[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Hashcode:
This is kind of a poor attempt at a troll don't you think?

1. No where in ReverendKJr's thread does he claim to be an expert coder who is releasing a fully usable ROM. Everything is very clear in the OP that he is showcasing some of the work VeryGreen did on the KFHD8.9 and trying "learn as he goes" and port some of that over to the KFHD7.

You: A dev who hasn't posted anything in the "dev" section yet, trying to belittle someone who has; is like a 5 year old scribbling over their neighbor's painting so that everyone will look at theirs instead.

2. Not many users are looking for an Ubuntu Desktop ROM on their KFHD. I can safely speak for the majority of this community: they're waiting for AOSP Android in some fully functional form. Tho, if you are hinting that you have a working copy of unreleased Ubuntu Phone, I'm sure there will be some interest in that as well.

3. You mention being on the phone with TI daily. But let me ask you ... why? There are publicly available resources to gather almost any information you need on TI products. And about the ONLY thing that's really made by Texas Instruments in the Kindle Fire HD's is the CPU and the battery gauge. Everything else about the device is some other manufacturer. And to prove it here's a QUICK breakdown of the KFHD8.9 of which the 7" is very similar:

*CPU: TI OMAP4470 @ 1.5Ghz

InvenSense MPU6050 w/ Gyroscope, Accelerometer and Compass (Aichi Steel ami306)

Light Sensor: Maxim MAX44007

*Battery Gauge: TI BQ27541

Charger: Summit SMB347

Wifi: Broadcom 4330 wlan

Audio: Wolfson Micro’s WM8962E

Touchscreen: Cypress TrueTouch

LCD: NT71391 Hydis 1920x1200 WUGA DSI

Here are random sources off the top of my head which would serve you better than a phone call to a now very understaffed mobile/smart phone department:

http://www.omapzoom.com

http://dev.omapzoom.com

http://www.omappedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

https://gforge.ti.com/gf/

4. I'm curious how you plan on solving the M3/ducati issues presented by running in Ubuntu. This would be the 2x sub processors normally designed to run HD codecs and camera. In Android, they are coded with a real time OS which communicates with the OMX integration layer (see: hardware/ti/omap4xxx/domx in Android source for more info). In Ubuntu, they don't use OMX, instead opting for g-streamer and other solutions. The ducati presented by Amazon uses OMX. Not G-Streamer. So unless you're planning on software decoders (less than desirable), this is going to be an issue.

So I'm going to call your bluff: Show me yours and I'll show you mine. Feel free to PM me.

Mine:

I have CM10.1 booting on the KFHD8.9. I'm re-writing the userspace audio driver from scratch (not done) and the HD codecs/camera functions need tweaks. Working Display, Wifi, BT, Sensors, etc. It's running a 3.0.50 kernel based on TI's latest OMAP4 kernel release. It's fully enhanced with blitsville drivers and brand new PowerVR graphics drivers released only a few days ago.

Sources:

https://github.com/KFire-Android/android_local_manifest

Specically, kernel: https://github.com/KFire-Android/kernel_omap_bowser-common

(You may note that I've left a place holder device for the KFHD7 which is pre-set up with as much information as I have currently.)

I have publicly admitted that I'm overbooked with devices and wasn't planning on supporting the KFHD7.. BUT that doesn't stop another dev from looking at my work on the KFHD8.9 and porting it to the KFHD7.

In closing:

1. Don't insult devs who are looking to help out in a community that is lacking. Everyone needs to start somewhere and who knows what may come of it.

2. Development isn't "dead" on the KFHD7. It's just in a deep state of slumber.