appreciated.

I believe that roms of anything that isn't android will not work due to the Exynos processors not having their kernel sources released.

2390 said:
I believe that roms of anything that isn't android will not work due to the Exynos processors not having their kernel sources released.
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Excuse my ignorance as I don't have any development experience more than being a script kiddy, but was not the old Ubuntu Touch roms just sampling from CM11 sources for most of the drivers and kernel stuff?
As I say, I don't really know anything but I thought that was how it went. I don't care if there is an S6 ROM but I just want to see any port of Ubuntu touch on any device I have.
Edit: Actually it looks like it was CM10.1 for the old ones from like 2013.

Later they moved to CM11, and they may use 12 now, I'm not sure.

Ubuntu touch for Nexus 6?

It is possible to make a ROM ubuntu touch with this tutorial? or there is already a way to install this system in the Nexus 6?
New Device Roms, Dev Ubuntu Touch

I am curious about this as well. I would love to use Ubuntu Touch on my Nexus 6. I thought it would eventually be officially supported, but haven't seen anything yet. Any one got this working and if so what functionality because searching gives little results.
Thanks

doesn't look like its for lollipop. all I see on the git is for 4.4.2

http://forum.xda-developers.com/meizu-mx/general/meizu-mx4-ubuntu-touch-rom-leaked-t3173934
there seems to be a leaked rom for another phone. i wonder if this helps?

I'm no expert by a long shot, but doesn't that device use the older version of Android as well? At least the android counter part.

I am super excited about Ubuntu Touch. Now that it has released for real I'm thinking this thread needs a look.
BUMP!

Ubuntu Touch is based on Android 4.4.2. The Nexus 6 never shipped with Android 4.x. So there is an additional complication that no one has figured out how to solve. You need to build a kernel and base from the 4.4.2 source code, which... doesn't exist for the nexus 6 or newer devices.