From: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@linaro.org>
To: Ralph Palutke <ralph.palutke@fau.de>
Cc: kvmarm@lists.cs.columbia.edu
Subject: Re: Android guest on KVM/ARM
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 08:28:23 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160627062823.GA26498@cbox> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160622100606.GA6749@faubox.localdomain>
On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 12:06:06PM +0200, Ralph Palutke wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I try to virtualize an Android system via KVM/ARM. Currently I've
> installed Linaro Debian 16.03 RBP on a Lemaker Hikey board. Now, is
> there any Android build that would suite my needs? Since the usual way
> to install Android on a board is via fastboot, I'm not sure how to
> install it as a KVM/ARM guest. Because I run it on an ARM board, I would
> have assumed I could run an unmodified Android guest.
> Any suggestions how to proceed?
>
If I were you I would build AOSP and use the system, data, etc. images
provided by the build output and use that to generate some virtio
images.
I think emulating fastboot is a pretty hard way to go around things, but
of course it depends on what you're overall trying to do: Just run
Android or have a fully emulated Android compatible system...
Perhaps this will also help you:
http://www.linaro.org/blog/core-dump/running-64bit-android-l-qemu/
-Christoffer
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2016-06-22 10:06 Android guest on KVM/ARM Ralph Palutke
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