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Developer area for Nexus 7

Our Source Code

Our PPA contains the new or modified packages used for the 12.10 Ubuntu Nexus7 image. If you have upload rights and know the packages well, you can help us getting the patches into 12.10.

The kernel code is a very slightly modified copy of the original Android kernel that the Nexus7 runs.

The Original Google repository can be found at https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/tegra/. We sync up with new branches corresponding to new firmware updates there as Google makes them available.

Ubuntu repository: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=hwe/ubuntu-nexus7.git;a=summary

Things to get involved with

• Measuring Power Consumption

• Measuring Memory Usage

• Building the kernel

• Patched packages. These patches will make it to Ubuntu 12.10 soon.

Get in touch

You can reach us in the #ubuntu-arm irc channel on irc.freenode.net. General discussion happens on the ubuntu-devel mailing list.

UDS-R related blueprints

If you are interested in helping to optimize the Ubuntu core for mobile, subscribe to the following blueprints.

• https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/desktop-r-targets-for-embedded

• https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/desktop-r-reduced-power-ram

• https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/desktop-r-arm-reduce-footprint

• https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/foundations-r-improve-cross-compilation

• https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/foundations-r-arm-boot-resume-speedup

• https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/foundations-r-arm-usb-creator-fastboot-support

• https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/foundations-r-android-image-builds

• https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/hardware-r-arm-power-measurement

• https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/foundations-r-arm-io-performance