[Gta04-owner] Replicant-4.2 for GTA04

[Neil Jerram]

On 2014-02-21 14:50, Lukas Maerdian wrote:
> On 21.02.2014 15:44 UTC+0100, Neil Jerram wrote:
>> On 2014-02-21 14:24, Lukas Maerdian wrote:

>>> The two big differences in his image are that those two issues are 
>>> fixed:
>>>   http://projects.goldelico.com/p/gta04-replicant/issues/564/
>>>   http://projects.goldelico.com/p/gta04-replicant/issues/559/
>> 
>> I'm confused.  Why doesn't the Goldelico image include those two 
>> fixes?
>> 
>> (I'm assuming that your Replicant work is on behalf of / closely 
>> linked
>> with Goldelico - is that correct?)
> 
> Yes my Replicant work is on behalf of Goldelico.
> 
> Those fixes are not (yet) integrated, because they touch core
> frameworks/parts of Android (#564) or interfere with my current kernel
> work (#559).
> 
> I try to find solutions to not touch the core parts of Android, because
> we do not have enough manpower to maintain a whole Android stack like
> AOSP, Linaro or CyanogenMod do. The Goldelico build is a pure
> Replicant/CyanogenMod with just a GTA04 device+kernel overlay.

Thanks for explaining.

I'd like to test, but I'm worried about the effect of #564.  IIUC, that 
bug causes constant 50% CPU usage, so presumably it eats the battery 
quite fast?

Regards,
      Neil