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[Q] Xperia SP Device Tree/ Proprietary Blobs

Hey guys,
I know the dev scene is pretty bleak here. I already had the android 4.3 jellybean source code synced on my laptop, since I was creating builds for my Nexus.
I tried for the SP, but then I realized that there is no device tree present. I found one by Krabappel but it was incomplete (or atleast I think so). It refers to 2 other extract-files.sh, but for the life of me I can't figure out which ones.
I know there are a few devs here, so can one of them help me out here? How to I get the blobs for the phone?
If I get that going, we can start with an AOSP build and then keep adding stuff to it.
Let me know. \
Cheers! :good:

sarkar1990 said:
Hey guys,
I know the dev scene is pretty bleak here. I already had the android 4.3 jellybean source code synced on my laptop, since I was creating builds for my Nexus.
I tried for the SP, but then I realized that there is no device tree present. I found one by Krabappel but it was incomplete (or atleast I think so). It refers to 2 other extract-files.sh, but for the life of me I can't figure out which ones.
I know there are a few devs here, so can one of them help me out here? How to I get the blobs for the phone?
If I get that going, we can start with an AOSP build and then keep adding stuff to it.
Let me know. \
Cheers! :good:
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I tried building cm10.1 for the sp, but could not get past the kernel logo. Even the recovery didn't work.
If you want the blobs, I can upload them somewhere. I had extracted them from the current 4.1.2 implementation on the device.

the extract-files.sh are in the below repo
"repository": "android_device_sony_common",
"target_path": "device/sony/common"
I have tried to build the recoveryimage but I am getting problem in builting kernel.elf as normally it is in kernel.img
I have tried to both method building kernel and using zImage.

nil1511 said:
the extract-files.sh are in the below repo
"repository": "android_device_sony_common",
"target_path": "device/sony/common"
I have tried to build the recoveryimage but I am getting problem in builting kernel.elf as normally it is in kernel.img
I have tried to both method building kernel and using zImage.
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Did you try to convert the zimage to elf using the build tools?
Here's the link that you may try http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43356450&postcount=2

eeehaw said:
I tried building cm10.1 for the sp, but could not get past the kernel logo. Even the recovery didn't work.
If you want the blobs, I can upload them somewhere. I had extracted them from the current 4.1.2 implementation on the device.
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Awesome. You can either upload them link me the git if its there

sarkar1990 said:
Did you try to convert the zimage to elf using the build tools?
Here's the link that you may try http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43356450&postcount=2
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I mean that i tried to make write device files from scratch
as given here
[link]http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Doc:_porting_intro[/link]
as on method 3 i tried using zImage as kernel as stated there.
but make recoveryimage fails

nil1511 said:
I mean that i tried to make write device files from scratch
as given here
[link]http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Doc:_porting_intro[/link]
as on method 3 i tried using zImage as kernel as stated there.
but make recoveryimage fails
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If you want to learn. It would be best to clone the Doomlord git and then read the files and scripts that are present there. This will give you the knowledge you may need to proceed further.
the git for our processor msm8960t is already present on github. Also download the kernel sources and drivers provided by Sony themselves from their developerworld page

sarkar1990 said:
the git for our processor msm8960t is already present on github.
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You mean the kernel sources or the cm / aosp sources ? Can you provide a link.

eeehaw said:
You mean the kernel sources or the cm / aosp sources ? Can you provide a link.
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Here is the link
https://github.com/DooMLoRD/android_kernel_sony_msm8960t.git

eeehaw said:
I tried building cm10.1 for the sp, but could not get past the kernel logo. Even the recovery didn't work.
If you want the blobs, I can upload them somewhere. I had extracted them from the current 4.1.2 implementation on the device.
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I am using the device tree: https://github.com/Krabappel2548/android_device_sony_huashan
I added CPU_TARGET_VARIANT according to JB 4.3 requirements. And loaded up the required gits.
But the thing is now I get an error:
Code:
Code:
make: *** No rule to make target `device/sony/huashan/zImage', needed by `out/target/product/huashan/kernel'. Stop.
Could you help me out a bit?

I recall CM10.1 needing a kernel build from scratch, along with building the ROM
"你看到了没? 爱让我流胆怯的泪..."
"Have you seen it? Love has made me cry cowardly tears..."

sarkar1990 said:
I am using the device tree: https://github.com/Krabappel2548/android_device_sony_huashan
I added CPU_TARGET_VARIANT according to JB 4.3 requirements. And loaded up the required gits.
But the thing is now I get an error:
Code:
Code:
make: *** No rule to make target `device/sony/huashan/zImage', needed by `out/target/product/huashan/kernel'. Stop.
Could you help me out a bit?
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I did not use krabappel's device files. I had based my stuff on the Xperia T. I'll try this probably tonight.

eeehaw said:
I did not use krabappel's device files. I had based my stuff on the Xperia T. I'll try this probably tonight.
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Can you push your device file on github

nil1511 said:
Can you push your device file on github
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I'm behind a very nasty proxy which makes it super hard to push/pull files from github. Instead of pulling i just download the zip archives.
I'll check out ways to push files though.

eeehaw said:
I'm behind a very nasty proxy which makes it super hard to push/pull files from github. Instead of pulling i just download the zip archives.
I'll check out ways to push files though.
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Man, I keep running into the error! Ahh.. I think we need a better device tree.

sarkar1990 said:
Man, I keep running into the error! Ahh.. I think we need a better device tree.
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Try getting the yuga tree, and change yuga to huashan, and fusion3 to viskan wherever possible.
This should not be straightforward. You will have to make some tweaks also.
That *might* work.
CallMeVentus said:
I recall CM10.1 needing a kernel build from scratch, along with building the ROM
"你看到了没? 爱让我流胆怯的泪..."
"Have you seen it? Love has made me cry cowardly tears..."
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You mean coping the kernel sources files to kernel/sony/huashan right ? I did the same thing.

eeehaw said:
Try getting the yuga tree, and change yuga to huashan, and fusion3 to viskan wherever possible.
This should not be straightforward. You will have to make some tweaks also.
That *might* work.
You mean coping the kernel sources files to kernel/sony/huashan right ? I did the same thing.
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Hmm....and did you define the kernel building path in the boardconfig.mk?
"你看到了没? 爱让我流胆怯的泪..."
"Have you seen it? Love has made me cry cowardly tears..."

CallMeVentus said:
Hmm....and did you define the kernel building path in the boardconfig.mk?
"你看到了没? 爱让我流胆怯的泪..."
"Have you seen it? Love has made me cry cowardly tears..."
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yes. The kernel was getting built. I was able to see a boot logo on the screen. FreeXperia/Sony logo in this case. And then it would hang. Once I got a bootloop. I was messing around with the ramdisk to see if any hacks get it working.

eeehaw said:
yes. The kernel was getting built. I was able to see a boot logo on the screen. FreeXperia/Sony logo in this case. And then it would hang. Once I got a bootloop. I was messing around with the ramdisk to see if any hacks get it working.
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Did you implement the changes needed for a CM kernel from its stock sources? I'm not sure of the changes, though. Each kernel differs.
"你看到了没? 爱让我流胆怯的泪..."
"Have you seen it? Love has made me cry cowardly tears..."

CallMeVentus said:
Did you implement the changes needed for a CM kernel from its stock sources? I'm not sure of the changes, though. Each kernel differs.
"你看到了没? 爱让我流胆怯的泪..."
"Have you seen it? Love has made me cry cowardly tears..."
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No. I knew there were changes but I never knew what they were ? I asked a few people in a few threads but was not able to decipher.
Do you have any idea what sort of changes are required. ?

Xiaomi kernel open source for MI Max!

https://github.com/MiCode/Xiaomi_Kernel_OpenSource/tree/hydrogen-m-oss
Although the source tree name is hydrogen-m-oss, MI's staff Ivan says hydrogen and helium shares the same kernel source.

is this for real?? man I can't believe my eyes,this means real development, more ROMs...maybe I should stop dreaming and have some expert confirm,

@nijel8
 @ajsmsg78
:good:

Hmm hope it's the real deal..
Sent from my MI MAX using XDA-Developers mobile app

laolang_cool said:
https://github.com/MiCode/Xiaomi_Kernel_OpenSource/tree/hydrogen-m-oss
But seems only hydrogen source is released
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Yes its kernel source for hydrogen (android M kernel).
Now we can have better CM13 and roms based on it.
And we can compile android N also.
Confirmed with Santosh M sir (compiled android N for redmi note 3 first).
I am very much noob at compiling, lets hope developers come up with great things.:good:

Nice to hear it, if it is true...
I hope Helium will coming soon.
小米Max*全网通版*3GB/64GB*银色 - Resurrection Remix 5.7.4 build 6.10.28 by ajsmsg78

Yep it's out... Too bad I can't do anything for two more months...

Looking forward to AOSP or slim for max. too bad only hydrogen's source is out, mine is helium...

Hmmm, i will back ?

nijel8 said:
Yep it's out... Too bad I can't do anything for two more months...
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how come?

please more roms for xiaomi max hydrogen KERNEL SOURCE IS OUT

I asked MI's staff who is also rom developer Ivan, he says hydrogen and helium shares a same kernel source.

laolang_cool said:
I asked MI's staff who is also rom developer Ivan, he says hydrogen and helium shares a same kernel source.
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That's probably true looking at the config files... The max cpu's are set to 8.
BTW I managed to build it after fixing some compile errors but it doesn't boot... I guess .config needs tweaking but I am not a kernel expert ... Also /arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom directory is missing and to get it to compile I had to borrow stuff from /arch/arm/boot/dts/qcom which probably is wrong... Anyway no success...

nijel8 said:
That's probably true looking at the config files... The max cpu's are set to 8.
BTW I managed to build it after fixing some compile errors but it doesn't boot... I guess .config needs tweaking but I am not a kernel expert ... Also /arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom directory is missing and to get it to compile I had to borrow stuff from /arch/arm/boot/dts/qcom which probably is wrong... Anyway no success...
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Ivan confirmed helium uses the same config file hydrogen_user_defconfig, and no file is missing... dts in arm64/ and arm/ linked to a same directory.

This is incredible news! Fingers crossed this will lead to some great new ROMs!

Let's hope this leads to some custom kernels

It quits with
Code:
drivers/video/msm/msm_dba/msm_dba.c:25:30: fatal error: msm_dba_internal.h: No such file or directory
for a weird reason here. The file is there, but it quits.
Edit: It works after changing #include <msm_dba_internal.h> to #include "msm_dba_internal.h" in msm_dba.c, but just like nijel8 stated it won't finish because of dts.

TEKME said:
It quits with
Code:
drivers/video/msm/msm_dba/msm_dba.c:25:30: fatal error: msm_dba_internal.h: No such file or directory
for a weird reason here. The file is there, but it quits.
Edit: It works after changing #include <msm_dba_internal.h> to #include "msm_dba_internal.h" in msm_dba.c, but just like nijel8 stated it won't finish because of dts.
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Copy /arch/arm/boot/dts folder to /arch/arm64/boot/ and /include/dt-bindings to /arch/arm64/include keeping all already existing files(don't overwrite) and it will compile but without cpu_ctl.ko and wifi.ko modules.

nijel8 said:
Copy /arch/arm/boot/dts folder to /arch/arm64/boot/ keeping all already existing files(don't overwrite) and it will compile but without cpu_ctl.ko and wifi.ko modules.
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From Ivan: cpu_ctl.ko is private. And wifi.ko doesn't exist in kernel/, it's in vendor/qcom/opensource/wlan/ , so MI doesn't release their module source(will not in the future I think...)
We need to get the wifi module source from qcom i.g. https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-2.0/, but not sure if max uses qcald-2.0 or not.

Is it possible to use Kenzo sources to fill in the gaps? I swapped my Kenzo for a Hydrogen and I'm loving this huge phone, although MIUI is still a bit clunky. The Nougat AOSP and CM ROMs for Kenzo are pretty much ready for daily use, with camera support and VoLTE being a bit buggy right now.
Both Kenzo and Hydrogen devices use msm8952 with fpc1020 fingerprint sensors, I'm not sure about the camera sensors though.

Custom Roms/LineageOS on SM-T505

Hello, everyone.
I noticed, there are many custom roms, but not that many for the SM-T505. Is it because it's newly released, or are there other reasons?

Yes, this is a new device and many people are probably waiting for the Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals to grab one. I just grabbed one for $150 on Amazon, a steal compared to something like a Fire tablet IMO. This is a low-end tablet, so there won't be as much focus on it as say a flagship phone. But thankfully it's already been unlocked and rooted, so the next step will be to get TWRP on it, and then custom ROM development can start to pick up on it. Don't expect any updates before the end of the year for custom ROMs though, it will likely take time to have TWRP up and running on it, but I am hopeful that we will see good things on this tablet in 2021

Without kernel sources it won't happen. See https://opensource.samsung.com/uploadSearch?searchValue=sm-t505 and https://opensource.samsung.com/uploadSearch?searchValue=sm-t500.
You can request them on that page. I did it a few times but no response so far.

paziusss said:
Without kernel sources it won't happen. See https://opensource.samsung.com/uploadSearch?searchValue=sm-t505 and https://opensource.samsung.com/uploadSearch?searchValue=sm-t500.
You can request them on that page. I did it a few times but no response so far.
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Interesting... is it just me or is there no button to start an inquiry?
EDIT: Found it... just posted an Inquiry.

Watching!! I just bought the T500.

jlang11 said:
Watching!! I just bought the T500.
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Just got an answer from Samsung, but don't get to excited. It was just an automated answer, that they received my inquiry. So stay tuned...

https://opensource.samsung.com/uploadSearch?searchValue=t500 gives you a 514mb file with kernel and vencor files.
Maybe both 505 and 500 are similiar enough to get you started

Sources are available: https://opensource.samsung.com/uploadSearch?searchValue=sm-t500
They include a toolchain in kernel tree, broken KConfigs and a lot of junk. I will try to clean a bit a mess and update a lean kernel tree to github

paziusss said:
Sources are available: https://opensource.samsung.com/uploadSearch?searchValue=sm-t500
They include a toolchain in kernel tree, broken KConfigs and a lot of junk. I will try to clean a bit a mess and update a lean kernel tree to github
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Will you also do a diff against the upstream version so we can see what they changed?

selemine said:
Will you also do a diff against the upstream version so we can see what they changed?
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Sure, but I'm going to remove the toolchain from the kernel tree since the beginning. It takes About 1GB alone and I don't want to have it on git refs because it will still take a lot of space even if removed.
The rest of changes will be available on github.

paziusss said:
Sure, but I'm going to remove the toolchain from the kernel tree since the beginning. It takes About 1GB alone and I don't want to have it on git refs because it will still take a lot of space even if removed.
The rest of changes will be available on github.
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It's been a long time, since i took up building custom roms and forgot about it for a while... if the kernel is cleansed from all the BS no one needs, that would be awesome.

There are a lot of small changes to comments and changes of 2 characters in a line. Wonder if they backported stuff there.

Kernel of the SM-T505 was just released...
If this is of any relevance, the download is 'just' 200MB... i wonder why.

The Platform Archive is mostly identical, just a few text files with notes and copyright were missing.
The Kernel Package as well, just small changes to netfilter and
a new defconfig file.
Defconfig for both devices also is more or less the same
gta4lwifi_eur_open_defconfig is missing one line compared to gta4l_eur_open_defconfig
CONFIG_SAMSUNG_FREECESS=y
Guess the difference comes from the toolchain mentioned above.

@paziusss
How far have you come?
Would be great if we had something clean to start a twrp and easier rooting

selemine said:
@paziusss
How far have you come?
Would be great if we had something clean to start a twrp and easier rooting
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Sorry, I have a very bad internet connection (uplink it is ~50-100KiB/s)
I created the repo a month ago: https://github.com/pazos/android_kernel_samsung_gta4lwifi
,tried to push and failed. Never tried again until now, but it is still failing.
So, if somebody is nice enough to dump the contents of the SM-T500 kernel in a github repo, I can fork and submit the patches without having to upload the whole thing myself.

paziusss said:
Sorry, I have a very bad internet connection (uplink it is ~50-100KiB/s)
I created the repo a month ago: https://github.com/pazos/android_kernel_samsung_gta4lwifi
,tried to push and failed. Never tried again until now, but it is still failing.
So, if somebody is nice enough to dump the contents of the SM-T500 kernel in a github repo, I can fork and submit the patches without having to upload the whole thing myself.
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Here you go

jayzarry84 said:
Here you go
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Thank you! It helped.
I had to apply the patch manually, so everything is in a single commit, but should be easy for others to understand what each chunk of code does.
Here you go: https://github.com/pazos/android_kernel_samsung_gta4lwifi

paziusss said:
Thank you! It helped.
I had to apply the patch manually, so everything is in a single commit, but should be easy for others to understand what each chunk of code does.
Here you go: https://github.com/pazos/android_kernel_samsung_gta4lwifi
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Just realized I didn't upload the Platform folder contents. It's uploading as we speak

jayzarry84 said:
Just realized I didn't upload the Platform folder contents. It's uploading as we speak
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I really have to ask, can i use this to build a custom rom for the SM-T505 as well?

Question Any dev working on TWRP?

If not, anyone can make a bount?

matheus_sc said:
If not, anyone can make a bount?
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Surely they are already working on it. But it just takes some time. At the moment everything is working optimally despite fastboot. Even root is possible.

pittrich said:
Surely they are already working on it. But it just takes some time. At the moment everything is working optimally despite fastboot. Even root is possible.
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I know i use xiaomi eu already. Only update is pain to ass

wait for it

Rumour has it some chinese dev is working on it

Any news?

matheus_sc said:
Any news?
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Still no sign.... Orangefox also quiet...
The guy who made lots of xiaomi TWRP recoveries stopped developing.

... are kernel (or device/vendor) repos released for it?
This would help.
Do we have TWRP and/or released kernel sources from other Qualcom 888 based devices out there?

raupe said:
... are kernel (or device/vendor) repos released for it?
This would help.
Do we have TWRP and/or released kernel sources from other Qualcom 888 based devices out there?
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This?
Xiaomi Mi 11 kernel source code is out, the device is codenamed "venus" - Gizmochina
Yesterday, Xiaomi announced Mi 11 as the world’s first smartphone powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 888. The handset already went for pre-order soon after the launch and is set to go on sale for the first time on January 1. Ahead of its sale, the company has even released this device’s kernel...
www.gizmochina.com

I read on Xiaomi.eu somewhere that there are issues with how the partitions are made and TWRP is very difficult to make for this. They said it's gonna take either a very long time before a recovery is made, or maybe not even at all.

Danacy said:
I read on Xiaomi.eu somewhere that there are issues with how the partitions are made and TWRP is very difficult to make for this. They said it's gonna take either a very long time before a recovery is made, or maybe not even at all.
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Yeah they changed everything over to GKI 1.0 and no one seems to be supporting it, although they found somewhere on a Chinese site a recovery that works (TWRP) if you boot it (don't flash it) and unencrypts the data. It's in the XDA forums now.

[TWRP] [venus] TWRP Recovery for Mi 11
REMOVED! Use this instead : https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/recovery-11-official-teamwin-recovery-project.4374109/
forum.xda-developers.com

mslezak said:
[TWRP] [venus] TWRP Recovery for Mi 11
REMOVED! Use this instead : https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/recovery-11-official-teamwin-recovery-project.4374109/
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*justintime* said:
Still no sign.... Orangefox also quiet...
The guy who made lots of xiaomi TWRP recoveries stopped developing.
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Yeah Mauronofrio is out, too much work for no return. He was pretty much the last standing open-source TWRP dev out there for tons of devices. The ones from China never get source released... Which would mean that someone would have to pickup the TWRP project and re-engineer it to fit the new GKI 1.0 then 2.0 platforms that run off that ACK. That's a lot of work. I'm talking about keeping the TWRP project open-source. It would very nice if Google stepped in since they are experts on the new format, but no such luck.

mslezak said:
Yeah they changed everything over to GKI 1.0 and no one seems to be supporting it, although they found somewhere on a Chinese site a recovery that works (TWRP) if you boot it (don't flash it) and unencrypts the data. It's in the XDA forums now.
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Interesting, that would explain also the lack of custom ROMs? But I read that the source code is released, even before the device was launched. Isn't there GKI-support to be found in there?

Danacy said:
Interesting, that would explain also the lack of custom ROMs? But I read that the source code is released, even before the device was launched. Isn't there GKI-support to be found in there?
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Yes they released source there are just no instructions anywhere on how to build the kernel #1 and the GKI modules #2 and combine into a build.

The new Xiaomi.eu weekly includes TWRP for Venus (Mi11) as well as Star (Mi 11 Lite 5G, Mi 11 Pro, Mi 11 Ultra, MIX FOLD) (it's a bootable TWRP, but persists after installation). Seems last week's has added Alioth (Mi 10S, Redmi K40). So I would expect a TWRP for Haydn to show up soon in the weekly Xiaomi.eu releases. Seems they forgot the haydn doesn't have TWRP yet so you can't actually install it! Tried the updater app no go, it can't boot to recovery because they don't have one yet, even though on Xiaomi.eu they say it's available, can't find it anywhere.
BTW the only TWRPs I can actually find are for Venus and Star.
haydn TWRP is not working: https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=14943124697586336730 remember: fastboot boot twrp-3.5.1-haydn.img ... although I tried everything, this TWRP just doesn't work - you boot right into the system after the fastboot boot step. Tried everything I can think of, always boots to system. Guess it's still a waiting game...

mslezak said:
Yes they released source there are just no instructions anywhere on how to build the kernel #1 and the GKI modules #2 and combine into a build.
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Just one more question since this has been bothering me; what would be needed from Xiaomi? Instructions on how to build the kernel? Have they ever done this before about something like this? Like, is it a reasonable thing to ask them to release instructions? I know some people working there, I could forward the request.

Well I've run this by many many devs.
The issue with the GKI 1.0 and ACK is that you must download the entire AOSP build environment and make sure it works with the separate ACK (Android Common Kernel) and then properly loads the GKI modules from a separate build step. Together they make 1 kernel. This ACK per Linux Version and across vendors should be AOSP and identical. Therefore, a single build should work across all Linux 5.4 based kernels.
But... most devs are just skipping AOSP and inlining the GKI modules so they can have 1 build step. Not exactly what Google intended, but way less storage, and you can use Clang or GCC or whatever you want.
I think what OEMs are posting is merely the entire combined source code, no 2 step build process. Only a single file for the QGKI config portion. Which won't build your GKI modules as it comes. A build script for this (Q)GKI portion would be extremely beneficial.
If any OEM walks through the build steps 1) how to create only the QGKI modules and 2) how to assemble them into 1 kernel with the ACK, that would be great for devs. It just hasn't happened. So we get hacked kernels for the 888 running Linux 5.4.
The Generic Kernel Image (GKI) project | Android Open Source Project
source.android.com

mslezak said:
Well I've run this by many many devs.
The issue with the GKI 1.0 and ACK is that you must download the entire AOSP build environment and make sure it works with the separate ACK (Android Common Kernel) and then properly loads the GKI modules from a separate build step. Together they make 1 kernel. This ACK per Linux Version and across vendors should be AOSP and identical. Therefore, a single build should work across all Linux 5.4 based kernels.
But... most devs are just skipping AOSP and inlining the GKI modules so they can have 1 build step. Not exactly what Google intended, but way less storage, and you can use Clang or GCC or whatever you want.
I think what OEMs are posting is merely the entire combined source code, no 2 step build process. Only a single file for the QGKI config portion. Which won't build your GKI modules as it comes. A build script for this (Q)GKI portion would be extremely beneficial.
If any OEM walks through the build steps 1) how to create only the QGKI modules and 2) how to assemble them into 1 kernel with the ACK, that would be great for devs. It just hasn't happened. So we get hacked kernels for the 888 running Linux 5.4.
The Generic Kernel Image (GKI) project | Android Open Source Project
source.android.com
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OK, I see. Thank you for your reply. I am going to see how far I can get this. Tnx again!

[TREBLE][10.0] Q-based vendor (vndk29) implementation

Thread template from Flex1911's thread.
Info:
Based on Flex1911 treble related commits
Q-based vendor up to date with Lineage 17.1 device trees and kernel
Instructions:
I'm not going to provide them, just head here instead: https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a1/how-to/treble-stock-to-treble-everything-to-t3793734
As usual, it requires repartitioning.
Downloads:
vendor_vndk29_LOS17.1_20210427.img and boot_vndk29_LOS17.1_20210427.img
Source code:
Kernel Patch
Common MSM8953 tree
Device tree

Great, I'll test these images as soon as I can!
Have you tested them in any GSI?
Note: Although the ROM is from 2021, the boot and vendor images were named as from 2020. Is it right?

santosst said:
Have you tested them in any GSI?
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Only on Android 10 Phh AOSP
santosst said:
Although the ROM is from 2021, the boot and vendor images were named as from 2020. Is it right?
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Thanks, didn't notice that
Already corrected dates, all from 2021.

zignas said:
Only on Android 10 Phh AOSP
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Hmm, ok, I'll probably try them on eremitein's LiR, that's the GSI I'm daily driving for some weeks.
zignas said:
Thanks, didn't notice that
Already corrected dates, all from 2021.
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Oh, no problem lol, thanks for correcting the dates

santosst said:
I'll probably try them on eremitein's LiR
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Bluetooth is dead on android 11 GSI's
Temporary solution (untill i make update):
Delete "Bluetooth__auto_generated_rro_vendor.apk" in /vendor/overlay

zignas said:
Bluetooth is dead on android 11 GSI's
Temporary solution (untill i make update):
Delete "Bluetooth__auto_generated_rro_vendor.apk" in /vendor/overlay
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Oh, thanks!! I'll install your vendor tonight and try to use Bluetooth.
I'm using the vndk-lite version, so maybe Bluetooth works ok, but I'll try and report to you
Edit: In fact, Bluetooth doesn't work out-of-the-box, so I needed to delete the Bluetooth overlay as you said, and after that, it worked well.

thank you for your work, i'm currently using ExpressLuke's PixelExperience 10 GSI with your boot & vendor, it has great performance with ondemand governor (although it hurts battery life a bit). Also everything works without a problem

thanks for you work!
as a new treble user, I have one doubt: what is the difference between this vendor implementation and the ones released by other developers? I've been using sooti's vendor for a while and did not have a single problem but it seems old looking at filename (don't really know if date is relevant btw)

portox said:
what is the difference between this vendor implementation and the ones released by other developers? I've been using sooti's vendor
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I didn't check his sources, but as i know he using old pie vendor (with pie blobs, etc, etc).
And if ROM ( semiGSI as example, builded not from sources) doesn't contain VNDK28 (pie "level") compability layer it simply doesn't boot at all.