Installing a custom kernel...

[yibble]

Hi all,

Apologies if this is clearly answered somewhere, I've done plenty of searching and I've not been able to find the answer.

I've created a custom kernel for the DEXT, which may or may not have a functioning PSFreedom module. However, now I'm stumped. I'm like to get by kernel into a .zip file (perhaps with ConnectBot ETC.) so that I can flash it to by device via a ROM manager.

The problem is, I have no idea how to create a zip file and associated hierarchy for this... Can anyone point me in the right direction please?

-- yibble.

[tonymy01]

Just download an existing ROM zip, and you will work out the structure quickly. You will notice that the boot kernel partition is simply an img file, and the command in /META-INF/com/google/android/update-script in the zip file is:
write_raw_image PACKAGE:boot.img BOOT:

So just build your work on the work already done, and google the update-script syntax. You will need to sign the new zipfile you create with autosign.bat (or whatever environ you are running, that windows batch file is the way I sign the zips so a custom recovery will flash them).
Regards

[adlx]

Take a similar boot.img (by similar I mean for the same rom you want to make the kernel). For ex. the boot.img of the rom you have flashed.

You need to unpack it, then replace the kernel by yours, and repack. For that look on google for unpack-bootimg.pl / repack-bootimg.pl scripts. You'll also need a working mkbootimg (which you will probably find out there or you can build it from the Android tree, which I did).

you can flash the boot.img file using:

flash_image boot boot.img

you'll then need to push the modules (if you have some) to /system/lib. and reboot.

[dlucio]

what are the enhancement you are looking for

[godfather123189]

what are the enhancement you are looking for

I'd like to see native wifi tether and overclocking and fm radio in 2.1 but oc on 1.5 would be nice until the 2.1 kernel source is released