Jellybean release for Beagleboard and Beaglebone

Syed_Mohammed_Khasi1 · August 20, 2012, 10:51am

Hello all,

We have released a preliminary version of JB release - Android 4.1.1
for beagleboard and beaglebone platforms, the sources are now
available on http://gitorious.org/rowboat

Beaglebone is tested with ULCD7 cape board.

Please find more details on these wikis,

http://code.google.com/p/rowboat/wiki/JellybeanOnBeagleboard_WithSGX
http://code.google.com/p/rowboat/wiki/JellybeanOnBeaglebone_WithSGX

Thank you for all the support.

Regards,
Khasim

Ilyes_Gouta · August 20, 2012, 11:22am

Hi Khasim,

Is Beagleboard rev C3 also supported by rowboat JB?

Thanks,

-Ilyes

Vishveshwar · August 20, 2012, 11:46am

Hi Khasim,

Is Beagleboard rev C3 also supported by rowboat JB?

The SGX acceleration libraries are not available for Beagleboard C3 revision (OMAPES=3.x). If you make a build without SGX, that should work.

-Vishveshwar

Wendell_Gong · August 27, 2012, 9:17am

Hi,
I can not increase the RAM from 256M to 512M. I think there is issue in u-boot and(or) x-loader.
u-boot printed “DRAM: 512MiB”, but actually the 256M-512M RAM is invariable. Because I called mem_ok() to test, mem_ok() failed.

Wendell_Gong · August 27, 2012, 9:33am

beagleboard xM

you know that BB-xm has 512M RAM, but mem=256M in your JB release for BB-xM

Wendell_Gong · August 27, 2012, 9:39am

I also described the issue here https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/beagleboard/WQS60SWvV-Q

Vishveshwar · August 27, 2012, 9:40am

Do you see this issue when you use the x-loader and u-boot built from sources too?

Wendell_Gong · August 27, 2012, 9:44am

yes. I get the source code and built them.

Wendell_Gong · August 27, 2012, 10:14am

yes, I tested with mtest from u-boot.

mtest 0x90000000 0x90000400 0x5555

mtest prints “Mem error @…”

Cyrus_M · August 28, 2012, 1:51am

Thanks, the prebuilt image works with beaglebone on LCD7 (circuitco, Rev 2).

Question: Does anyone expect android for beaglebone to support either bluetooth, wi-fi, or xbee?

Wendell_Gong · August 28, 2012, 6:58am

Hi,
I think the issue is in x-loader, the version of which is ''Texas Instruments X-Loader 1.51". I just merged some RAM related commits from http://gitorious.org/x-load-omap3/mainline/ into this x-loader. Now the whole 512M RAM is working fine.

Thanks for your help.

I am checking which commit fixed the issue.

Wendell_Gong · August 28, 2012, 8:00am

Hi,
the key commit is http://gitorious.org/x-load-omap3/mainline/commit/ee120c894c3377054bda149748eb0621f2f843c8
This commit adds the Numony memoy support in config_3430sdram_ddr() in xloader/board/omap3beagle/omap3beagle.c.

The attached is the screen-shot of the differences. In the commit, the red part is removed, and the green part is added.

Do you know how to inform Rowboat team to fix it?

Jaya_Kumar · August 29, 2012, 5:18am

Hi Khasim,

Thanks. I tested on Beagleboard-XM and it looks good. Video playback
seems smooth. But there appears to be a problem in that the Android
Settings UI does not show any ethernet interface. From the console,
usb0 is present and netcfg usb0 dhcp works fine, but nothing is
visible in the Android UI for configuring ethernet.

I also plan on testing with Beagleboard C5. I see that the rowboat-jb
release still uses the same 2.6.37 psp baselined kernel. So, the MTD
bugs (mtd_pagetest failures) are still present and so ubifs on
Beagleboard C5 won't work. Any plans to rectify this?

Thanks,
jayakumar

Vishveshwar · August 29, 2012, 5:52am

Hello all,

We have released a preliminary version of JB release - Android 4.1.1
for beagleboard and beaglebone platforms, the sources are now
available on http://gitorious.org/rowboat

Hi Khasim,

Thanks. I tested on Beagleboard-XM and it looks good. Video playback
seems smooth. But there appears to be a problem in that the Android
Settings UI does not show any ethernet interface. From the console,
usb0 is present and netcfg usb0 dhcp works fine, but nothing is
visible in the Android UI for configuring ethernet.

The Ethernet Manager is not yet integrated into the settings application. The Settings app that you see is the vanilla AOSP version.

-Vishveshwar

trizio · September 13, 2012, 4:09pm

Do you discover anything on the bluetooth usb dongle support in android 4.1.1 JellyBean ?

Cyrus_M · September 13, 2012, 9:42pm

I couldn’t get JellyBean to detect my bluetooth usb dongle.

Wendell_Gong · October 10, 2012, 4:37am

Hi,
I want to enable DSP to accelerate video playback. I find the “DSP Stack Integration” for gingerbread http://code.google.com/p/rowboat/wiki/DSP. Is there an instruction for JB?

Thanks!

blackdovemfg · December 11, 2012, 2:34pm

You guys are rockstars! Thank you!

rajesh_kumar_Boddupa · December 27, 2012, 6:01am

Hi,

Could you please suggest me a proper working Jelly Beans source code for Beagle Board -Xm.

Thanks in Advance,
Regards,
Rajesh

blackdovemfg · January 1, 2013, 7:04am

Hi All…

JB working very nicely on my BeagleBone with LCD7. Thank you.

I am wondering if there is a “correct” method for shutting down rather than a simple power cut?

Thanks,
Evan