yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] sparksco:
ZRAM kernel is up! :) It is default on, so it doesn't require any type of setup or anything like partitioning your sdcard ect. If you want to use straight up swap you'll need to remove the zram script before applying your own swap script, or you will have some major issues...
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] Quetzalcoatl:
Loving this kernel so far.

Im on deck's pb21 and it seems like 720 recording is ALMOST functional.

When you hit record on 720 it makes the sound like it's about to record, but it doesnt.

Recording still works on the other modes though.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] sparksco:
Nice, yeah this won't really fix any rom issues besides things like memory leaks, lack or ram on our little shifts running ics runs and stuff like that. I ported the zram from my nexus 7 kernel to this :) Hopefully battery life won't get worse now or I might have to start looking into uv'ing it more. On my Nexus 7 zram gave me better battery life but not sure if it'll have the same results on the shift or not. It's definately snappy as hell though.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] fayrarri:
Working great! its definitely snappier than it was, and I havent noticed a hit in battery life since I flashed it :D Great work!
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] sparksco:
For some reason the link went down, sorry about that it's up now!
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] Hammerfest:
Im a bit confused here...

I always thought SWAP was Kernel related... NOT rom? isnt that why kernel support has swap in it? (when you view it through a CPU-ID type program?)

I could swear I had a script for my HD2 to enable SWAP that worked across any ROM/Kernel combos (where the KERNEL supported SWAP), and it came from a Kernel dev... NOT Rom dev?

Again, Its a question more then anything else, you just made a statement thats confused me from my own history...
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] sparksco:
I suppose any dev could do it if they really wanted to. I DON'T... RAM is always faster than using DISK. I thought of all people you would know that? But it sounds like you still want to use DISK for swap...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZRam

Again if a ROM dev really wants to change the behavior of how this kernel runs in their roms by all means I will not try to stop them. Or if you want to make your own flashable to flash on top of ROMS by all means have at it!
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] Hammerfest:
Already have that link, and like I said, I use SWAP for stability more then anything else... with my programs running and push setup, ZRAM manages to hard reboot both my tablet and my old phone which is a HUGE issue for me... My biggest complaint is that when using ZRAM, I cant bloody catch the issue with ADB?!!

It drives me nuts! My biggest issue is I use my Galaxy Tab often in place of my other devices, and while I have the same issue with ZRAM on my GTab as I do on my HD2 and Evo Shift, but when plugged in, I dont seem to have any issue?! Now, I figured it was something else like Voltage or OC settings, but the KICKER is... when using SWAP, IT DOES NOT HAPPEN!?!?

Yeah, ZRAM is definitely faster then SWAP (talking actual SPEED of course), but until I can get by a day without a crash, my Sandisk Mobile Ultra (soon to be Extreme Pro) gives me enough performance, that I honestly hardly notice the difference between ZRAM and SWAP (besides the crash's).

Thanks again! Still love your work!

EDIT: oh, and while its not really that important, lets not forget that RAM is a form of electronic memory, and like flash, has a half-life on read/+writes, and while its MUCH MUCH longer then something like a MicroSDHC, Id much rather use SWAP and have to replace a MicroSDHC then have the RAM in my tablet go out :D... I have read of cases at least on my HD2 of RAM and NAND going out due to utilization and re-flashing all the time... scares the **** outta me!
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] sparksco:
hmm, well this isn't a tablet and I haven't had any crashes or adb issues at all using zram. Your comparing apple's to oranges. Every device and every kernel is different. I'm sure my zram is probably different in the source code than other kernels. If your having issues with other devices you need to address that elsewhere. I think we've both stated our opinions on the matter so I'll leave it at that. Sorry to hear your not happy with the kernel...
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] Hammerfest:
... seriously? GTFO...

Honestly however, Loving it, BFS makes me unreasonably happy...

As I was saying however, I use my GTab more often, and I use my HD2 more often then my Evo Shift, I was just talking about the discussion at hand between ZRAM and SWAP... wasnt saying I wasnt happy with your kernel AT ALL...

My original intent was to see if you could make a script (unsupported yes I understand) for SWAP as well, for those who want to use one or the other or both (dumb, but interesting to see a device trip out :D), you said no, and we where just talking back/forth about it...

please dont ever take my statements out of context... if I was unhappy with your kernel I would say something like "I dont like your kernel" (or TBQH, if I had an issue with it, id report it, otherwise I dont normally outright say I dont like something)...

I offered to send scary my EvoShift because I dont actually "use" it (not active, use it like my HD2 and HeroC, just as piss-around devices), so just know I wouldn't be using your Kernel if I didnt like it, because honestly it would just sit in its box, but after seeing BFS in the title, I had to unbox and dust the thing off to play around...
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] sparksco:
Yeah I mean I'm just not going to go through all the Hassel of re-partitioning my sdcard with a swap partition I'm not going to use just to test out a new swap script. If you already have a swap script just throw it into a flashable and flash on top of ROM? So yeah your original intent is not something I want to do.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] sparksco:
Well I tried this on aokp but it started bogging down too much for me to handle. Had to go back to kushdecks pb21 rom again. Running smoother than ever.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] hamagc:
i've been running on aokp since lastnight. did lag down quite a bit. haven't had a chance to flash the previous kernel back but some laggyness did seem to subside.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] sparksco:
Well like I said on kushdecks pb21 I don't have this issue, so not kernel issue?
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] hamagc:
I can't tell. Honestly it feels better now that I've been running it for almost a day. Seems things have picked up. I would have to point to kernel since your previous kernel was working just fine with aokp and I think is the stock kernel now.

but after playing with it more, it still seems slower. i'm going to flash your previous kernel to see if i can really tell a difference or if it's just me.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] Hammerfest:
Thank god I use my old copy of Acronis True Image Home (before they destroyed the UI and functionality), dont have to worry about re-partitioning :D Have an Image of my MicroSDHC for FAT32, FAT32+EXT4 and FAT32+EXT4+SWAP! It would be exFAT instead of FAT32 if more kernel/rom combos supported exFAT... for the record, for me, its always tested faster in benchmarks as well as real-world transferring of movies!, and recovery is SO much easier! er when possible that is... (This kernel support exFAT?)

However, yeah, lost the scripts 2 HDD crash's ago, shame on me for switching to Seagate from WesternDigital because of $20! That and IIRC, it was made during the days I had CM7, so I dont know if it would work on CM9 and CM10...

NEEDLESS to say, like I said before, due to lack of a SWAP script, I use SWAPPER 2 from the market... takes CPU/RAM/Bandwidth, but gets the job done! No worries!

Enough of my babbling on, I have 2 PC's I need to repair before noon tomorrow... and blown capacitors wont replace themselves
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] sparksco:
Interesting, well this version just might not work well on AOKP. IDK I never even tried AOKP until this kernel so I can't really compare.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] hamagc:
no, i think it is running better on your 7/14 kernel. just seems snappier.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] blakeatl:
Latest kernel running great on AOKP for me so far (snappier). Market apps used to take a bit to download but now it's back to normal. Just flashed so I'll wait another day or so to give my two cents.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] sparksco:
Awesome guys thanks for testing.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] sparksco:
I think you misunderstood my post. I was agreeing with you that the latest version might not works as well on AOKP. On decks ROMs seems to work fine.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] hamagc:
Lol stupid internets. That was me doubting myself and agreeing with you lol.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] sparksco:
Changes for kernel 20120805:

* Kernel optimizations:

- Many of the governors are now compiled as modules to reduce space inside of the kernel itself

- Added cifs, nfs ntfs and tun modules, every single module is loaded on boot including wimax with the module init.d script :D

- The kernel package is much larger however the kernel binary itself is much smaller. The modules are what takes up more space outside

of the kernel.

cifs works great now I can stream movies from my pc :cool:
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] hamagc:
Running much better on aokp with 8/4
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] Hammerfest:
looks like NTFS support is in, can I ask if exFAT support is?

I have 4 phones to play around with tomorrow/today:

HD2

Evo Shift

HeroC

Evo 3D
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] sparksco:
NTFS is not in... NFS is... Is there some purpose that NTFS serves? I'm really enjoying cifs. I can add NTFS but this kernel does not support exFAT.

EDIT: New kernel with NTFS is up, love having a 8 core pc lol
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] Hammerfest:
1: nice

2: NTFS for when I browse old shares for streaming

3: any chance you could add exFAT? I know its possible, and I could ask another kernel author how its done for you if you would consider it...

Either way, thanks again!
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] sparksco:
No need to say thanks, just hit the thanks button on the OP! And, your welcome!

3. Not interested.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] sparksco:
Nice, glad it working out well!
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] Hammerfest:
Wow, in my initial excitement for BFS, I forgot to thank your first posts... FIXED...

Hopefully you get interested in the future, maybe when CM10 comes along :D

Till then its Fat32 5 and exFAT 2 (devices I own which have kernels that support what)!

EDIT: got you to 799, hopefully someone will top you off :D
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] turkbot:
There got him to 800 just cuz hes awesome like that

sent from a nuclear explosion
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] hamagc:
ok ended up going back to 7/14 kernel again, things slowly started getting sluggish and phone was running much warmer than usual.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] blmvxer:
Things do get sluggish for me every once in awhile, such as editing system files/folders no matte what editor I use and just regular apps lag here and there. Using latest unofficial CM9 deck.

sent from my HP Touchpad. Dual-booting Android 4.0.4 and WebOS 3.0.5
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] sparksco:
And that was not like that on decks stock kernel? I could of swore that decks rom was a lot more sluggish before I installing this kernel over it but maybe I'm just delusional lol.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] blmvxer:
It was worse. But on your kernel it'll run great for awhile. But after a time it does lag. I've tried different schedulers. Yours is better just not fully complete. I also close my apps using the hold back.

sent from my HP Touchpad. Dual-booting Android 4.0.4 and WebOS 3.0.5
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] sparksco:
Yeah that's memory leak issues with the rom. The zram will help for awhile but then the free ram will still run out after awhile. You can check it by typing "free" in terminal emulator. If it's lagging and memory is full your best best bet is probably s reboot or let the device sit for a few minutes to clear up the memory.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] blmvxer:
Eh leaks aren't fun. Haha. Well hopefully either me or someone can make an aosp patch.

sent from my HP Touchpad. Dual-booting Android 4.0.4 and WebOS 3.0.5
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] sparksco:
I did notice the latest version heats up a lot more. I'm going to see if I can safely uv it to get the temps down a bit.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] fayrarri:
Yeah I was just gonna say that I was getting a lot of heat... My battery discharged from 100% to dead in 2 hours with no use at all... Went back to the previous version and it's running great
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] blmvxer:
I realized significant battery loss when I optimized the ram usage. :/

sent from my HP Touchpad. Dual-booting Android 4.0.4 and WebOS 3.0.5
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] Quetzalcoatl:
Changed from smartass to smartassv2 and all is swell
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] sparksco:
Done :) Same kernel different story. I re-uploaded the same kernel but it includes a memfree patch :beer:

So yeah just re-download the same kernel version 20120805 and it should run a lot better now and not slow down/lag as much.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] blmvxer:
Thank you very much. Hopefully I can quit using my ram free technique ans save battery.

sent from my HP Touchpad. Dual-booting Android 4.0.4 and WebOS 3.0.5
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] sparksco:
Well every chip is not equal I guess lol. For me the sweet spot seems to be Scary governor with 806mhz max. I'm really surprised at how well the kernel performs at that low of a max but it seems to be doing really well. Since a lot of the governors are modules now the stock system settings won't keep the governors restored on boot, so I'm using setcpu instead. But any cpu app will work such as no frills.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] WilliamtheIII:
Dang it!!!! I downloaded the latest 8/5 re-upload (20120805). Now preludedrew's JB 3.00 preview does not get past the boot animation! All your other kernels had worked for the ROMS I have used.

Please fix buddy. Thanks in advance.

Edit: After investigating further it seems the ROM (JB 3.00p1) itself is to blame. So I booted my nandroid backup (AOKP) and your latest kernel works without a hitch. Sorry for the confusion.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] sparksco:
I overlooked something with the ramdisk for Jellybean roms. I'll fix it in a newer update. I'm working on uv right now because I just can't do with the high temps on the newer kernel versions. Should be done by tonight, guess this is part of development sorry about that!
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] sparksco:
UV Kernel is up, please test! Seems to be doing a lot better for me. Fixed for jellybean roms too.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] WilliamtheIII:
Jelly Bean Booted!! Thanks a bunch. I will report any issues if and or when the come about. Appreciate your work. Thanks again.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] megaghostgamer:
If you can edit ramdisk then need ur help ;) almost got a booting jb Rom :)
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] sparksco:
If you use the ramdisk from any jellybean rom for the shift it should work. Any other booting issues probably have to do with missing vendor proprietary binaries.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] jwigley24:
Can these kernels be used on gb aosp? Or just for ics?
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] sparksco:
It's untested. Zram won't work on any cm7 based ROMs. Try one of the older versions that don't use zram. I haven't run gingerbread in a long time lol.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] Sonkway:
Just flashed and working so far...
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] Sonkway:
Works on CM7: wifi, 4g, gps, bluetooth pair connect call and media, camera preview and capture, video recording and play, only thing I haven't really checked is headphones.

Random lock-up likely due to OC too high.

Camera fc'd at first but reboot seemed to fix.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] sparksco:
That's the power of the koush anykernel extractor :)
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] Hammerfest:
Quick question, the ROM I was using for my HD2 (based on CM7) had ZRAM support (advertised and people talked about it working, but as I use SWAP, I never tried it myself), was this something done to his rom/kernel combo to make ZRAM work on CM7?

/thx
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] sparksco:
IDK you should ask him ;)
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] Hammerfest:
Hes off in S2 land now :P

Ill ask him what he did to make ZRAM work in CM7, I was just wondering if you KNEW FOR SURE it didnt work in CM7, or if you just didnt think it would
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] sparksco:
Delete this post
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] Hammerfest:
You must not have read my FULL post a while back, and are getting upset over nothing, why you ask? ZRAM and EXFAT are both things I have found in relation to KERNEL NOT A ROM, now it may be that they provided the file with the kernel BECAUSE IT SUPPORTS IT in a rom, hence why I asked.

Lets go over your post, "YOU ASKED FOR EXFAT WHICH IS NOT EVEN POSSIBLE SINCE THERE'S NO ROMS THAT SUPPORT IT" not for the EvoShift at least, and when I last asked in a ROM THREAD (elseware) they SAID it was a KERNEL side issue as well, you couldn't just put exFAT support only in ROM and make it work you also had to have exFAT support IN THE KERNEL, heres the ROM I use on my TF101 that has exFAT:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1525148

When you said it wasnt possible I dropped it, but you are still mad about that.

As for ZRAM in ROM, again, I found this in a KERNEL THREAD NOT A ROM THREAD, hense my ass-u-mption obviously since im a USER it seems and rightly so I guess to be only me and not you:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1677025

specificly post 3:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26640310&postcount=3

specifically this file:

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1088748&d=1326212711

Since I have flashed kernel modules (VooDooSound) before and am just a user, how am I to know this isnt kernel related (ie a module which as I understand can be built-in) and just rom related without asking?

However, reading your rage post I am going to trust your statement that if a ROM supports exFAT and ZRAM, then the Kernel will play no part what-so-ever in making exFAT or ZRAM work (IE able to use zRAM and exFAT in a rom with your kernel with no issues). Ill make this my last post in your thread since anything/everything I ask/inquire about seems to upset you so much. After all: "STOP ASKING FOR THINGS THAT AREN'T POSSIBLE" how am I to know if its not possible unless I ask?
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] sparksco:
Hammerfest, I specifically said ZRAM won't work on cm7, and now your linking ics roms THAT ARE NOT EVEN SHIFT ROMS.

As far as exFAT you kept asking about it even after I mentioned it's not in the kernel source AT ALL, meaning this kernel does not support exFAT

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=29806807&postcount=118

Then you asked for it again.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=29808986&postcount=0
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] Sonkway:
Flashed the 08/05/2012 version yesterday just for grins on CM7 and it's running fine as well.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] sparksco:
Alright guys I know I've been mia for awhile now so I thought it was about time I updated a STABLE release :)

Changes for kernel 20120917 STABLE:

* Minor changes

- SmatassV2 governor now default

- Default max cpu clock speed 1.3GHZ

* Major changes

- Fixed battery drain issue with too many modules being loaded on every boot. Cifs modules still loads fine with cifs manager app

- Reduced default swappiness for zram from 60 to 10 (also helps with battery drain)

- Changed kernel compression from lzo to lzma
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] blmvxer:
Getting S-o-D with the latest kernel.

Never mind. I was having conflicting issues with my previous kernel setting surviving past boot.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] blmvxer:
Welp Sparky, On the latest kernel I got it to work right after adjusting my previous settings. But my phone is freezing and seeming to have memory issues. So I'm moving back a version for now. :/ I wanted to see if the battery life was improved to. Keep up the good work though.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] sparksco:
Well the kernel zips got screwed up last night. Make sure your kernel version says #5 and not #3. If you downloaded it last night right after I uploaded the the very first version you'll want to re-download the kernel again. Sorry about the mix-up!
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] sparksco:
What rom? Memory leaks in roms have nothing to do with the kernel...

I'm on this rom courtesy of pwnyourace and it's smooth as butter.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] hoesnaps:
no issues here yet either. :good:
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] blmvxer:
Decks unofficial cm9, it just froze and then would reboot.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] sparksco:
I can't think of any reason why it would bootloop. The voltages and everything are the same as the previous version. I can't replicate that. Maybe try flashing one of the older versions then the new version on top of that? Could be because his cm9 is using a really old kernel but like I said no clue.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] blmvxer:
I've been using your kernel since your first release. I can't figure why it would stall. When I get home I'll flash your latest kernel and give you a logcat and dmesg.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] sparksco:
Don't think a logcat would help much as I haven't changed anything in the kernel source and I can't replicate the issue.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] sparksco:
Just to let you guys know smartassV2 doesn't work very well on the newest kernel so I'll probably be removing it later tonight and uploading a new version. I think it has to do with the new kernel compression but scary and smartass governors work really well.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] sparksco:
Alright guys OP updated, should be the last version for awhile and shouldn't get any more lockups :)
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] hoesnaps:
was the issue with smartassv2 rapid battery drain? usually, while running old kernel, my batt would be in the 60s from being at work all day but today it went all the way down to the 10s. and i turn off all data while at work.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] sparksco:
I think the battery issue was with loading extra unneeded modules. It could of also of been from loading wimax modules which in this version it is disabled. If a ROM with wimax comes about it should still load them just fine like it does in cm ROMs. But with the latest kernel smartassv2 was the cause of the lockups so I don't think it was causing battery drain although it could of been. Might want to underclock lower than 1.3ghz if still getting battery drain.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] hoesnaps:
my clock speeds were 245-806mhz with smartass v2. this new one today does not have smartass v2 so i guess i will go with scary gov for now. thanks sparky
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] sparksco:
So far getting great results on battery life using Scary and the default clock speeds on the latest version.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] blmvxer:
Yes! This kernel is now my daily.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] pwnyourace:
yea its doing pretty great on CM9.1...XD
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] hoesnaps:
I am also getting very good results today, yesterday's results must have been a freak accident lol
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] blmvxer:
Battery life is still wonderful, Using cm9 stock performance, 1.3ghz, scary, and my battery life has increased 3 fold.