Trinity Kernel (was: Need help for an Android Ethernet driver)

[Tyler Aviss]

I have the "Siyah" kernel on my GS2. I don't overclock, but it did allow me
to install busybox, openvpn, etc. It also gets better battery life than the
corresponding stock kernel.
On Aug 20, 2012 8:45 AM, "Jason Shaw" <grazer-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> I've not used it, but my coworker has it on his Galaxy Nexus phone and
> Nexus 7 tablet, and has been able to reliably overclock them both without
> them becoming unstable, and increasing their battery life. Not sure the
> details on how all that works, but it's pretty well known in the Android
> hacking scene that most of the default kernel configs for devices aren't
> terribly optiimized.
>
> I was mostly meaning that with 3rd party kernels, you have more control
> over what modules are loaded, so you might have a chance of loading it more
> easily that way, but I have no "proof" of that, more of a hunch.
>
> -jason
>
> On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 9:18 PM, Tyler Aviss <tjaviss-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
>> The website is a bit sparse on details. What's added/improved in this
>> kernel?
>> On Aug 15, 2012 10:23 AM, "Jason Shaw" <grazer-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>
>>> I've heard great reviews from my coworker with a Nexus 7 using the
>>> Trinity Kernel: http://www.derkernel.com/jb-seven.php
>>>
>>> Not sure if it has the required drivers though.
>>>
>>> -jason
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 1:18 PM, Tyler Aviss <tjaviss-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> How about the 3Rd-party kernels? Haven't tried one on my Nexus yet, but
>>>> on my GS2 the Siyah kernel boosted my features and performance.
>>>> On Aug 15, 2012 9:52 AM, "Evan Leibovitch" <evan-ieNeDk6JonTYtjvyW6yDsg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've taken delivery of a Nexus 7 tablet and am very happy with it
>>>>> (questions welcomed).
>>>>>
>>>>> One thing that I was hoping to do, when travelling with it, was to
>>>>> have some method of using wired Ethernet with it (typically, when staying
>>>>> in a hotel room that has a wired Ethernet drop but poor or no in-room wifi,
>>>>> this has happened a few times).
>>>>>
>>>>> Plan A is to use the USB "on the go" spec to attach an Ethernet-to-USB
>>>>> connector.
>>>>> Plan B is to get a cheap wifi router<http://www.ebay.ca/itm/160801487354>,
>>>>> which is more expensive and much bulkier.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've taken possession of item A, a $3 thing from eBay<http://www.ebay.ca/itm/120946886349#ht_2815wt_1165>,
>>>>> cheap enough that it didn't work I would toss it.
>>>>>
>>>>> When I plug it in and run `lsusb` on the Nexus 7, the hardware is seen
>>>>> but there's no driver. I get
>>>>> Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0fe6:9700
>>>>>
>>>>> When I plug the same device into Ubuntu, it works fine and from
>>>>> `lsusb` I get
>>>>> Bus 002 Device 011: ID 0fe6:9700 Kontron (Industrial Computer Source /
>>>>> ICS Advent) DM9601 Fast Ethernet Adapter
>>>>>
>>>>> I've been able to find Linux drivers for this<http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1641274>and in fact it's been made to work with the Motorola
>>>>> Xoom <http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1418591> and Asus
>>>>> Transformer <http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1705759>
>>>>> .
>>>>>
>>>>> Could some kind person here help me turn this driver into something
>>>>> usable on the stock N7 kernel?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>  Evan Leibovitch
>>>>> Toronto Canada
>>>>>
>>>>> Em: evan at telly dot org
>>>>> Sk: evanleibovitch
>>>>> Tw: el56
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>
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