Mirage@Aurora kernel

**rebel69ization** · 04-27-2012, 06:47 PM

After I did the radio update and I rerooted, I flashed the latest mirage build. Then I flashed this kernel I found in another thread, don't remember which one- Its a bob zhome kernel- the thing really tightened my v up, everything is smooth, fast. I suffered none of the problems everyone is having, reboots, etc. Try it out I think you'll agree. Note; I only flashed with mirage!
sent from my ice cold OV 4.0.4

**rebel69ization** · 04-27-2012, 07:11 PM

Edit; its an older kernel but it works flawlessly

sent from my ice cold OV 4.0.4

**mrg666** · 04-27-2012, 07:20 PM

It is the kernel I had compiled from the source in BobZhome's repo. The difference is that I used Linaro 4.5 toolchain as opposed to the default older gcc that come with Android SDK. The newer version of toolchain made some difference in the performance. Since BobZhome also started building with the same toolchain after version 3.3, I did not build the later versions of his kernel. Instead I have switched back to his binaries.

**tvall** · 04-27-2012, 07:51 PM

Originally Posted by mrg666

It is the kernel I had compiled from the source in BobZhome's repo. The difference is that I used Linaro 4.5 toolchain as opposed to the default older gcc that come with Android SDK. The newer version of toolchain made some difference in the performance. Since BobZhome also started building with the same toolchain after version 3.3, I did not build the later versions of his kernel. Instead I have switched back to his binaries.

I has a question for you then. Where did you get that toolchain? (My Google searches said linaro was armv7 only..)

**mrg666** · 04-27-2012, 08:27 PM

Originally Posted by tvall

I has a question for you then. Where did you get that toolchain? (My Google searches said linaro was armv7 only..)

You can download from the following link. The toolchains are not only for armv7. You need to use the correct target architecture since you will be cross compiling. Try something like the following command to compile the kernel.

Code:

make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=~/android-toolchain-eabi_45/bin/arm-eabi- INSTALL_MOD_PATH=~/android/modules zImage modules -j4

I have used gcc 4.5 since 4.6 had too many problems with the kernel code. I have not tried gcc 4.7. You can download Linaro 4.5 2012.04 build from the following link. The earlier builds (like 2011.10 I use) can also be found there.