Template:RK3399-BuildFromSource

1 Make Your Own OS Image

1.1 Setup Development Environment

If you want to compile an Android image we suggest you use a PC running a 64-bit Ubuntu 16.04.

sudo apt-get install bison g++-multilib git gperf libxml2-utils make python-networkx zip
sudo apt-get install flex curl libncurses5-dev libssl-dev zlib1g-dev gawk minicom
sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk
sudo apt-get install exfat-fuse exfat-utils device-tree-compiler liblz4-tool

For more details refer to https://source.android.com/source/initializing.html 。

1.2 Install Cross Compiler

1.2.1 Install aarch64-linux-gcc 6.4

Download and extract compiler:

git clone https://github.com/friendlyarm/prebuilts.git
sudo mkdir -p /opt/FriendlyARM/toolchain
sudo tar xf prebuilts/gcc-x64/aarch64-cortexa53-linux-gnu-6.4.tar.xz -C /opt/FriendlyARM/toolchain/

Add the compiler's path to the PATH variable by appending the following lines to the "~/.bashrc" file:

export PATH=/opt/FriendlyARM/toolchain/6.4-aarch64/bin:$PATH
export GCC_COLORS=auto

Run the "~/.bashrc" script to make the compiler setting effective in the current shell. Note:there is a space after ".":

. ~/.bashrc

This is a 64-bit compiler and cannot be run on a 32-bit Linux. After installation is done you can verify it by running the following commands:

aarch64-linux-gcc -v
Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=aarch64-linux-gcc
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/opt/FriendlyARM/toolchain/6.4-aarch64/libexec/gcc/aarch64-cortexa53-linux-gnu/6.4.0/lto-wrapper
Target: aarch64-cortexa53-linux-gnu
Configured with: /work/toolchain/build/aarch64-cortexa53-linux-gnu/build/src/gcc/configure --build=x86_64-build_pc-linux-gnu
--host=x86_64-build_pc-linux-gnu --target=aarch64-cortexa53-linux-gnu --prefix=/opt/FriendlyARM/toolchain/6.4-aarch64
--with-sysroot=/opt/FriendlyARM/toolchain/6.4-aarch64/aarch64-cortexa53-linux-gnu/sysroot --enable-languages=c,c++
--enable-fix-cortex-a53-835769 --enable-fix-cortex-a53-843419 --with-cpu=cortex-a53
...
Thread model: posix
gcc version 6.4.0 (ctng-1.23.0-150g-FA)

1.3 Compile Android7 Source Code

1.3.1 Download Android7 Source Code

All the NanoPC-T4's source code is hosted at gitlab, you can download it by running the following commands:

git clone https://gitlab.com/friendlyelec/rk3399-nougat.git

1.3.2 Compile & Make Image File

Compile Android7 by running the following commands:

cd rk3399-nougat
./build-nanopc-t4.sh -F -M

1.3.3 Update Image File

After compilation is done an image file will be generated under Android7's "rockdev/Image-nanopc_t4/" directory. Update the image file on T4 by running the following commands:
1) Insert a bootable SD card with EFLASHER to a card adapter and insert this adapter to a host PC and the SD card's sections will be automatically mounted;
2) Copy all the files under "rockdev/Image-nanopc_t4/" to the "nougat" directory of this SD card's FRIENDLYARM section;
3) Insert this SD card to your NanoPC-T4 and reinstall Android;

1.4 Compile Lubuntu Kernel

1.4.1 compile Linux kernel

git clone https://github.com/friendlyarm/kernel-rockchip --depth 1 -b nanopi4-linux-v4.4.y
cd kernel-rockchip
make ARCH=arm64 nanopi4_linux_defconfig
make ARCH=arm64 nanopi4-images

1.4.2 Update Lubuntu Kernel

To update the kernel you need to use the Linux_Upgrade_Tool_1.27.rar utility. Refer to the aforementioned sections on how to use this utility.