Compiling AOSP

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Before your images run successfully, you need to import the proprietary drivers. So if you want to compile gingerbread and let’s say you need to run it on a Nexus 1, you need to take an original Nexus 1 with gingerbread and import the drivers.  To do this connect the original Nexus One to your build machine and run “/device/htc/passion/extract-files.sh.

 If you dont have a device with you, drivers can be downloaded as well. Go to https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/drivers and grab the tar files from there. Untar them in the root folder of your android source and run all of them. This should create a vendor folder with the device you need.

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  1. kanAVtarMay 29, 2013 at 2:54 PM

    also:
    http://source.android.com/source/building-kernels.html

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