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Dell Venue Tablets Developer-Edition BSP / Intel® Mobile Development Kit ( Intel MDK )
Dell Venue Tablets Developer-Edition BSP / Intel® Mobile Development Kit ( Intel MDK )
First I want to take a second to thank and commend Dell on their efforts thus far on working with the open source / android community. Even if currently I can not directly benefit from it.
What is the Intel® Mobile Development Kit for Android* ?
" Are you a system or middleware developer? Use the Intel® Mobile Development Kit for Android* to create Android* system or middleware software that takes advantage of the latest innovations that Intel platforms have to offer. This solution provides access to an x86 Intel® architecture-based tablet, development tools designed to seamlessly create software for this device, and technical collateral about the OS, the tools, system software, middleware, and hardware. Get a device to experiment with and use non-commercial tools from Intel® System Studio to understand the advantages of the Intel platform helping you build apps that are power-efficient and that have the best possible performance."
Link: https://software.intel.com/en-us/intel-mobile-development-kit-for-android
Which hardware is directly supported with the Intel® MDK for Android?
"The proper usage of the Intel® Mobile Development Kit for Android requires an unlocked Android system to allow developers to execute several profiler daemons that come with the Intel® MDK. Specific Board Support Packages (BSPs) are available for the following devices :"
Links :
Dell Venue 8 3830 opensource.dell.com/.../Venue_8_3830_CloverTrail_plus
Dell Venue 7 3740 opensource.dell.com/.../Venue_7_3740_Merrifield
Dell Venue 8 3840 opensource.dell.com/.../Venue_8_3840_Merrifield
Dell Venue 8 7840 opensource.dell.com/.../Venue_8_7840_Merrifield
Dell Venue 7 3741 opensource.dell.com/.../Venue_7_3741_Baytrail
Dell Venue 10 5050 opensource.dell.com/.../Venue_10_5050_Baytrail-CR
Unfortunately Dell / Intel have yet to make this option available for the Dell Venue 7 3730
( why I currently can't directly benefit ) / only the kernel source is available.
Link :
Dell Venue 7 3730 opensource.dell.com/.../Venue_7_3730_CloverTrail_plus
Personally I don't agree with Dell's decision to not make this option available to the Venue 7 3730 and hope Dell will make it available in the near future.
If you own this device or even if you don't own this device please show your support for the open source community and email Dell's open source department opensource@dell.com and ask them to treat all users / devices fairly and to finally release this option for the Dell Venue 7 3730 we shouldn't be forced to buy a new device simply because we liked the 7 inch size over the 8 inch.
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rembetiko78
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Posted September 8th, 2015 11:00
Agreed.
Dell just needs to open these devices up so we can roll our own AOSP 5.x version for the tablets that are end of life.