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| author | Bruce Beare <bruce.j.beare@intel.com> | 2011-02-18 15:06:20 -0800 |
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| committer | Ying Wang <wangying@google.com> | 2011-03-24 10:55:22 -0700 |
| commit | 08ee4287ccd97e421265d001439496b950e15f0d (patch) | |
| tree | 69fc557aa04ca3e0675a8ab3ca48c26bd6800fd1 /target/board/generic_x86/README.txt | |
| parent | 9024690d418388cfccb98e44394f82f1058eee43 (diff) | |
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x86: qemu emulator is the default build target
Change-Id: I1fc3cb491d593d3e28f90278cfc8de5d77852932
Signed-off-by: Bruce Beare <bruce.j.beare@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jun Nakajima <jun.nakajima@intel.com>
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| -rw-r--r-- | target/board/generic_x86/README.txt | 33 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/target/board/generic_x86/README.txt b/target/board/generic_x86/README.txt index 585a373..938d982 100644 --- a/target/board/generic_x86/README.txt +++ b/target/board/generic_x86/README.txt @@ -1,29 +1,8 @@ -The generic_x86 board target provides basic services on very basic -hardware (really for an emulation). To build with generic_x86, you will -need an appropriate kernel for your emulation (or device). +The "generic_x86" product defines a non-hardware-specific IA target +without a kernel or bootloader. -A1. Create a new top level directory and pull the AOSP repository - mkdir $HOME/AOSP - cd $HOME/AOSP - repo init -u git://android.git.kernel.org/platform/manifest.git - repo sync - -A2. Copy in the kernel - cd $HOME/AOSP - cp ~/bzImage.your_device $HOME/AOSP/prebuilt/android-x86/kernel/kernel - -A3. Build - cd $HOME/AOSP - source build/envsetup.sh - lunch generic_x86-eng - make -j8 - -The build will generate some image files whose format may or may not be correct for your -device. You can build an installer image disk for the VirtualBox emulator using the command: - -A4. Build a VirtualBox installer image - cd $HOME/AOSP - source build/envsetup.sh - lunch generic_x86-eng - make -j8 installer_vdi +It can be used to build the entire user-level system, and +will work with the IA version of the emulator, +It is not a product "base class"; no other products inherit +from it or use it in any way. |