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Limbo PC Emulator (QEMU x86) for Android

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  1. What is Limbo?

Limbo is a QEMU-based emulator for Android. It currently supports PC emulation for Intel x86 architecture. For more information visit: https://code.google.com/p/limbo-android/

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  1. Requirements:

    Android SDK Android NDK r8 Eclipse + Eclipse Android plugin or Netbeans + Android plugin An Android device (most stock/custom roms should be compatible)

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  1. Known Issues: See https://code.google.com/p/limbo-android/issues/list

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  1. Setup

    Configure variables for toolchain and NDK directories for your device in jni/android-config.mak. Configure your PATH variable add the NDK Directory so makefile can find ndk-build

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  1. Build

    a. To build the app make sure you're under the root directory: $> cd /home/youraccount/.../limbo-android

    b. Build the static and shared libraries :

    Change directory to ./jni and type:
make

    c. Build the Android APK (Limbo.apk) from Eclipse or Netbeans.

    ** Make sure the *.so libraries are zipped in the final .apk
(Eclipse should do that automatically)

    d. Build the debugging version: i. Modify debuggable flag in AndroidManifest.xml to true ii. Modify android-config.mak and point to a configuration with no optimization: ie android-generic-armv5te-softfp-noopt.mak ii. From the command line type: make NDK_DEBUG=1

    e. If you want to build the ARM Emulator update qemu.config.mak file: TARGET_LIST = arm-softmmu

    f. For ARMv7 phones: i. Update android-config.mak and include file android-generic-armv7a-vfpv3d16.mak ii. make

    g. For x86 phones: i. Update android-config.mak and include file android-ndkr8-x86.mak ii. make

    h. Deploy to different package (Optional) i. Rename all R references using eclipse Menu Bar => "Search" => "Replace" ie: Search for: "import com.max2idea.android.limbo.main" Replace with: "import com.max2idea.android.limbo.mainarmv7" ii. Re-Link Androidmanifest.xml to a different manifest file ie: ln -s manifest/AndroidManifestARMv7.xml Androidmanifest.xml

    i. To clean up type: make ultraclean

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  1. Run a. Recommend installing a full Qwerty keyboard for Android (ie Hacker's keyboard from the Google Android store) b. Start the Limbo app and choose CPU, Memory (~8-64MB),etc.. c. Choose a bootable disk image(s) for CDRom, Floppy, and a HDD image d. Start the virtual machine. e. Have fun!

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  1. License This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.

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Copyright � 2012 Max Kastanas

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