Create your own device/my_company/my_device directory with complete product desc

ription.
Mandatory vendorsetup.sh:
add_lunch_combo my_device-eng
- This file creats a new entry when we hit lunch command.
Mandatory Android.mk:
LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
include $(call all-makefiles-under,$(LOCAL_PATH))
- Used to include all the following makefiles
Mandatory AndroidProducts.mk:
PRODUCT_MAKEFILES := $(LOCAL_DIR)/my_device_name.mk
Mandatory my_device_name.mk:
- Specify all the make file to include. The best thing for that
is
get copy from generic / from the device close to the one that
we
want to build.
For panda board
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# Inherit from those products. Most specific first.
$(call inherit-product, $(SRC_TARGET_DIR)/product/full_base.mk)
$(call inherit-product, device/ti/panda/device.mk)
$(call inherit-product-if-exists, vendor/ti/proprietary/omap4xxx
/ti-omap4-vendor.mk)
PRODUCT_NAME := full_panda
PRODUCT_DEVICE := panda
PRODUCT_BRAND := Android
PRODUCT_MODEL := Panda
PRODUCT_MANUFACTURER := Texas_Instruments_Inc
Mandatory device.mk:
- This file includes all definitions that apply only to specific
devices
For example
-----------
PRODUCT_COPY_FILES : Macro that defines all the files we
need in root filesystem.
PRODUCT_PACKAGES : Defines the packages that we want to
build for android source
ifeq ($(TARGET_PREBUILT_KERNEL),)
LOCAL_KERNEL := device/ti/panda/kernel
else
LOCAL_KERNEL := $(TARGET_PREBUILT_KERNEL)
endif
PRODUCT_COPY_FILES := \
$(LOCAL_KERNEL):kernel \
device/ti/panda/init.omap4pandaboard.rc:root/init.omap4p
andaboard.rc \
device/ti/panda/init.omap4pandaboard.usb.rc:root/init.om
ap4pandaboard.usb.rc \
device/ti/panda/fstab.omap4pandaboard:root/fstab.omap4pa
ndaboard \
$(call inherit-product-if-exists, vendor/ti/panda/device-vendor.
mk)
$(call inherit-product, frameworks/native/build/tablet-dalvik-he
ap.mk)
$(call inherit-product, hardware/ti/omap4xxx/omap4.mk)
$(call inherit-product-if-exists, vendor/ti/proprietary/omap4/ti
-omap4-vendor.mk)
Mandatory BoardConfig.mk (product-specific compile-time definitions):
In this file we can specify all compiletime options that we want
.
# Target and compiler options
TARGET_CPU_ABI := armeabi-v7a
TARGET_CPU_ABI2 := armeabi
TARGET_CPU_SMP := true
TARGET_ARCH:= arm
TARGET_CPU_VARIANT := cortex-a9
# Enable NEON feature
TARGET_ARCH_VARIANT := armv7-a-neon
# Platform
TARGET_BOARD_PLATFORM := omap4
# Filesystem and partitioning
BOARD_SYSTEMIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE := 256M
BOARD_USERDATAIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE := 512M
BOARD_CACHEIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE := 256M
BOARD_CACHEIMAGE_FILE_SYSTEM_TYPE := ext4
TARGET_USERIMAGES_USE_EXT4 := true
BOARD_FLASH_BLOCK_SIZE := 4096
Configuration Overlay
- In device.mk:
DEVICE_PACKAGE_OVERLAYS := device/my_company/my_device/overlay
- Create a device/my_company/my_device/overlay directory with sa
me depth and
files you want to overwrite. e.g:
- frameworks/base/core/res/res/values/config.xml
- frameworks/base/core/res/res/values/dimens.xml
- frameworks/base/core/res/res/xml/storage_list.xml

Android Init
-------------
Initialization Steps:
- Creates basic filesystem (/dev, /proc, /sys) and mount
s it.
- Parses /init.rc
- Parses /init.${hw_name}.rc based on kernel command-lin
e or /proc/cpuinfo
- Build exec queues
- Start triggers and associated actions and services.
- e.g. "early-init", "init", "early-fs", "fs", "post-fs"
, "early-boot", "boot" ...
Syntax: on <trigger> <command> <command> ...
Example :
on early-init
write /proc/1/oom_adj -16
start ueventd
 # create mountpoints
mkdir /mnt 0775 root system
on init
sysclktz 0
loglevel 3
# setup the global environment
export PATH /sbin:/vendor/bin:/system/sbin:/syst
em/bin:/system/xbin
on fs
# mount mtd partitions
mount yaffs2 mtd@system /system
mount yaffs2 mtd@system /system ro remount
mount yaffs2 mtd@userdata /data nosuid nodev
mount yaffs2 mtd@cache /cache nosuid nodev
on post-fs
# once everything is setup, no need to modify /
mount rootfs rootfs / ro remount
on boot
# basic network init
ifup lo
hostname localhost
domainname localdomain
## Daemon processes to be run by init.
service ueventd /sbin/ueventd
class core
critical
seclabel u:r:ueventd:s0
service console /system/bin/sh
class core
console
disabled
user shell
Android Init Options
--------------------
Option Syntax Description
--------------------------------------------------------
critical This is a device-critical se
rvice. If it exits more than four times in four
minutes, the device will reb
oot into recovery mode.
disabled This service will not automa
tically start with its class.
It must be explicitly starte
d by name.
setenv <name> <value> Set the environment variable
<name> to <value>
in the launched process.
group <groupname> [ <groupname> ]* Change to groupname before e
xec'ing this service.
oneshot Do not restart the service w
hen it exits.
class <name> Specify a class name for the
 service. All services in a named class
may be started or stopped to
gether
onrestart Execute a Command when servi
ce restarts.
ioprio <rt|be|idle> <ioprio 0-7> Set service priority and sch
eduling class.
console Output logs on conso
le.
capability <keycode> Trigger service through keyc
ode in /dev/keychord
Android Init Commands
---------------------
Command Syntax Description
-----------------------------------------------------------
setprop <name> <value> Set system property <nam
e> to <value>.
setrlimit <resource> <cur> <max> Set the rlimit for a res
ource.
start <service> Start a service running
if it is not already running.
stop <service> Stop a service from runn
ing if it is currently running.
restart <service> Restart a service from r
unning if it is currently running.
symlink <target> <path> Create a symbolic link a
t <path> with the value <target>
sysclktz <mins_west_of_gmt> Set the system clock bas
e (0 if system clock ticks in GMT)
trigger <event> Trigger an event. Used t
o queue an action from another action.
write <path> <string> [ <string> ]* Open the file at <path>
and write one or more strings to it.
rm <path> Removes a file.
rmdir <path> Removes a directory.
wait <file> Wait for file to exist o
r timeout to be reached.
copy <src> <dest> Copy from source to dest
.
loglevel <level> Set kernel log level.
load_persist_props Load properties from fil
es in /data/property
Example
-------
# Define TCP buffer sizes for various networks
# ReadMin, ReadInitial, ReadMax, WriteMin, WriteInitia
l, WriteMax,
setprop net.tcp.buffersize.default 4096,87380,110208,409
6,16384,110208
setprop net.tcp.buffersize.wifi 524288,1048576,209715
2,262144,524288,1048576
# Set this property so surfaceflinger is not started by
system_init
setprop system_init.startsurfaceflinger 0
# set RLIMIT_NICE to allow priorities from 19 to -20
setrlimit 13 40 40
symlink /system/etc /etc
symlink /sys/kernel/debug /d
sysclktz 0
on property:vold.decrypt=trigger_post_fs_data
trigger post-fs-data
onrestart write /sys/android_power/request_state wake
onrestart write /sys/power/state on
write /proc/cpu/alignment 4
iwrite /proc/sys/kernel/sched_latency_ns 10000000
# Collect apanic data, free resources and re-arm trigger
copy /proc/apanic_console /data/dontpanic/apanic_console
loglevel 3
on property:vold.decrypt=trigger_load_persist_props
load_persist_props