Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 17:28:51 -0500 From: Giovanny Andres Gongora Granada <gioyik@gmail.com> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [gsoc15][idea-proposal] Port FreeBSD to a smartphone [needs-feedback] Message-ID: <CAB_vas_put9WQs=yRA4U6SQ3Vx%2BN7ciszCTsPqTD8RMAkgZhJw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAB_vas8J4ysNcGB5DXacDaXe0t5ZYmEVpoweuo%2BmcS3DH4JVAQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAB_vas8J4ysNcGB5DXacDaXe0t5ZYmEVpoweuo%2BmcS3DH4JVAQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, Someone had time to check my proposal? I will really appreciate some feedback to my finish project proposal in gsoc page. I had published a more detailed draft of my proposal here: www.google-melange.com/gsoc/proposal/public/google/gsoc2015/gioyik/5629499534213120 Thanks a lot, Gio 2015-03-22 21:48 GMT-05:00 Giovanny Andres Gongora Granada <gioyik@gmail.com >: > Hello, > > My name is Giovanny, I am an student from Universidad Cooperativa de > Colombia planning to participate this year in the gsoc with FreeBSD > organization. I reviewed the project list [1] for this year and I am > interested in propose a project for Port FreeBSD to a smartphone (any maker > and model) [2]. I will share with you my idea, I really appreciate have > some feedback for my final proposal in the gsoc page. > > FreeBSD has a good compiling process for ARM [3] architecture and > hardware. Taking advantage of this FreeBSD could run on a smartphone by > three ways: > > 1. Using Android (based device and build process) we can compile FreeBSD > kernel with support to the hardware of the device, then use a SD as system > partition and configure it as a normal FreeBSD system. Flash an image > generated for boot, equal to zImage in the block partition of the device > using fastboot, so at reboot it will be running the FreeBSD system. After > have the device running is more easy work on a display lib for the device. > At the end if it can boot a device using this process and emulator could do > this (changing the boot image for the one with FreeBSD) too, I use AOSP to > define an environment and a set of tools to compile a light emulator with > just the components necessaries to run the FreeBSD system. Mozilla does > this to build Firefox OS with AOSP (devices and emulators) [4]. [This is > not a image to chroot-jail] > > 2. Porting the idea of Gentoo for Android [5] to FreeBSD, this could be > more difficult than expected due to port the concept of Gentoo RAP to > FreeBSD could take a long time of research. Added to it, Gentoo RAP is made > to work over Linux, so will take more time adapt the concept to FreeBSD and > get something working with the low level layer of Android in the device. If > by X reason the concept of Gentoo for Android it's done for FreeBSD could > be possible think on port and use Webtop [6] as output for X servers how > was done in Ubuntu for Android. > > 3. Running FreeBSD directly on an Android device using an application that > emulates-wraps a terminal to boot a pre-compiled obb (just a tar package > with a different name) package of a FreeBSD system. It will provide a shell > to access all the programs in FreeBSD system but only text-mode will be > supported. To interact from the smartphone with a graphical environment in > FreeBSD there are to ways, first use other apps like a vnc client or embed > a custom vnc/display client with own libs to display the enviroment. This > method doesn't require root on the phone to run FreeBSD and the final apk > of the application to run FreeBSD could be published in the Play store (if > the idea is to publish it), so everyone could install it and run FreeBSD > instantly after apk installation from Play Store. > > Three possible ways but personally I see 1 and 3 are the ones with best > results. Number 1 is the way we more friendly for daily testing and with > more percentage for future development. It will keep compatibility with > latest changes in arm build process and after new CPU and boards support is > added, will be easy build and test on more devices with this method. Number > 3 it's more a user side and probably not offers a complete FreeBSD system > experience as expected. I see that part of the gsoc is R&D, so I will be > happy to research and develop until the end with all the ideas to get the > best experience of FreeBSD on a phone. > > I know all this needs to be more detailed to get and idea if I am wrong or > not, so feel free to quote where you think needs clarification in the > process. Any feedback or opinions about this is really appreciated to my > final proposal in the gsoc page. > > Thanks, > Gio > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > * About me: > I am studying at University Cooperativa de Colombia, my future degree will > be Systems Engineer. I had been contributing to open source project since 4 > years ago, today I am an active Mozilla contributor [7], I work sending > patches to the Firefox and Firefox OS code base [8]. Also I am part of the > reviewer team at Firefox Marketplace (I review the apps that are sent to > the Marketplace to be published) and I am a Mozilla Reps [9] too. > > I contribute to other open source projects too (Tor Project time ago as ES > translator) different to Mozilla, you can see some of my contributions to > other projects in my Github profile [10]. Most of my projects are open > sourced in Github [11] and those projects are coded using different > languages, some of them are C, Go, Python, Javascript, Ruby, Java and some > shell scripts. > > * Previous experience with FreeBSD: > I maintain some FreeBSD systems running in my University and a year ago I > helped to run some FreeBSD servers with an IT team for a hosting provider > company. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > [1]: https://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCodeIdeas > [2]: > https://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCodeIdeas#Port_FreeBSD_to_a_smartphone_.28any_maker_and_model.29 > [3]: http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/arm.html > [4]: https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/B2G > [5]: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Android > [6]: http://sourceforge.net/motorola/motorola-webtop/home/Home/ > [7]: https://mozillians.org/en-US/u/gioyik/ > [8]: http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/log?rev=gioyik%40gmail.com > [9]: https://reps.mozilla.org/u/gioyik/ > [10]: https://github.com/Gioyik/ > [11]: https://github.com/Gioyik?tab=repositories > -- Mozilla Hispano: http://mozilla-hispano.org Mentor en mozilla-hispano.org: Gioyik <https://www.mozilla-hispano.org/documentacion/Usuario:Gioyik>; Mozilla Colombia: Miembro en MozillaColombia <http://mozillacolombia.org/our-contributors/>; twitter: Gioyik <https://twitter.com/Gioyik>; Blog: gioyik.wordpress.com irc: gioyik
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