Gentoo on Android Dev Phone 1 (ADP1)

[swamytk]

I have an Android dev phone 1, which I am using it for all purposes other than calling It is ARM arch.

I want to build and install standard linux (linux kernel + GNU user land software stack) on it. Gentoo seeems to be good choice for this. Where should I start? Any right place to start this with?

If not Gentoo, let me know any where else I can start?
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[armin76]

You just need to get a kernel and then a way to put a stage3 in storage and boot from it...

What processor does it have? And what do you use to access the console?

[swamytk]

1. Processor :
The processor details are given below
Qualcomm® MSM7201A, 528 MHz Supported Instruction Set(s): ARMv6 & CPU Core: ARM1136EJ-S
http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=cpu&id=a7201a&c=qualcomm_msm7201a

Can I use any ARM cross-compiled linux?

2. adb is the tool provided by android project for client-server based console access, adb client is running in dev system.

I am new to this kind of low level build and please point me to right place.
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[armin76]

Okay...

Yes, you can use whatever you crosscompile...the important thing is that YOU are able to crosscompile a package. As in, for example perl, has some issues crosscompiling.

Since i don't know anyone running Gentoo on that phone, and you said you're new on this kind of thing, i would suggest using debian: http://www.saurik.com/id/10

[swamytk]

Thanks for swift reply. I too lokked into that Debian solution, I just want to try some thing from scratch like http://trac.cross-lfs.org, which has good documentation also, but I don't find ARM cross compilation.

Thanks for your support, let me google more on this.
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