Download APK File [Full] [Arm] V22.5.8

Do not fork the kernel and add patches there. There are already enough Linux kernel forks out there, and it's next to impossible to understand which kernel repository has which patches applied. Let's not make the situation worse with creating another fork with random patches on top just to make it compile with postmarketOS. Instead, point to the kernel you found. All postmarketOS specific patches should be applied as patch files in the same directory as the APKBUILD. How this is done exactly is described further below in the porting guide. When doing it like that, we avoid downloading the huge kernel sources every time a new patch is applied (remember that not everybody in the world has fast Internet connections), and it makes it much more transparent as the actual patches show up in code reviews.

Download APK File [Full] [Arm] v22.5.8

Use the checksum command. It will not only generate the checksums of all source files, but also download them in case they have not been downloaded yet. If this command fails, most likely the download URL is invalid and needs to be adjusted in the APKBUILD again. Another cause could be, that the defconfig could not be found (e.g. because it was saved with a wrong file name). The actual download URL (with all variables replaced) and the download progress are visible in the log window.

In most cases, this will yield a patch that you can apply to your kernel. Save what you have found as a patch file right next to the APKBUILD of your new kernel package. Mailing list posts are usually in the format of a patch file and can be used directly, while commits or pull requests (PRs) on GitHub can be downloaded as patch when you append .patch to the URL (e.g. commit, patch).

If the display and the touchscreen interface are working, then it's time to add support for osk-sdl so that you are able to use full disk encryption on the root filesystem. Instructions for adding support can be found here: Porting osk-sdl to New Devices 041b061a72